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Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by the_bear »

hnriot wrote: post #2

It's much easier to make it look "gorgeous" when the timeline is full of gorgeous people, beautifully photographed.

This seems like a pretty common mistake among designers. As a matter of fact, Facebook made this same mistake themselves not too long ago. When they release the "cover photo" feature, they showed off how great it looked when applied to a bunch of professional designers' profiles. When normal people started uploading low-res, vertically oriented images, it was instantly clear how silly of an idea the cover photo is.

Facebook seems to acknowledge this since now if you view a person's profile, it automatically scrolls past the cover photo so you don't even see most of it.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by prostoalex »

Zimahl wrote: post #72

Here's an idea: why not code it up? I mean, Facebook isn't that revolutionary in terms of a site - there's a user with a login, there are comments, there are pictures. A demo site wouldn't need a scalable infrastructure to show off these ideas. I'm just not so sure that some of the site controls would be possible in a browser. It's very tablet-y with controls that we are accustomed to in our phones and pads but not o…

>>> A demo site wouldn't need a scalable infrastructure to show off these ideas.

You can also get actual FB data via API.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by the_bear »

danso wrote: post #44

I scrolled up and down for about 15 seconds trying to figure out if this screenshot was supposed to be a concatenation of multiple Walls or if it was one long wall view (I think it's the latter): http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles14/398559/projects/65046... That kind of visual confusion is a bad thing. I understand the desire to move away from lines and boxes within boxes. But elegant lines should not blur function…

Your last point is a huge problem with the Google+ Android app. I like the normal g+ website, but on the mobile app it assumes that every single post is just a pretty picture. That app is a usability nightmare because they failed to grasp how people actually use social networks (which is strange since the design on the normal website seems to understand this just fine).

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by smokinjoe »

I don't know exact details about the content delivery process for loading various pages on Facebook, but this doesn't seem to follow the standard they've set at all. It mixes together parts that make up the various content blocks that load asynchronously.

It's really pretty and nice to look at, but it's one of those nightmare designs that didn't get much development thought.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by feverishaaron »

Firehed wrote: post #7

Visually pretty, but the grid is completely non-functional. I don't know where to start looking to get at the information I go to Facebook to find. The other pages look better, but still seem to be a summation of current design trends rather than any sort of innovative new way to display the information (which is fine, but not interesting to me). I also agree that it looks a lot nicer because of the high-end stock ph…

>> but still seem to be a summation of current design trends rather than any sort of innovative new way to display the information

>> I also agree that it looks a lot nicer because of the high-end stock photos.

Exactly. This looks like a first-year design school project for these, and so many other reasons.

This design would fall apart without visually simple photography that tailor fits to the grid. The right way to approach a redesign would be to collect an aggregate of typical facebook photos, and use them as examples.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by downandout »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #71
downandout wrote: post #61

I like the look, though some of it would need to be changed for functional purposes. My question is...why not implement such an interface via a plugin/extension and actually make it a reality for anyone that wants it? It's possible from a technical standpoint. There are already a few plugins that add themes etc. but not the this extent. That would be an interesting business...create better/specialty interfaces for ut…

> My question is...why not implement such an interface via a plugin/extension and actually make it a reality for anyone that wants it? Oh, a couple of reasons. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-bans-browser-plu... http://www.fbpurity.com/news/important-news-facebooks-legal-...

I'm well aware of FB purity, but if enough people were doing it, FB would learn to embrace it - probably as long as you didn't nix their advertising.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by mnicole »

newhouseb wrote: post #74
risratorn wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always thought the timeline was the worst thing that could happen to the your profile usability wise ... I was just proven wrong.

What were your issues with timeline usability wise? I think it's great, so genuinely curious.

As someone that stopped using Facebook shortly after they rolled out the Timeline (ironically after I spent hours setting mine up in Developer mode), I have completely missed posts someone made on my wall, only to have to reply with an apology weeks to months later when I was more thorough.

I think my 'timeline' should be representative of photos I've uploaded, posts I've made that I want to highlight and events I went to. My 'wall' should be a straight-forward top-to-bottom feed of stuff I've posted and stuff people are sharing with me.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by JacksonGariety »

RookToH7 wrote: post #18

Imagine this design with poorly filtered instagram pictures and fishy facebook application ads all over the place, instead of brilliantly lighted professional photographs of beautiful women. It's a great work of art from a design perspective, but quite unfeasible to turn into the real thing.

It's a great work of art from a Silicon Valley marketing perspective since it looks so attractive. It's a design disaster.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by ojr »

the_bear wrote: post #91
hnriot wrote: post #2

It's much easier to make it look "gorgeous" when the timeline is full of gorgeous people, beautifully photographed.

This seems like a pretty common mistake among designers. As a matter of fact, Facebook made this same mistake themselves not too long ago. When they release the "cover photo" feature, they showed off how great it looked when applied to a bunch of professional designers' profiles. When normal people started uploading low-res, vertically oriented images, it was instantly clear how silly of an idea the cover photo is. F…

Cover photo a bad idea? Thats a weird thing to say because after facebook made cover photos available twitter got a header cover, then google plus, and even app.net... The cover photo tells a lot about the person
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