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Even going into the new design with an understanding of what it was trying to achieve, the tab title "Free for share" threw me off. It was so jarring that I com
by gervase 10y ago
Even going into the new design with an understanding of what it was trying to achieve, the tab title "Free for share" threw me off. It was so jarring that I completely stopped reading the article and started trying to grok the UI.
Am I required to 'share' my icon in order for it to be made, like on of those "Like on Facebook for coupon!" sites? Where can I share it? Can anyone vote for my icon, or only people who see it from my 'share'?
I would suggest that simply "Free" would be a much clearer, with the social/share component available but not required. Then, if they want more people to vote on their icon, they can choose to share it or not.
"Free for share" makes it sound transactional, like I'm paying for the icon with a 'share', which is a concept I absolutely hate.
Okay, back to finish the article...
- rconti 10y agoAnd, on top of that, the new options make you think that you're the alternative. Instead of saying "hey, great, I can get a free icon!" you only notice that you could also get a fast-track or custom (whatever those mean), and you can't help but think "free for share" is the lowest priority thing. Also, that entire page was impossible to parse. I had to go to their main webpage to even try to understand the concept of what they're doing ,and try to put the page snippets in context. Page snippets on a white background, placed over another white background, are confusing as hell.
- dclowd9901 10y agoI had that same "wtf does that even mean" reaction. It reeked of fiddling.