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Scribd Launches Massive Redesign
- nreece 18y agoI haven't logged into Scribd in a while, but strangely when I accessed their website now, it shows me logged-in as some other user. I can see the profile, and all uploaded documents of that user. Looks like a major security (cookie mixup) flaw!
- snowmaker 18y agoAshutosh, please contact me about this so I can investigate - jared @ scribd.
- unalone 18y agoLooks a lot better, absolutely. Still not my cup of tea (my startup focuses on the more artisan side of writing), but for what it is, this redesign was pretty excellent.
- spencerfry 18y agoWhat's up with the logo? I think the design has gone in a better direction, but the logo doesn't do it for me.
- Herring 18y agoLooks better, but i wish they'd take a hint from google. Give us the stuff then get out of the way.
- river_styx 18y agoFor an early stage company like Scribd, what exactly is the rationale for funneling resources into a site redesign instead of into developing/expanding features? I mean, this design is an improvement, but the original site wasn't bad at all.
- apexauk 18y ago"Scribd has seen the number of searches double (the number of uploads increased by 70% as well"
- chez17 18y agoI personally thought the old site was beyond bad. I think for better or worse, a well designed site does matter when attracting new customers. Sure, the service may be the same, but people will be more willing to use it if it has a functional and good looking design.
- biohacker42 18y agoI still think that the killer app. for Scribd is converting PDF and flash (and everything else) into plain old, super fast html. Then you would know that every Scribd link loads super fast and doesn't give you anything but clean pure text. Like Google's "view as html" but better. That would make me a Scribd fanatic! Flash - not so much.
- jcapote 18y agoAwesome, so they don't use flash anymore? Whoops nevermind...