gregorykennedy ([info]gregorykennedy) wrote in [info]lj_design,
2008-11-06 16:15:00
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New Profile Page Goes Live

After months of hard work and three public betas, our new profile page design is now live. We want to thank everyone for all the feedback. If you're interested in reading about the evolution of the design, just click on the profile tag and the entire history of posts will be available for you to read.

For those who have asked about an opt-out option, it's not going to be possible for us to provide that for the profile page or any other significant UI changes. While we would like to be able to support every permutation of the product, adding more complexity at core levels makes it really difficult to design and maintain.

For users that have been with LiveJournal for a long time, it may be hard to understand why we continue to evolve the user interface design. There are a number of factors that go into our decision making process when we make changes to the design of LiveJournal. User feedback is one of the most important ones, but it's not the only factor. Our goal with the profile page redesign and all the user interface design work is simply to make the website easier for everyone to use, which includes new users.

We know that for you, this may seem not very useful, since you already understand how to use the product. This is why we go through the painstaking process of creating beta versions, getting feedback, creating a new beta version and so on and so on until we achieve something that we feel comfortable launching. It's impossible for us to satisfy everyone, but we still try.

The profile page is a very difficult page to design given the personal nature of the information that is on there. The Account Settings project I think is a more clear cut example of how we are improving the LiveJournal experience for both new and old users alike.

Thank you.
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[info]angelasylum

November 7 2008, 00:18:03 UTC 3 years ago

I gotta say. I'm not feeling the new profile page. Sorry. :[

[info]calviin

November 7 2008, 01:00:34 UTC 3 years ago

ew.

Seconded. The new profiles hurt. No thanks

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[info]justdecor

November 7 2008, 00:18:14 UTC 3 years ago

SHITSUX

[info]armata

November 7 2008, 01:26:08 UTC 3 years ago

OH HAI GINO~ ♥

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[info]with_leon

November 7 2008, 00:18:47 UTC 3 years ago

NOT LIKING THIS.

OPTION TO CHANGE IT BACK! GIVE!

[info]elliptic_eye

November 7 2008, 00:32:26 UTC 3 years ago

Seconded. Hurts my eyes, and I can't imagine what profit LJ gets from it.

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[info]surfer_rosa1804

November 7 2008, 00:18:49 UTC 3 years ago

I miss the "design" thing; I actually thought I accidentally hit "author mode" button.
Anyway, horrible.

[info]poige

November 7 2008, 13:10:37 UTC 3 years ago

> Anyway, horrible.

©

+1

[info]i_ai

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[info]raunchdressing

November 7 2008, 00:18:52 UTC 3 years ago

WHAT IS THIS? This is so amazingly ugly. You guys are doing the worst job lately and I am so unimpressed.

[info]dividerbyzero

November 7 2008, 00:18:54 UTC 3 years ago

HATE.

[info]nzgoddess

November 7 2008, 04:26:15 UTC 3 years ago

x1000

[info]derogative

November 7 2008, 00:19:45 UTC 3 years ago

DO NOT WANT

[info]kala_hansa

November 7 2008, 09:04:06 UTC 3 years ago

+100!!!

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[info]trinities

November 7 2008, 00:19:51 UTC 3 years ago

1. You should have announced this in news. Not all of us follow [info]lj_design. This blind-sided me, to put it bluntly.

2. Thanks a lot for not listening to us! I'm sure we're all quite grateful for you enforcing changes that none of us are happy with. And as a suggestion--you could make it like the old layouts, where we see them all one way and people who like it see it the other way. That way, it's unilateral according to the user's wishes.

But I guess that just didn't cross your mind.

[info]naughtymewmew

November 7 2008, 03:28:09 UTC 3 years ago

Agreed. My journals are all kept in the layout that was around when I first joined. It's what I prefer and I would be royally pissed if I were ever forced to give it up. Now I AM being forced to give up my profile for something that looks like a kid threw it together? Do we really need the option of hiding shit like that with the little arrows? Ugh. Horrible, just completely horrible.

[info]uniquewonders

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[info]a_white_rain

November 7 2008, 00:19:56 UTC 3 years ago

User feedback is one of the most important ones,
Can we please drop this lie?

[info]rosedoll

November 7 2008, 00:39:14 UTC 3 years ago

NO kidding. *rolls eyes*

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[info]sarabakanashimi

November 7 2008, 00:20:21 UTC 3 years ago

I never comment on news post, but the sheer FUG of this hideous THING was enough to a)give me a headache, b) prompt me to post.

Give us back the old profile. It had NOTHING wrong. And burn this thing with fire.

[info]gurmpy

November 7 2008, 00:20:27 UTC 3 years ago

I... liked the old design. I really, really don't like this one, sorry. Were we ever given the chance to review potential designs and vote yay or nay? Did I just miss that?

[info]foxfirefey

November 7 2008, 00:29:59 UTC 3 years ago

There's been chances for review and feedback, but it was never up for any kind of vote.

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[info]dbaxdevilsfan

November 7 2008, 00:20:29 UTC 3 years ago

Y'all might want to reconsider the profile page set up. The new design SUCKS.

I want the old layout back.

I absolutely HATE that my "last updated" info is out in the open right there at the top. that certainly does not offer me any privacy. Hell, I have my journal locked down for a reason. That info shouldn't be available unless I make it available.

Put it back. PLEASE.

[info]toastoos

November 7 2008, 00:33:12 UTC 3 years ago

To be fair, that info was always made available to whoever viewed your profile in full mode in the old design.

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[info]sleepless_x

November 7 2008, 00:20:38 UTC 3 years ago

I do not like it at all.

[info]gingasaur

November 7 2008, 00:20:43 UTC 3 years ago

no.

[info]janneys

November 7 2008, 02:09:59 UTC 3 years ago

FAT ASS NO INDEED.

HAHAHAAHA HI

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[info]copy

November 7 2008, 00:20:50 UTC 3 years ago

It would be okay without the thousands of thin, grey lines.

[info]elleaf

November 7 2008, 12:33:42 UTC 3 years ago

Agree, they are annoying and completely useless.

[info]britomart_is

November 7 2008, 00:20:55 UTC 3 years ago

Ugh. I despise the new profile layout. Does anyone like it?

[info]invisibillie

November 7 2008, 00:21:53 UTC 3 years ago

No?

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[info]raunchdressing

November 7 2008, 00:20:58 UTC 3 years ago

LJ's new administration is just utter crap. I can't believe this shit, you guys don't listen to us like we're all basic account users. Doesn't your customer matter in Russia?

[info]surfer_rosa1804

November 7 2008, 00:26:09 UTC 3 years ago

No.
In Soviet Russia, people were extremely happy if they could get any goods / services, i.e. buying shoes of any size, because there are at least any shoes and they can exchange them with someone who has their size etc.
The ppl are probably old. We don't have the "oh you are willing to sell us something that's so amazing" attitude.

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[info]blush

November 7 2008, 00:21:08 UTC 3 years ago

I cannot fathom anyone enjoying this profile change. How about working on reoccurring problems like icons randomly switching out with others instead of drastic changes nobody will be pleased with? I can't believe I pay for this site when you never listen to feedback, you just do whatever you feel. It's definitely not improving lj for the better.

[info]hollywood

November 7 2008, 00:27:27 UTC 3 years ago

I can't believe I pay for this site when you never listen to feedback, you just do whatever you feel.

I agree so much! I honestly can't believe I pay to see such an ugly profile.

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[info]comawhite

November 7 2008, 00:21:16 UTC 3 years ago

But why does it look so terrible? Looking through your history, it's an endless chorus of "Dude, that's ugly as hell". What is so vital about the eyesore aesthetic you've got going on? It looks like crap, you guys. People have been telling you that since the beginning. And now you're getting a landslide of DO NOT WANT. If you could just make it look nice people would be totally thrilled! I don't understand.

[info]verix

November 7 2008, 00:43:36 UTC 3 years ago

Well, the way each section is separated harks back to the olden days of 1995 web design, in which the page was separated by an ugly <hr> tag, giving the page a jarring separation. This seems to be a cover for the way each subsection might be split up into three sections vertically (like the contact information) or no sections whatsoever (friends). It's really just an ugly mishmash of text with no semblance of order or leading of the eye.

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[info]presea

November 7 2008, 00:21:29 UTC 3 years ago

If you won't give us an opt-out option, the least you can do is keep the way it processes syntax so that it doesn't mess up HTML tags.

[info]silk

November 7 2008, 01:29:05 UTC 3 years ago

STAALLLKKK. ♥

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[info]anax

November 7 2008, 00:21:58 UTC 3 years ago

translation: LJ doesn't give a shit about its users, AGAIN.

[info]kartos

November 7 2008, 02:38:42 UTC 3 years ago

QFT

I guess they are trying to make the paid users leave?

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[info]moobangboom

November 7 2008, 00:22:03 UTC 3 years ago

Everyone has worked hard on making layouts for their profiles. This just messes them up. Please give us your reasoning as to having to change something that worked in the first place. A change like this is seemingly pointless to me. The old saying goes "DON'T FIX IT IF IT ISN'T BROKEN". Please give an option to change it to the old style and give people a choice, rather than ramming this down our throats.

[info]gracie_in_greek

November 7 2008, 00:50:39 UTC 3 years ago

I agree very much.

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[info]green_wing

November 7 2008, 00:22:06 UTC 3 years ago

I really really don't like the new profile page, it's hard to read, hurts my eyes to look at, and it just isn't user friendly! :{

[info]corporeal

November 7 2008, 00:22:07 UTC 3 years ago

Getting new users to understand LiveJournal better won't do you much good when all of your old ones leave/stop paying.

[info]dbaxdevilsfan

November 7 2008, 00:24:14 UTC 3 years ago

A-fucking-MEN!

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[info]ladydreamer

November 7 2008, 00:22:10 UTC 3 years ago

When I was new at LJ, I hardly found the profiles difficult to navigate. Have you had a slew of new users who were unable to deal with it? In fact, the profile page wasn't even the section that I used the most when I first began. I had a few people friended who had brought me over, and I mostly used the posting link and read my friends page.

If it isn't possible to satisfy everyone, try satisfying someone.

[info]beandelphiki

November 7 2008, 01:09:49 UTC 3 years ago

Livejournal was essentially the first site I ever signed up for, back when my family first got a decent internet connection.

I never once had an issue understanding the profile page either.

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