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It is bad. The main problem (besides the black toolbar which blights every new design) is that full day events are black text on the calendar's color (e.g. gre
by thomaslangston 15y ago
It is bad. The main problem (besides the black toolbar which blights every new design) is that full day events are black text on the calendar's color (e.g. green). This would be fine if I could select a light color, but the timed events are on a white background. So I can read one, or the other, but not both. Why get rid of the white text for full day events?
The create button looks gimmicky and cartoonish as well. I feel like this is the result of UX testing gone terribly awry. A bunch of individual metrics (how long till a user can figure out how to create an event, how long till a user can identify which page they are on, etc.) without a coherent aesthetic to bind it or any other holistic thinking beyond "make it the same across all devices".
- Daniel14 15y ago> Why get rid of the white text for full day events? For me, it still displays full day events in white text if I select a dark color like green, and only uses black text for light colors. The only minor problem I see is that it also uses the light color I selected for timed events, which could make them a bit difficult to see on the white background. > The create button looks gimmicky and cartoonish as well. It reminded me of Gmail's "Compose mail" button (which is located similarly), and don't quite understand how it looks gimmicky or cartoonish in comparison. Because it's red? I would argue it makes sense to make the most important button on the site a flashy color, but I guess it comes down to a matter of taste. Overall, I think this is Google unifying their services and making them look more alike. Google+ is more than just another social attempt, but rather the beginning of Google bringing its services together, which seems like a smart move in countering Facebook by their new CEO.