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I'm going to disagree with caffeinewriter while I sip my coffee. 1) I agree the header could use some work. Having the facebook login below and your full tagli

I'm going to disagree with caffeinewriter while I sip my coffee. 1) I agree the header could use some work. Having the facebook login below and your full tagline description in a fairly boring font and colors just doesn't to it for me. I'd work on this area, as it is a glaring issue with the design of your site. 2)You could make it responsive, but only to a certain point. Is 3 columns of videos too much? 4? 5? do some a/b testing and see if a certain column size results in more videos watched. Also, where you have a single video per line, if you did make it responsive, would all the text end up on one line, and therefore leave empty space next to the video? 3) I completely disagree here. Whites pace is an important design element. I think you've used it well. Now for my further comments. 1) the share buttons are awkward as you have them spread out across one long line. I'd keep them close together, and play with the positioning. You'd likely automatically assume that the left hand side is the best spot, but that may not be the case. I think the far-right, and offset from the video might work, or inline with the video player. I suspect the more these are squeezed together, the more impact they'll have. They just seem to be floating around disconnected from the content at this time. 2) I like how your top two items show how many videos are related to that story. It is a signal in some ways of the importance/popularity of that story. But why don't the other videos on the page have the same display? I'd like to see some consistency in that.

caffeinewriter 14y ago
I'm also rethinking my whitespace comment. And quite insightful.
Circcle 14y ago
Pedalpete, we think notes next to videos are very important, as they help users decide whether they want to spend time to watch videos. They also serve as news headlines, so people can get the basic info right from them. This is why we decide to pay it safe by showing one video per line, so we are sure we will have enough room for the title and note. Regarding those buttons, if we move them closer to the content above, will it make them less "disconnected"? We put the comment button on the left side because it is closer to where users start to write comments. To your last point, the two pictures represent stories, which are collections of videos of the same events, like "US gun control debate". The video boxes below are the latest videos of each channel, which are much broader by definition, like "US news". Channels help people navigate through content and subscribe, and stories provides in-depth and consistent info. Together they create a 2-dimension matrix of content at Circcle. We currently have 9 channels, and 20 stories. The number of channels will be stable, but we will create new stories quite frequently. There needs a way to convey the difference between "story" and "channel" on the sign-in people, so users are not confused because of inconsistency. Very good feedback. Thanks.

caffeinewriter 14y ago

I'm also rethinking my whitespace comment. And quite insightful.

Circcle 14y ago

Pedalpete, we think notes next to videos are very important, as they help users decide whether they want to spend time to watch videos. They also serve as news headlines, so people can get the basic info right from them. This is why we decide to pay it safe by showing one video per line, so we are sure we will have enough room for the title and note. Regarding those buttons, if we move them closer to the content above, will it make them less "disconnected"? We put the comment button on the left side because it is closer to where users start to write comments. To your last point, the two pictures represent stories, which are collections of videos of the same events, like "US gun control debate". The video boxes below are the latest videos of each channel, which are much broader by definition, like "US news". Channels help people navigate through content and subscribe, and stories provides in-depth and consistent info. Together they create a 2-dimension matrix of content at Circcle. We currently have 9 channels, and 20 stories. The number of channels will be stable, but we will create new stories quite frequently. There needs a way to convey the difference between "story" and "channel" on the sign-in people, so users are not confused because of inconsistency. Very good feedback. Thanks.