Topic: Discussion thread

[[MAF]Cthulhu]

bria bennett

http://forum.adrenalinex.co.uk/index.php/topic,908.msg18635.html#msg18635

[[MAF]Snoopy]

great times

[Skream!]

[[MAF]Snoopy]

Has anybody heard that Selfie song? I listened to it once and wanted to puke!

[Skream!]

I listened that shit 1 hour after the release.
Classic EDM song, nothing new.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

I was more shocked at how bad it is.

[[MAF]Karlis]

New interfaces on popular sites.
Youtube, twitter and now facebook.
They all do it for the worse, new layouts seem to discontinue a lot of features, and are designed for low-res screens with little width, in 2014...
They try to play the "unified interface" card, when in fact they just bring down the layout and features to mobile level and claim that now phones can do everything.
I was somewhat fine with youtube and twitter, as i mostly like changes, but the recent FB update is borderline retarded imo.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

What does the new facebook layout look like? (screenshot if possible) I've heard a few people mention it but mine hasn't changed.

Also on bigger player size do you have this? it looks so stupid since YouTube changed its layout recently

[Skream!]

[[MAF]Snoopy]

Hmm interesting. The UK layout is different to the US layout but I prefer US so I use that. I guess it hasn't fully changed then.

[[MAF]Karlis]

the main issue is that its really narrow, i like a smaller font so more text fits on screen, and then the feed is taking like 1/5th of the screen width, but images are still relatively huge and obtrusive.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

As the old saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

[nero]

Just a short comment on the change of layouts on popular sites: They do it partially, most of the times ignoring country borders but more like "every 10th gets the new one" and wait for feedback of the people. It's also a good way of finding bugs and such before the new design hits all the people. The "new" Facebook design has been around already for 2 months (imagine the result if ALL the people on FB or ALL the people on YT would get a new design with bugs...)

Also, changing the layout of a website like FB hasn't a lot to do with "it looks better this way" (although they try to act like it). Mostly they change it to make people focus on certain things and make them click/use certain things more or less. And it has a lot to do with placement of ads. It's a way of forming the usage of your own site while maintaining user satisfaction. It's like a walk on a high rope.

[[MAF]Karlis]

true, but some things i mentioned before are not excusable by that.
and i can't tell about the ads, adblock ftw

[[MAF]Snoopy]

I don't use adblock anymore. It slows down browsing too much, I notice a big delay in webpage loading with it on. Off is nice and fast for me.
Anyway ads don't bother me, they can be useful sometimes. I've often clicked on an ad relating to what I've been looking at and then went and bought a product.