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Re:The mystery of Google+ by camus on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @11:22AM (#6020307)
Google should "remove" whatever person is in charge of the G+ UI/UX . It's so bad . that's why people dont use it. Let the content breath , get ride of the header that takes half the page on laptops , stuffs like that. It's like they want it to fail ... It's funny with the load of money Google has , they usually suck at UI. Youtube UI is good most of the time though some iterations were bad.

Keep things simple for god sake. Even Microsoft is better at UI than Google.

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Re:The mystery of Google+ by PavlovsCat on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @11:34AM (#6020408)
Youtube is fine in most aspects, but I would consider comment system one of the most broken things on the web, period. I know it's not easy to make good, given the variety of audience and usage, much less "perfect", but I doubt anyone is even trying.

How much of the quality of youtube comments can be attributed to this? Anyone wanting to make a point or responding to one would rather post the video in a forum and discuss it there. And considering that it's YOUtube, which means the initial idea was that people talk into their camera, and others respond with videos and comments, I wouldn't exactly call the comment system a gimmick either. It would be nice to at least theoretically be able to have actual discussion on important videos, right where the video is. But no ^^

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