Comments on: User Interface: Part One, the Impact of Big Change http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/ Blogging From Inside the New Media Revolution Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: From User Interface to User Experience « Smibs Blog http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10515 From User Interface to User Experience « Smibs Blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:43 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-10515 [...] a year ago in a blog post I discussed what makes a great user interface. I questioned Facebook’s big interface switch and I held up Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn to its standard. Looking back, everything I discussed [...] [...] a year ago in a blog post I discussed what makes a great user interface. I questioned Facebook’s big interface switch and I held up Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn to its standard. Looking back, everything I discussed [...]

]]> By: Peter Urban http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Peter Urban Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:23:12 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1804 Greg, no worries. Let me know what your concerns are and we'll discuss it. Greg, no worries. Let me know what your concerns are and we’ll discuss it.

]]> By: Greg Balanko-Dickson http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Greg Balanko-Dickson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:06:16 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1803 I did not realize Stephanie wrote this post. Sorry Peter. Basically, a UI most UI's are challenging. Giving the user control over organizing and mashing up the content is what I was referring to. I did not realize Stephanie wrote this post. Sorry Peter. Basically, a UI most UI’s are challenging. Giving the user control over organizing and mashing up the content is what I was referring to.

]]> By: Greg Balanko-Dickson http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Greg Balanko-Dickson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:59:56 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1802 Hi Peter, to clarify. Let me as a user decide how I want to view my data. I will write you separately. Hi Peter, to clarify. Let me as a user decide how I want to view my data. I will write you separately.

]]> By: Peter Urban http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Peter Urban Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:55:47 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1801 Greg, Thanks for you comment. I am not sure what you mean by manipulating and 'mosh' it? We're working on optimizing the UI of Doorbell and SmibsNet to make it easier for new users to understand and adapt to. It's not perfect yet but hey, that's why we're in private beta. Send us an email or Smibs message with your ideas and concerns and we'll get right at it. Everyone here is excited about the next major update that's going to come out before the end of this month. It's a huge jump forward in terms of usability. Keep up the good work beta-testing SmibsNet and Doorbell. Greg, Thanks for you comment. I am not sure what you mean by manipulating and ‘mosh’ it? We’re working on optimizing the UI of Doorbell and SmibsNet to make it easier for new users to understand and adapt to. It’s not perfect yet but hey, that’s why we’re in private beta. Send us an email or Smibs message with your ideas and concerns and we’ll get right at it. Everyone here is excited about the next major update that’s going to come out before the end of this month. It’s a huge jump forward in terms of usability. Keep up the good work beta-testing SmibsNet and Doorbell.

]]> By: Stephanie http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Stephanie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:47:48 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1800 Perhaps I should have been less extreme in my wording. What I meant to emphasize is that sites with such a heavy popularity like Facebook can take bigger risks without suffering user loss. If Facebook has a 'monopoly' on my group of friends (that is, it is the only site they use) it becomes a neverending cycle perpetuating Facebook's popularity and use among my friends - a situation in which no one would switch to something else because they are going to go where their friends are. I don't know any huge network of friends who would move to a new site because they hated the "New Facebook" changes, and that is the reality of Facebook's popularity and clout. Perhaps I should have been less extreme in my wording. What I meant to emphasize is that sites with such a heavy popularity like Facebook can take bigger risks without suffering user loss. If Facebook has a ‘monopoly’ on my group of friends (that is, it is the only site they use) it becomes a neverending cycle perpetuating Facebook’s popularity and use among my friends – a situation in which no one would switch to something else because they are going to go where their friends are. I don’t know any huge network of friends who would move to a new site because they hated the “New Facebook” changes, and that is the reality of Facebook’s popularity and clout.

]]> By: Greg Balanko-Dickson http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 Greg Balanko-Dickson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1799 Peter, I really understand how you feel because that is the way I feel about the interface in Doorbell. Give me the user control to manipulate and mosh it. Peter, I really understand how you feel because that is the way I feel about the interface in Doorbell. Give me the user control to manipulate and mosh it.

]]> By: Greg Balanko-Dickson http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Greg Balanko-Dickson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:34:03 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1798 Not sure I agree with FB being a near monopoly in the "networking world" as you assert. When I think of monopoly I think of having a single choice and there are many, many other places to network and build relationships. I am just in the process of making a major commitment to my Facebook (FB) presence. Personally I like the tab addition to the Profile page. There is a fair amount of customization and the ability to customize tabs. I like the FB changes and control I now have. Is it intuitive and natural, no, but if you poke around and explore you will discover options to modify your FB. Certainly FB is the biggest and most significant, a monopoly? I think not. Not sure I agree with FB being a near monopoly in the “networking world” as you assert. When I think of monopoly I think of having a single choice and there are many, many other places to network and build relationships.

I am just in the process of making a major commitment to my Facebook (FB) presence. Personally I like the tab addition to the Profile page. There is a fair amount of customization and the ability to customize tabs.

I like the FB changes and control I now have. Is it intuitive and natural, no, but if you poke around and explore you will discover options to modify your FB.

Certainly FB is the biggest and most significant, a monopoly? I think not.

]]> By: Peter Urban http://blog.smibs.com/posts/224/user-interface-part-one-the-impact-of-big-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Peter Urban Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:28:07 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=224#comment-1797 I Facebook made it really difficult for themselves when they opened their platform to third party apps. They got the good and the evil. The good was the drastically increased attention form the tech industry and the business world as well as a vast influx of outside innovation. The ugly part is the mess it created in the US and the overall user experience. Their recent design iteration is clearly an attempt to keep benefiting form the former while getting rid of the latter. We'll all see how it works. I am personally always confused when I am on facebook. Maybe I just don't spend enough time on it but it clearly doesn't make me want to do that. I Facebook made it really difficult for themselves when they opened their platform to third party apps. They got the good and the evil. The good was the drastically increased attention form the tech industry and the business world as well as a vast influx of outside innovation. The ugly part is the mess it created in the US and the overall user experience. Their recent design iteration is clearly an attempt to keep benefiting form the former while getting rid of the latter. We’ll all see how it works. I am personally always confused when I am on facebook. Maybe I just don’t spend enough time on it but it clearly doesn’t make me want to do that.

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