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The UX of Facebook beats the pants off Myspace, but still... doesn't strike me as a triumph of design. Though to be fair this may just be because things break m
by neworbit 15y ago
The UX of Facebook beats the pants off Myspace, but still... doesn't strike me as a triumph of design. Though to be fair this may just be because things break more readily at a half billion users.
- joe24pack 15y agoremember, it's not the most competent that wins, but rather the least incompetent.
- qq66 15y agoBy design I don't mean rounded corners and typography -- I mean things like limiting the networks to universities to begin with, having the Facebook graph mirror real-life social networks, the timing and characteristics of News Feed, Platform, Connect, etc.
- neworbit 15y agoOh, ok. The article seems to be talking about designers as the user-centric UX guys, or at least that's how I took it. I believe that this is critical to mainstream adoption, but agree that your point is excellent as well.
- kenjackson 15y agoThat's not typically referred to as a designer. Those types of things typically fall into the realm of a "program manager".
- mitko 15y agoIMHO, the early Facebook was much better designed for one purpose (flirting and hooking up with members of the opposite sex), the current version is decently designed for multiple purposes (online identity, social games, etc...)