TE1216736340Tue
marco:
Facebook is a silly thing to complain about, but when I use it a certain amount, I expect to get a consistent level of functionality out of it. Once I’ve learned the interface, I don’t want to have to think about it, which is what I’ll be doing for the next few weeks learning the ins and outs of the new system.
Oh, right, and Facebook now does the one thing I absolutely cannot stand: It moves navigation around when you click on it. When you select the Photos tab, everything shifts over, so the tabs are no longer where you expect to find them. I think this is a big usability no-no.
I would like to add a third point: It looks like shit. I don’t understand why Facebook is deciding to roll out such a huge overall at once, rather than making the change gradually through a series of small iterations. The new design will take a lot of getting used to, and I don’t really like when everything gets turned upside down overnight like that.The Facebook redesign seems to have missed two points:
- Whitespace is good, but adding whitespace around a billion tiny things doesn’t really solve the problem of having a billion tiny things on screen.
- There’s a difference between activity and content. Content is activity, but activity is not content. Showing me the fine details of how my high-school classmates change their Facebook settings isn’t interesting or relevant. It brings me no value.
Facebook is a silly thing to complain about, but when I use it a certain amount, I expect to get a consistent level of functionality out of it. Once I’ve learned the interface, I don’t want to have to think about it, which is what I’ll be doing for the next few weeks learning the ins and outs of the new system.
Oh, right, and Facebook now does the one thing I absolutely cannot stand: It moves navigation around when you click on it. When you select the Photos tab, everything shifts over, so the tabs are no longer where you expect to find them. I think this is a big usability no-no.
