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I stopped using Genius after their mobile-first redesign. I really enjoyed reading their explanations and meanings behind songs I knew, with the lyrics in the c

by cytzol 5y ago

I stopped using Genius after their mobile-first redesign. I really enjoyed reading their explanations and meanings behind songs I knew, with the lyrics in the centre of the screen and the annotations off to the side. But now, the annotations open under the lyrics, so I can't see the annotations and the lyrics at the same time, which makes it much, much harder to understand the explanations — and the rest of the page is bizarrely limited to 350 pixels wide. I can't say I'll miss Genius when it's gone anymore.

CraftThatBlock 5y ago
I think this is a bug on Firefox, as my Firefox does the same behavior but works fine on Chrome based browsers.
- oauea 5y ago
  More like poorly implemented user agent sniffing done by "Genius"
  - nightpool 5y ago
    It's actually an AB test—we know the annotations opening under the lyrics is disliked by some users, so we're working on an alternative 2-column design, which is currently in A/B testing.
    - capableweb 5y ago
      First time I hear purposefully degrading the UX being excused by it being A/B testing. You know it's disliked but still you do it? The world is going crazy
      - wingerlang 5y ago
        Maybe they know because of the A/B test? Seems like it could be a good idea and make the layout easier to use on mobile. I don't find it THAT bad on desktop, although on the side is better.
      - JxLS-cpgbe0 5y ago
        Have you ever worked on multivariate tests? Testing is how you learn and quantify how much something is disliked, or used, or leads to conversions. This is the perfect fit. I prefer the 1-column layout (user since it was rapgenius.com). If they got angry emails from their users about their UX, and they decided to set up a test to improve it, that's not in the spirit of degrading the UX.
    - pteraspidomorph 5y ago
      Good to know you're moving towards putting the annotations back on the side, but please deploy that for Firefox users too.
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by cytzol 5y ago

CraftThatBlock 5y ago

I think this is a bug on Firefox, as my Firefox does the same behavior but works fine on Chrome based browsers.

oauea 5y ago
More like poorly implemented user agent sniffing done by "Genius"
- nightpool 5y ago
  It's actually an AB test—we know the annotations opening under the lyrics is disliked by some users, so we're working on an alternative 2-column design, which is currently in A/B testing.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    First time I hear purposefully degrading the UX being excused by it being A/B testing. You know it's disliked but still you do it? The world is going crazy
    - wingerlang 5y ago
      Maybe they know because of the A/B test? Seems like it could be a good idea and make the layout easier to use on mobile. I don't find it THAT bad on desktop, although on the side is better.
    - JxLS-cpgbe0 5y ago
      Have you ever worked on multivariate tests? Testing is how you learn and quantify how much something is disliked, or used, or leads to conversions. This is the perfect fit. I prefer the 1-column layout (user since it was rapgenius.com). If they got angry emails from their users about their UX, and they decided to set up a test to improve it, that's not in the spirit of degrading the UX.
  - pteraspidomorph 5y ago
    Good to know you're moving towards putting the annotations back on the side, but please deploy that for Firefox users too.
    - deleted 5y ago
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