Re:How We Lost User Engagement After a Redesign
by Consultant32452 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @10:04PM
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You may find this writeup from an Amazon veteran about how Amazon goes about designing things. It's 100% about accessibility over aesthetics. Ihttps://plus.google.com/+RipRowan/posts/eVeouesvaVX
Re:How We Lost User Engagement After a Redesign
by dingaling on Thursday June 09, 2016 @12:56AM
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> It's 100% about accessibility over aesthetics.
That surprises me, since when I visit Amazon's UK homepage my fan kicks-in and there's a noticable delay before I can start typing-in the product for which I want to search; all so that they can load an enormous Prime promotion carousel and rows upon rows of 'product suggestions' in which I have never shown any interest. Today it includes pearl ear-rings.
Re:How We Lost User Engagement After a Redesign
by aptwebapps on Thursday June 09, 2016 @06:10AM
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Things have changed a bit in the five years or so since that was written. I don't think Bezos controls every pixel any more.
OT: I really miss Yegge's writing. I wish he publish more.
One obvious example being Amazon.
As a consumer I will generally go with whoever gives me the most information about whatever I'm doing/learning/buying with the least clicking around. Indulging in the modern "design" trend of giving me 5 million white pixels is not how you sell stuff to me. I'm not looking to buy white pixels, I'm all stocked up on those.