Because oftentimes the new UI is designed by someone who read too much on whitespace and aesthetics and sacrifices information density.
AmEx recently redesigned their site. Before, I could easily see all my credit card transactions with minimal clicks and scrolling. Now, everything is enlarged by 1.25x (probably a poorly done responsive design) and I find myself scrolling a lot more.
The Gmail iOS app redesign from last autumn was poorly done, too. They waste precious horizontal space on your phone to display a circle with an avatar or the person's initials. I don't need that shit for email. I just need the sender's name.
If designers focused on providing the information a user wants with a minimal number of interactions, I think there'd be less hate.
New Twitter UI is not as bad as their other new features (algorithmic rearranging of timeline, likes sometimes shown as retweets, autoplay video of sports broadcasts) but still looks like trolling by designers. It's too retro, too much Raygun Gothic aesthetic. It does not fit to rough and casual nature of Twitter.
Perhaps if the new UI's actually improved presentation of information rather than being an exercise in aesthetic wankery that makes the site less usable?
It happens every time popular service does a redesign. People will eventually get used to it and will want it back as "the old twitter" when they inevitably do another redesign.
Usability is exactly the same (for better or worse), it just looks a bit different.
It is not nowadays, it's been like this forever. I remember even myself loudly complaining about some service(s) some decade ago when they changed. I have since come to the realisation that I'll get used to whatever is changed at some point, and that makes me not care anymore. Usually, anyway.
Meh, Twitter's new UI isn't bad enough for me to worry about reverting it locally. If they pulled a YouTube that'd make sense, and even there I got used to it.
While I'm not a fan of the project, I do think that comparison isn't fair. XP and outdated browsers give you a much higher chance of malware, because MS isn't really putting out XP security patches and browsers release security patches in newer versions, hoping everyone will upgrade to them.
Meanwhile, this project is essentially 16 lines of JS. Even the README takes up more space. Reading through the lines of JS, I don't see how they will make you vulnerable at all.
Yes, people will complain every time a UI is significantly changed. But there's something else too.
Perception is that significant product development resources were devoted to adding rounded corners. But issues often associated with twitter seem to get worse and little product development resources. A few include: harrassment, racism, armies of bots for brigading, and the increasing use of the platform as an instrument by a foreign power to exert influence on the American electorate.
Maybe they are trying and not communicating it well. But a UI refresh is clear indication of spent product development, and those issues seem to be getting worse.
[+] [-] Sirikon|8 years ago|reply
Why that hate for every new UI nowadays.
[+] [-] et-al|8 years ago|reply
AmEx recently redesigned their site. Before, I could easily see all my credit card transactions with minimal clicks and scrolling. Now, everything is enlarged by 1.25x (probably a poorly done responsive design) and I find myself scrolling a lot more.
The Gmail iOS app redesign from last autumn was poorly done, too. They waste precious horizontal space on your phone to display a circle with an avatar or the person's initials. I don't need that shit for email. I just need the sender's name.
If designers focused on providing the information a user wants with a minimal number of interactions, I think there'd be less hate.
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[+] [-] romanovcode|8 years ago|reply
- https://i.imgur.com/532Mdva.png
[+] [-] zichy|8 years ago|reply
Although I must say that twitter.com seems to have improved in terms of keyboard navigation and the visible keyboard focus.
[1]: https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/875389431372533760
[+] [-] runn1ng|8 years ago|reply
Usability is exactly the same (for better or worse), it just looks a bit different.
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[+] [-] spike021|8 years ago|reply
I miss out on so many tweets I would actually find interesting because of this.
Sorry Twitter, but no, you're not capable of figuring out what I enjoy reading.
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[+] [-] jamescostian|8 years ago|reply
Meanwhile, this project is essentially 16 lines of JS. Even the README takes up more space. Reading through the lines of JS, I don't see how they will make you vulnerable at all.
[+] [-] grimgrin|8 years ago|reply
https://greasyfork.org
https://openuserjs.org
^ Both can be used with Greasemonkey (Firefox) or Tampermonkey (Chrome)
https://userstyles.org (used with Stylish)
[+] [-] strict9|8 years ago|reply
Perception is that significant product development resources were devoted to adding rounded corners. But issues often associated with twitter seem to get worse and little product development resources. A few include: harrassment, racism, armies of bots for brigading, and the increasing use of the platform as an instrument by a foreign power to exert influence on the American electorate.
Maybe they are trying and not communicating it well. But a UI refresh is clear indication of spent product development, and those issues seem to be getting worse.
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