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Craigslist is _the_ case study on how an ugly UI can survive over a long timeline. There are many techies and UI designers that are just disgusted at the UI of
by SlightRespect 8y ago
Craigslist is _the_ case study on how an ugly UI can survive over a long timeline. There are many techies and UI designers that are just disgusted at the UI of craigslist. For some, aesthetic is more important than usability. Luckily, for most, it's not.
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agoYes exactly. CL is probably my favorite website on the internet, for the sheer reason that they have virtually not changed at all since they first launched over 10 years ago. It's fairly incredible. I can't think of another website that has done that.
- aidenn0 8y agohttp://rinkworks.com/ http://rinkworks.com/
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agoholy shit
- sevensor 8y agoThis still exists?! It's still being updated?!?! So much more content than when I last checked it, which would have been 2004 or so. My faith in the internet is restored.
- stingraycharles 8y agoCL is only ten years old? I always figured it was from the 90s — maybe a bias originating from the design.
- m741 8y agoIt's over 20 years old, it launched in 1996. Time flies.
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agooh wow, I stand corrected. I always thought it was 10 years old because I discovered it around 2008. Sheesh.
- int_19h 8y agoRemember Windows XP? Fun fact: we're further away from its first release (2001), than it was from Windows 1.0 (1985). Remember Windows 7? We're further away from its first release (2009), than it was from XP.
- Splines 8y agoWin7 certainly has some rough edges in retrospect, but I occasionally interact with old systems and so many things are so much snappier. I'm sure the modern frameworks in Win10 allow for "new experiences" but the plain old desktop experience was well served by Win7.
- vidarh 8y agoAnd those of us who do remember Windows 1.0 (not using it, though, but I do remember the ads), are probably mostly closer to retirement age than to the start of our careers... I feel old now.
- maxxxxx 8y agoCraigslist was a true innovation when it started.
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- rpeden 8y agoI don't think the Berkshire Hathaway site has changed much: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
- collinmanderson 8y agoAmazing
- combatentropy 8y ago> I can't think of another website that has done that. Hmm, I'll give you a hint. You're looking at it.
- godelski 8y ago> I can't think of another website that has done that. https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com
- dalyons 8y agoI think craigslist survives _despite_ its ugly UI just because of market lock-in/inertia. the ui is awful from a utility/ux, pov - it’s limited and hard to shop/browse with.
- papa_bear 8y agoDefinitely - there used to be a bunch of sites that scraped craigslist and put their listings into more browse-able formats (e.g. Padmapper), but once they got too popular, CL started sending C&Ds and filing lawsuits.
- nafey 8y agoNot to forget amazon.com. I am actually in awe of their boldness in completely ignoring UI design trends.
- degenerate 8y agoI think that has a lot to do with Bezos saying "no" when it matters, like Jobs did at Apple.
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- trhway 8y agothey probably follow the money instead of trends.
- guelo 8y agoAmazon has purposefully broken their search and navigation, but probably in an anti-consumer metric-driven way instead of designer-driven.
- nerpderp82 8y agoEbay is the pinnacle of broken search and navigation! They should be winning awards, industry accolades, Webbies, the works!
- sonnyblarney 8y agoYes, both Amazon and EBay are bad examples. They are old-school because they are lazy about it, not because something is already optimized. Whenever I hear about how great a Amazon is as a company, I just do a single search and am dumbfounded. Example: If you type the name of a product - even when it is in their catalogue - it may not come up. Search for 'mousr' on Amazon and you only see PC mouses. The only way you can get to the mousr product is by typing the company name. It's ridiculous. Tip of the iceberg.
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- guitarbill 8y agoAmazon's website comes to mind, also
- dylan604 8y agoapod.nasa.gov is the classic example for me
- dleslie 8y agoThe Drudge Report is another one.
- richjdsmith 8y agoWikipedia would make this list as well.
- dfxm12 8y agoCraigslist is _the_ case study on how an ugly UI can survive over a long timeline. I wouldn't call the CL UI ugly. It's certainly not beautiful, but I'm not sure how it could be described as ugly. There's something in between, right?
- nine_k 8y agoIt's not aesthetically polished, but it's well though-out. So it works.