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i am disappointed to see a decline in usability of late on the net. it really seemed like usability would define the next generation of the net, but i am beginning to doubt that.
while i was sleeping, cdnow.com slipped into the swirling vortex of amazon.com. it is quite obvious cdnow content was just slammed into an ancient amazon information architecture originally designed to sell books. if you can actually find the cd you are looking for, the track listing for the cd is near the bottom of the page reach by endless scrolling. much of the great supporting information cdnow had has disappeared.
if you had not noticed, google is starting to suck. before you crucify me for saying such a thing, remember i am talking about usability, not functionality. the awsomeicity of googles functionality increases almost daily. because of that the usability is getting worse and worse. switching between the regular search and the image search leaves much to be desired, it could be much "smarter" based on user tendencies.
yahoo has morphed into a completely useless portal over time. the usage of white space on the home page is the worst i have ever seen. 20 lb of shit in a 10 lb bag. it is really hard to decipher content from advertising (surely done on purpose).
ironically, i felt these three sites were industry benchmarks for usability only a few years ago. coincidentally all 3 have gone from sites with very focused and specific key user tasks to sites with very broad offerings catering to an almost undefinable audience.
wake up jakob it is time to bust some ass.
Posted by griff at January 30, 2003 01:23 AM