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One big UI thing. The opposite of a thumbs down is a thumbs up. I was confused by the star. Is that a "favourite" button?

akkartik 16y ago
Yeah, I go back and forth on that. Currently the star is like an upvote+bookmark. I'm interested to see how it gets used. I'll either add a thumbs up or change the thumbs down icon to something else (maybe an x?) I'm torn between wanting to minimize the number of buttons, and 'not making people think'. Thanks for the feedback.
- zck 16y ago
  You already have circular buttons, how about a smiley face on top (upvote + bookmark), a frowny face on the bottom (dislike), and a "meh" face in the middle (skip)? It's a lot more intuitive than what you've currently got, I think. Your current ordering doesn't map to what I think it means (the current order seems to be "meh" on top, "like" in the middle, and "boo" at the bottom). The "like" action should be at the top. Also, I'm not in love with the "next" rollover text. I assume it means "skip", but a user could interpret that as the only way to go to the next item, and upvoting or downvoting before ey're ready (for example, if ey read the first paragraph and like it). It's not horrible, since ey can hit the back button of eir browser, though. Also, I can never decide whether to separate the "upvote" action from the "save" action. Reddit currently has separate functionality for those; HN has them in one. It's a simpler design to combine them, but there are times I want to save things on HN on a smaller list than my upvoted stories list. Ah, for now stick with them being the same; if it becomes a problem, add it later. I'm sure there are much more important things you could be doing on this site. :)
  - akkartik 16y ago
    :) It's not the absolute top priority yes, but it's amazing how much building the next stumbleUpon is about product and positioning, not recommendations. Thanks for enumerating all those tradeoffs.
- prs 16y ago
  You might want to rethink the color choice for the 'next' button as well. In this setting I associate "green" with _like_ and "red" with _dislike_. Maybe a more neutral color choice can avoid possible misunderstandings.
- dhimes 16y ago
  You could try thumb superimposed on a star to give thumbs-up + bookmark.

akkartik 16y ago

Yeah, I go back and forth on that. Currently the star is like an upvote+bookmark. I'm interested to see how it gets used. I'll either add a thumbs up or change the thumbs down icon to something else (maybe an x?) I'm torn between wanting to minimize the number of buttons, and 'not making people think'. Thanks for the feedback.

zck 16y ago
You already have circular buttons, how about a smiley face on top (upvote + bookmark), a frowny face on the bottom (dislike), and a "meh" face in the middle (skip)? It's a lot more intuitive than what you've currently got, I think. Your current ordering doesn't map to what I think it means (the current order seems to be "meh" on top, "like" in the middle, and "boo" at the bottom). The "like" action should be at the top. Also, I'm not in love with the "next" rollover text. I assume it means "skip", but a user could interpret that as the only way to go to the next item, and upvoting or downvoting before ey're ready (for example, if ey read the first paragraph and like it). It's not horrible, since ey can hit the back button of eir browser, though. Also, I can never decide whether to separate the "upvote" action from the "save" action. Reddit currently has separate functionality for those; HN has them in one. It's a simpler design to combine them, but there are times I want to save things on HN on a smaller list than my upvoted stories list. Ah, for now stick with them being the same; if it becomes a problem, add it later. I'm sure there are much more important things you could be doing on this site. :)
- akkartik 16y ago
  :) It's not the absolute top priority yes, but it's amazing how much building the next stumbleUpon is about product and positioning, not recommendations. Thanks for enumerating all those tradeoffs.
prs 16y ago
You might want to rethink the color choice for the 'next' button as well. In this setting I associate "green" with _like_ and "red" with _dislike_. Maybe a more neutral color choice can avoid possible misunderstandings.
dhimes 16y ago
You could try thumb superimposed on a star to give thumbs-up + bookmark.