Macho Madness
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Oh boy, a redesign that fixes none of the problems Google+ has. Fantastic.
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Google+ |OT| A New Social Network
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No Snark - what problems? I haven't used it as much lately.
The Friendly Monster
Member
That's the problem.
planar1280
Banned
so they copied facebook? chat on the right, menu on the left, content in the middle (left).
There's some nice changes in here - I love the new sidebar on the left for example, but overall seems like a downgrade for my uses.
All the actual posts are cramped as hell and there's far too much wasted space/white space on the right. And I don't use the chats/hangout feature, so why not allow me to collapse it?
All the actual posts are cramped as hell and there's far too much wasted space/white space on the right. And I don't use the chats/hangout feature, so why not allow me to collapse it?
planar1280
Banned
The fundamental philosophy if G+ user growth is wrong. many people have multiple Gmail accounts, both those gmail accounts are forced to open a profile, the profile results in 1 user having multiple G+ accounts, this will hardly ever happen in twitter and never happen in facebook
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
No one on the team uses a widescreen monitor? come on google.
planar1280
Banned
Good Job Bob
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Redesign is a complete mess.
That explains it. The designer was a cat guy/gal.
=D #Whitespace is trending! That's hilarious.
Chat still sucks. It shouldn't let me try to chat with people who don't even have Google+. Circles only! Common Google its not that damn hard.
Same thing with circles. Why can I add people to circles who don't have Google+? It's a mess.
Chat still sucks. It shouldn't let me try to chat with people who don't even have Google+. Circles only! Common Google its not that damn hard.
Same thing with circles. Why can I add people to circles who don't have Google+? It's a mess.
ThatObviousUser
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As the most extreme example of a negative reaction to the new layout, I have to say it's already more successful than any Facebook redesign to date.
Slurpy2k20
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Too bad Google+ didn't come before facebook. I like it so much better, makes so much more sense, so much easier to understand, yet it doesn't stand a chance. Love how clean and customizable it is, and the obviousness of sharing to 'circles'.
ThatObviousUser
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Paradoxal_Utopia
They do, but they use Macs, and Mac users know better than to maximize a browser on large displays.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I like the new design. I hope that they let us know what they plan on doing with all that white space though.
The trending #whitespace posts have been absolutely hilarious.
The trending #whitespace posts have been absolutely hilarious.
ThatObviousUser
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Poor, poor Mac users.
lastplayed
Member
This new redesign feels like the old days of frames. Glad I don't really use G+ any more or I might be angry.
radioheadrule83
Banned
I really like the blank space actually. I don't know why, I can't put my finger on it... but I also agree with the sentiment that this has a tablet-friendly feel to it. I can imagine using that space for drag-scrolling.
It'd be nice if they let us skin G+ the same way we can skin Gmail... that space would be hot real estate for a nice high def background image.
The left bar and what each selection does is such a usability improvement. I actually used the What's Hot section, used the Explore section and followed new people and then looked at hangouts occuring... I might actually be more inclined to join random hangouts because of this layout.
It'd be nice if they let us skin G+ the same way we can skin Gmail... that space would be hot real estate for a nice high def background image.
The left bar and what each selection does is such a usability improvement. I actually used the What's Hot section, used the Explore section and followed new people and then looked at hangouts occuring... I might actually be more inclined to join random hangouts because of this layout.
Circles are a service wide feature, not just a G+ feature ... same with chat. The only viable complaint about chat is why the G+ chat is less featured then the normal chat when they should all be the same thing
They need to integrate the multiple chat clients they have into one mega chat - it would be a beast then. I really like some stuff in G+ Messenger (it got rebranded actually, no?) - I feel like the reason they're not just 'updating' regular chat right now is because they are working on this. Please someone tell me I am right.
Yeah, I understand that. But that system flat out doesn't work. Its messy.
Meh, its only messy because they kept the legacy labels around as well so it just makes the whole process more confusing.
Love this one:
:I find this delightfully humorous and refreshing
Seriously though. I like the new layout for the most part but it needs some....color...personality...something... It's just so clinical.
ThatObviousUser
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I actually think it's less clinical and sterile than before. Like, look at the little speech bubble arrows next to the post. They curve. Tiny tiny detail most nobody notices, but it lends some personality. Plus the background is now a white space (lol) on a gray background. Gray isn't a color but it breaks the white up nicely.
What a massively shitty redesign. Ever since launch all Google have done is add dumb shit to Google+ and generally fuck with it. The site at launch was far from perfect but I expected it to get incrementally better rather than incrementally worse. I don't know whether the people that head up Google+ are horrendously stupid or horrendously arrogant but the epic fail that Google+ has been to date indicates that they're one of the two. Larry Page should pull his head out of his ass and hire someone with an ounce of common sense to run things. /rant
This is always something I found fascinating about google. They are in this "war" with Apple on the mobile market in tablet & phones yet every picture I ever seen of Google's offices is basically nothing but Macs everywhere. But though when you think about it what else could Google use? Basically no one in Silicon Valley use Windows.
travisbickle
Member
I don't understand people who pretend they know about design but then have a hissy-fit when sites use whitespace. It's the best way to get a unified design across a number of devices...
but the fuckers removed Sparks from the sidebar, and now it's in the drop-down menu of Home, wtf!!! Is there anyway to add it to the side bar?
but the fuckers removed Sparks from the sidebar, and now it's in the drop-down menu of Home, wtf!!! Is there anyway to add it to the side bar?
'white space' doesn't mean "leave half the screen empty"
travisbickle
Member
It's necessary to have whitespace if you are creating a user-generated-content site that can be accessed and viewed from a number of devices. For the amount of content that is being produced within sites like Facebook, Google+, twitter, whitespace is necessary to subconsciously control what the user submits to the sites. You have to set specific dimensions for the content to fit so that people submit legible images for across all devices, and that means the larger your screen the larger the whitespace.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Sparks were hardly used, so they've been amalgamated into Saved Searches, which is easier to understand.
travisbickle
Member
Found it now, thanks. I see it now in the "whitespace" of the explore category, before I thought it was only in the "more" dropdown on the homepage.
That make sense - but it wouldn't be impossible to check the screen resolution of the user and change the stylization of more static objects (ie, not user sumbitted images) - text, for example? Or even just -center- the stream between two bits of white space.
They use Unix based machines. Not necessarily Macs. And are they going to start using Windows machines? Microsoft is a competitor also!
travisbickle
Member
You can always move the whitespace around, but there will always be whitespace because the styling of the data is the way it is.
I don't think anyone really wants to hear the justification for whitespace, every major social media site has it and from a design perspective it's palatable when compared to the last 20 years of web design, they just want to piss and moan that they can't fit more information on their widescreen monitors.
I can appreciate that - people who think there should be -no- white space are being a little unreasonable. That being said, the current layout is obviously not the best solution - centering the stream alone would 'move the whitespace around' - but in a way that is less impactful. And simply resizing the stream divs depending on user specifications would keep that consistent experience while helping people feel as though their screen real estate is better utilized.
Quick and dirty modification -
Something along these lines would shut people up
Costcosaurus
Banned
Google + is amazing. I really hope that someday it will be the dominant social networking site other than Facebook. It has been a while since Google +'s release and it still hasn't caught on yet, mainly because there's Facebook to be dealt with. :/
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
#HUGS4JUGS is trending. And what a trend it is!
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