[I can rarely resist adding my 3.14159 bits… even if my own site design lacks any sophistication or aesthetical appeal itself.]
Color and image-wise, the redesign is definitely nicer, much more sense of space, but the Groups home and My Groups pages don’t provide nearly as much information/links as the previous version. This is not so good.
My preference is to see all of my subscribed groups before any space is used for lower value content such as Editor’s Picks, Tips, Create a New Group. More wasted space: the group logos and the separate lines for Organize/View All Groups (the latter links to the same page as Manage up top after all) and for =owner …=moderator (both of which could be indicated right next to the name of the groups).
However, I’m also chuffed that after so long with no significant (visible) changes Yahoo! is putting some effort into a good service. Interesting, in a positive way, that several changes at ‘hoo!ville are happening concurrently.
[via Wes]
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