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and access to Twitter considerable UX/frontend talent I don't want to insult anyone or anything, but is Twitter frontend that impressive really?

hackaflocka 10y ago
I think it used to be impressive when they created Bootstrap. Twitter's website currently is not Responsive. The web interface looks different on every platform (mobile, tablet, desktop). And on mobile, the website is terribly slow.
- spiderfarmer 10y ago
  Plus, it doesn't highlight a much used feature: search Right now it's hidden behind a magnifying glass. I don't find the clickbaity trends they highlight on the homepage very interesting. The content is mostly the same as the MSN homepage. Just let me search for things I find interesting. Plus, search can be monitized way better, because you know for sure what the user is looking for.
  - hackaflocka 10y ago
    Sadly, their search doesn't work very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646580
- detaro 10y ago
  It's slow and not all that reliable on desktop as well...
  - hackaflocka 10y ago
    It's at least usable on desktop. Try going to mobile.twitter.com on a phone... it's shockingly slow.
- zem 10y ago
  i've often wondered if they deprioritised the mobile web frontend in order to get people to install their app (especially since they turned hostile towards third party apps). personally, it just took twitter from something i used to check frequently to something i check once or twice a day when i'm in front of a computer.
- tarancato 10y ago
  If you have a moderality complex UI, by making it responsive you are going to ruin it. That's why most serious websites with complex UIs don't bother with responsiveness and have two different interfaces.
  - roughcoder 10y ago
    This could be debated, atomic components within a framework built for a purpose can still be responsive. Responsive or adaptive should be choice made at the start of projects and then ideally followed through till the end. We choose responsive and made atomic components so it can work, but... it has to be in the thought process from design to implementation, the same can be said about adaptive. Source: Our UI is complex, large, responsive and serves 3 million users and won awards.
chillacy 10y ago
Well, Bootstrap comes out of twitter, and for awhile everyone was using that, so that's pretty considerable.
- usaphp 10y ago
  I would not call Bootstrap a UX masterpiece. It's just a bunch of primitively styled elements, no real UX there.
  - chillacy 10y ago
    I remember low-budget sites before and after bootstrap, and I gotta say that post-bootstrap is way more usable. While you can mess things up with Bootstrap, the limitations help guide you to settle on standard decisions (like their nav bars, verses whatever cute creative thing people would do on their own).
- thom 10y ago
  So when you see a website built on bootstrap, you think "oh, that's impressive design" as opposed to "oh, they didn't have any time or money to spend on design"?
- cbau 10y ago
  The Bootstrap guys (@fat is one of them) joined Medium.
kalleboo 10y ago
Not best in class, but better than Amazon.com...

hackaflocka 10y ago

I think it used to be impressive when they created Bootstrap. Twitter's website currently is not Responsive. The web interface looks different on every platform (mobile, tablet, desktop). And on mobile, the website is terribly slow.

spiderfarmer 10y ago
Plus, it doesn't highlight a much used feature: search Right now it's hidden behind a magnifying glass. I don't find the clickbaity trends they highlight on the homepage very interesting. The content is mostly the same as the MSN homepage. Just let me search for things I find interesting. Plus, search can be monitized way better, because you know for sure what the user is looking for.
- hackaflocka 10y ago
  Sadly, their search doesn't work very well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646580
detaro 10y ago
It's slow and not all that reliable on desktop as well...
- hackaflocka 10y ago
  It's at least usable on desktop. Try going to mobile.twitter.com on a phone... it's shockingly slow.
zem 10y ago
i've often wondered if they deprioritised the mobile web frontend in order to get people to install their app (especially since they turned hostile towards third party apps). personally, it just took twitter from something i used to check frequently to something i check once or twice a day when i'm in front of a computer.
tarancato 10y ago
If you have a moderality complex UI, by making it responsive you are going to ruin it. That's why most serious websites with complex UIs don't bother with responsiveness and have two different interfaces.
- roughcoder 10y ago
  This could be debated, atomic components within a framework built for a purpose can still be responsive. Responsive or adaptive should be choice made at the start of projects and then ideally followed through till the end. We choose responsive and made atomic components so it can work, but... it has to be in the thought process from design to implementation, the same can be said about adaptive. Source: Our UI is complex, large, responsive and serves 3 million users and won awards.

chillacy 10y ago

Well, Bootstrap comes out of twitter, and for awhile everyone was using that, so that's pretty considerable.

usaphp 10y ago
I would not call Bootstrap a UX masterpiece. It's just a bunch of primitively styled elements, no real UX there.
- chillacy 10y ago
  I remember low-budget sites before and after bootstrap, and I gotta say that post-bootstrap is way more usable. While you can mess things up with Bootstrap, the limitations help guide you to settle on standard decisions (like their nav bars, verses whatever cute creative thing people would do on their own).
thom 10y ago
So when you see a website built on bootstrap, you think "oh, that's impressive design" as opposed to "oh, they didn't have any time or money to spend on design"?
cbau 10y ago
The Bootstrap guys (@fat is one of them) joined Medium.

kalleboo 10y ago

Not best in class, but better than Amazon.com...