Re:An update about the new Chrome bookmarks manager
by bradleyland on Monday June 15, 2015 @10:24AM
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They redesigned the bookmark manager with a very Android-ish looking interface, where bookmark folders were represented as "blocks", similar to the Windows 8 start screen. It suffered from a few problems:
* Massive decrease in information density compared to the tree & list widgets of the "old style" bookmark manager.
* Clunky interactions. I'm pretty damn good with a computer, and I regularly ended up with bookmarks in the wrong place.
* The new interface required more clicks to get where you were going, and more clicks to perform common tasks.
Visually, the new style was more aligned with Android interfaces, but it suffered from significant UX flaws.
* Massive decrease in information density compared to the tree & list widgets of the "old style" bookmark manager.
* Clunky interactions. I'm pretty damn good with a computer, and I regularly ended up with bookmarks in the wrong place.
* The new interface required more clicks to get where you were going, and more clicks to perform common tasks.
Visually, the new style was more aligned with Android interfaces, but it suffered from significant UX flaws.