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Google's social product design is just a mess. When I open Youtube I can barely figure out what's going on.
by guelo 10y ago
Google's social product design is just a mess. When I open Youtube I can barely figure out what's going on.
- rajathagasthya 10y agoThis is so true. Using YouTube on iOS is such a bad experience. Add to it that it's not designed as every other iOS app (because hey it's 'material design'), it's just feels so out of place.
- brazzledazzle 10y agoI'm probably missing something but it seems like every app I use on iOS is basically an island. Even among Apple apps there seems to be different UX guidelines at play. To me iOS apps feel a lot like flash sites in the late 90s/early 00s in terms of the variety of interfaces. So it doesn't feel out of place to me. The only thing jarring for me is how bright red it is. Not a fan of that.
- kagamine 10y agoYouTube is generally speaking a UX mess and the same goes for all Google products. On YT, if I am listening to a DJ mix, for example, I don't need to be watching the video (or looking at a still image) for 1 & 1/2 hours, so I will make the window very small. The resizing on desktop now hides the comments and I have to size the window big again to see them. The same video on mobile has the comments under the video and the 'up next' and 'related videos' list under the comments. It's a complete and utter mish-mash of layouts. Contrast with the "live now" streams; the comments/live chat window is _only_ visible when the window is resized for mobile. Live chat is hidden in full desktop view. YT is a disaster, and perhaps they should focus on getting some degree of consistency and usability before adding new features and complexity.