http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/06/12/this-website-looks-worried/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-website-looks-worried Formerly Crastinate.com Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/06/12/this-website-looks-worried/#comment-34 Anonymous Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:35:51 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-34 I would suggest reading this article about myspace vs. facebook for some insight. http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html I used to like myspace, but they started "upgrading" it and allowing users to play with the layout. as a result, people put together the most garish, inaccessible pages possible. quite reminiscent of homepages on geocities back in the 90s. what turned me off for good was the music that now plays on everyone's page. The first rule of web design is no music. We all remember the annoying midi files on the earliest web pages. I would suggest reading this article about myspace vs. facebook for some insight.
http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
I used to like myspace, but they started “upgrading” it and allowing users to play with the layout. as a result, people put together the most garish, inaccessible pages possible. quite reminiscent of homepages on geocities back in the 90s. what turned me off for good was the music that now plays on everyone’s page. The first rule of web design is no music. We all remember the annoying midi files on the earliest web pages.

]]> http://elyrosenstock.com/2008/06/12/this-website-looks-worried/#comment-33 Kate Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:19:05 +0000 http://crastinate.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-33 I am so with you on the MySpace vs Facebook thing!!! I HATED MySpace with a passion. I tried to make it better by changing the background on my page but to no avail. My husband begged me for months and months to sign up for Facebook but I resisted based on the assumption that is was MySpace for college kids. I fell in love with Facebook from the moment I set up my account (to the extent that I logged in constantly through out the day from my cellphone- a RAZR at the time, so that was no easy feat). I think my enthusiasm was a result of the far superior design, but also the fact that all my friends and family was already on and it was a great way to see what everyone was up to. I am so with you on the MySpace vs Facebook thing!!!
I HATED MySpace with a passion. I tried to make it better by changing the background on my page but to no avail. My husband begged me for months and months to sign up for Facebook but I resisted based on the assumption that is was MySpace for college kids.
I fell in love with Facebook from the moment I set up my account (to the extent that I logged in constantly through out the day from my cellphone- a RAZR at the time, so that was no easy feat).
I think my enthusiasm was a result of the far superior design, but also the fact that all my friends and family was already on and it was a great way to see what everyone was up to.

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