The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

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Post by ztratar » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 1:51 AM UTC

The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown
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Re: The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

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Post by acturbo » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:07 AM UTC

there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.

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Post by aaronharnly » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:20 AM UTC

acturbo wrote: post #2

there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.

Agreed. This is what it looks like after a double-tap zoom on iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png

Re: The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

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Post by ComputerGuru » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:21 AM UTC

Sorry, completely off-topic rant but for an article about UX, TFA is on the crappiest-UX site I've ever seen.

First, half the page is dedicated to a head shot of the author. And then, to make matters worse, scrolling is completely broken. I spent several seconds swiping my trackpad in frustration, unable to understand why the page was refusing to scroll only to realize you can only scroll if the cursor is on the right side of the page. Permalinks are broken/non-existent, too.

Frankly, the entire site (from domain name, to ginormous headshot, to half the page dedicated to "about myself") screams narcissism.

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Post by d23 » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:24 AM UTC

aaronharnly wrote: post #3

acturbo wrote: post #2

there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.

Agreed. This is what it looks like after a double-tap zoom on iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png

A bit disconcerting to say the least.

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Post by d23 » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:25 AM UTC

Does anyone else have 3 scrollbars on this site?

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Post by popsomoa » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:26 AM UTC

A small UX feedback on your website - I spent a couple minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't scroll with my mouse and realized that it was because my cursor was over the left side of the website with the headshot which is separate from the article.

Re: The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

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Post by ztratar » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:29 AM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #4

Sorry, completely off-topic rant but for an article about UX, TFA is on the crappiest-UX site I've ever seen. First, half the page is dedicated to a head shot of the author. And then, to make matters worse, scrolling is completely broken. I spent several seconds swiping my trackpad in frustration, unable to understand why the page was refusing to scroll only to realize you can only scroll if the cursor is on the righ…

I agree. I'm actually about 80% done with a redesign that follows a good f pattern and is mobile/tablet friendly. Sorry about the problems guys and thanks for the feedback. Aside, any feedback on the content of the article?

Re: The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

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Post by ztratar » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:30 AM UTC

popsomoa wrote: post #7

A small UX feedback on your website - I spent a couple minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't scroll with my mouse and realized that it was because my cursor was over the left side of the website with the headshot which is separate from the article.

That will be fixed soon. Thanks for the feedback!

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Post by ztratar » Fri, Mar 08, 2013, 3:31 AM UTC

acturbo wrote: post #2

there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.

Don't like my face?!?

But yeah, I'll be changing that soon.