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How is someone at Quora giving a retrospective like this? I personally don't see that the UI is so compelling or remarkable, and the site itself is a very fanc
by justin_vanw 16y ago
How is someone at Quora giving a retrospective like this? I personally don't see that the UI is so compelling or remarkable, and the site itself is a very fancy bbs.
I don't get it.
- pud 16y agoOn one hand the UI doesn't seem remarkable. On the other hand, neither does Craigslist, Amazon, eBay, Zappos, Facebook....
- freddier 16y agoYou're right about Craigslist and maybe Zappos, but Facebook won, among other things, for being the first truly usable, non-hideous social network. And they keep creating new UX elements. Amazon has so many remarkable UI inventions that they patented some (not that I agree with that). eBay has pioneered a lot of UI innovation as well. Usability and UX invention is in the core of this 3 companies.