Comments on: USAToday And What’s Really Wrong With Social Design http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design Dumping wisdom on the masses Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:03:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Earth To USAToday: Adding Social Features Does Not Fix The Ugly | Business Logs http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-8992 Earth To USAToday: Adding Social Features Does Not Fix The Ugly | Business Logs Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:53:16 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-8992 [...] Paul echoes my opinion: “While you can applaud the fact that they are taking a step in the “right” direction with more interactive features, how does the design encourage interaction on the site at all? Its as though they are too scared to make anything prominent so they went the next best route and made absolutely nothing prominent.” [...] [...] Paul echoes my opinion: “While you can applaud the fact that they are taking a step in the “right” direction with more interactive features, how does the design encourage interaction on the site at all? Its as though they are too scared to make anything prominent so they went the next best route and made absolutely nothing prominent.” [...]

]]> By: Aneta | SocialDesignSite http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7688 Aneta | SocialDesignSite Sun, 06 May 2007 11:07:09 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-7688 I have the impression that social design is only associated with designing the web for people in means of communication. However, social design has a deeper meaning. Social design aims at highlighting different aspects of our social world. Design, in this sense, is any circumstance that is a result of action. This broad definition also implicates that design can be unconscious. It is there whether we are aware of it or not. It is inescapable. Social design, then, is at the same time a great opportunity and a great responsibility because it relies on the choices we make every day. It is the perception of a man-made reality that consequently can only be changed by man. That can be social deisgn not only a design of a website for social purposes. I have the impression that social design is only associated with designing the web for people in means of communication. However, social design has a deeper meaning. Social design aims at highlighting different aspects of our social world. Design, in this sense, is any circumstance that is a result of action. This broad definition also implicates that design can be unconscious. It is there whether we are aware of it or not. It is inescapable. Social design, then, is at the same time a great opportunity and a great responsibility because it relies on the choices we make every day. It is the perception of a man-made reality that consequently can only be changed by man.
That can be social deisgn not only a design of a website for social purposes.

]]> By: pepe http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7687 pepe Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:12:37 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-7687 It is fear of missing out on something that leads to designs like this one. They have gone for a lot of social features and at the same time pass down the job of information selection to the reader. What might work for digg-style sites and news aggregators is not automatically the best choice for a well-known newspaper's homepage. The readership has expectaions of a brand like USA Today, you can't just go wild and bang in social features randomly. It is fear of missing out on something that leads to designs like this one. They have gone for a lot of social features and at the same time pass down the job of information selection to the reader. What might work for digg-style sites and news aggregators is not automatically the best choice for a well-known newspaper’s homepage. The readership has expectaions of a brand like USA Today, you can’t just go wild and bang in social features randomly.

]]> By: USAToday: Anti-Social Readers? » Webomatica http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7686 USAToday: Anti-Social Readers? » Webomatica Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:16:28 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-7686 [...] Additional Reading: Scott Karp, Paris Lemon, Mathew Ingram, Charlene Li’s Blog, Wisdump [...] [...] Additional Reading: Scott Karp, Paris Lemon, Mathew Ingram, Charlene Li’s Blog, Wisdump [...]

]]> By: pt http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7685 pt Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:36:37 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-7685 Good post, thanks. To me, it seems like much of the corporate web lately: devoid of any real "love" or personality, and without a soul. Things have been moved around but I'm not sure it encourages interaction from me -- I clicked twice and left to post this reply... Hey, maybe they got a deal on a set of templates and can cut overhead (and thus boost profits for shareholders)? It's short on TITLE and ALT tags, and the "color-coding" of different verticals doesn't seem to add much value. Good post, thanks. To me, it seems like much of the corporate web lately: devoid of any real “love” or personality, and without a soul. Things have been moved around but I’m not sure it encourages interaction from me — I clicked twice and left to post this reply…

Hey, maybe they got a deal on a set of templates and can cut overhead (and thus boost profits for shareholders)? It’s short on TITLE and ALT tags, and the “color-coding” of different verticals doesn’t seem to add much value.

]]> By: Stan Schroeder http://www.wisdump.com/design/usatoday-and-whats-really-wrong-with-social-design/comment-page-1/#comment-7684 Stan Schroeder Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:50:57 +0000 http://wisdump.com/?p=322#comment-7684 The new design is a mess. I've done a quick analysis, but I'm pretty sure that any professional web designer would be able to spot dozens of flaws. The new design is a mess. I’ve done a quick analysis, but I’m pretty sure that any professional web designer would be able to spot dozens of flaws.

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