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Redesigned Homepage

August 29th, 2009

So, as I said, I would redesign my homepage and I would let you guys know my thoughts on this changes, here we go…

I can’t remember when the last time I read Google Reader, like Ttechcrunch i think RSS is dead. So there wasn’t any point to keep a big ass RSS button in the home page, rather now im keeping a small one which takes less space like its less important now.

Email subscriptions? Wait, people who come here in my blog, they come from Twitter, FriendFeed or search engine. I have noticed only few people who get notified by email.So there is no point of having a big box on the home page for email input.


Old Home

Old Home

Search is important to find a topic or any specific thing from the blog, So I kept it as it was…

Archive, categories or recent post? I got them at the bottom as I think they are not that important to put at the top of the page.

And well, i’m giving Twitter and FriendFeed more focus. Getting their live updates on my homepage. Hope it makes more scenes now. I like Google friend connect but never used it before. Trying it for the first time….let’s see how it works.

DISQUS commenting system is my most favorite commenting system. So kept it as it was.

Above all these are my thoughts behind this new design. Don’t forget to criticize me and i will be really happy if you suggest me what else i can put in my homepage. or anything i can take off?

New Facebook Layout Failed?

March 21st, 2009

My first status on redesigned facebook layout was like “is liking new facebook homepage design!” – well, I liked it and I still like it. But wait, i’m such kind of user who spends most of the time in front of his laptop, who likes and understands all these “real-time stream”, who understands how facebook is trying to kill twitter …etc.

But what about 200 million users who are not a nerd like me? Today, I have read almost 200+ comments on this poll that was published to know about users feedback. Do I really need to read the comments when the result says around 95% users don’t like the new layout design?

Still, I wanted to know why people didn’t like it. Certainly, users got some good points. And some of them are …

  • It brings all craps on home page, last detail of every single thing.
  • It’s confusing, highlights seems like an advertisement.
  • Users have less control of what they see and what they write.
  • Live feed was very popular tab and it’s removed
  • User don’t get notifications when a friend get tagged…..etc

I know, users have to adapt with the new layout and it takes time. This is call “adaptation” dude? We saw users hated the 2nd layout design but after a certain time they got adapted with it. Now, it’s not been too long since 2nd layout changed, but this latest changes actually surprised maximum users. Facebook didn’t prepare them like before. This time users don’t have option to go back to old layout which was on 2nd design change.

This time I have a full doubt about this design change. I just feel facebook must do something about it or they will lose a number of good users. I know people are addicted to facrbook, so whatever they ask us to eat, we are bound to eat that. But still redesigned facebook has to be changed, maybe not going back to old design but it has to give users more power and maybe bringing back the “Live Feed” tab will be a good idea. So that those who are interested to “real-time” can stay on that page.

Now, this is interesting. mark zuckerberg had a tread on his facebook public page that says…

Lots of good feedback on the new streams home page. Thanks for all the encouragement. If you’re not into it, try it out for a few more days and tell us.

Now, you want to hear what people are saying?

Read them here, im sure you will enjoy all users feedback….

what’s your feeback on new layout?

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