Re:Ask HN: What do you think about FB new UX?
by nwienert on Thursday May 14, 2020 @04:34PM
(#23185039)
I think everyone on HN hates it but so far it’s quite clearly an improvement.
They didn’t go too far with spacing, consistency is way up, generally everything feels like it’s using the same standard set of widgets.
It feels in a weird way just a little slow. I’m not sure why, I even thought maybe it’s my Chrome or something. I noticed hovering a list item had what felt like a small delay. Turns out it was just the animation they used to fade in/out. I think they messed that up (fade in should be near instant or else it feels laggy).
That said, as a UX specialized dev, I appreciate it overall. Don’t like Facebook or even use the app much, but the design and tech are better overall.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think about FB new UX?
by phillipseamore on Thursday May 14, 2020 @04:14PM
(#23184797)
I really hate that the left sidebar goes away when you are looking at groups on desktop! Other UX aspects haven't bugged me much and I've had the new version for a few weeks. The performance is considerably worse than the previous, including tab crashes in Chrome.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think about FB new UX?
by mixmastamyk on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:31PM
(#23185773)
I'm finding the dark mode of recent sites not as good as the Dark Mode extension I use. Specifically the new stack exchange and now this facebook.
What they get wrong is making the background too bright, and often with a blue tinge. Not what I want in my dark mode, folks! Should never be brighter than #333.
They didn’t go too far with spacing, consistency is way up, generally everything feels like it’s using the same standard set of widgets.
It feels in a weird way just a little slow. I’m not sure why, I even thought maybe it’s my Chrome or something. I noticed hovering a list item had what felt like a small delay. Turns out it was just the animation they used to fade in/out. I think they messed that up (fade in should be near instant or else it feels laggy).
That said, as a UX specialized dev, I appreciate it overall. Don’t like Facebook or even use the app much, but the design and tech are better overall.
What they get wrong is making the background too bright, and often with a blue tinge. Not what I want in my dark mode, folks! Should never be brighter than #333.