How do yo know that a software program, or a website, or an iPhone app has a bad UI?
When there are explanations to help guide you through the interface.
The latest example: Facebook's explanation, "Welcome to our new, simplified home page."
This change reminds me of a Grocery Store reset. You know, when the contents of a store's shelves are all re-arranged to "make it easier on you, the shopper", when actually they are just trying to make you confused, upset your usual shopping patterns, and in the process, get you to pay attention to products you don't normally look at.
I posit that Facebook is changing their focus away from the people with the accounts to the companies that will pay them to be in Facebook.
And what kinds of apps or features will we see in Facebook? More games, certainly. And... recruiting tools.Which means you should be paying more attention to what you post if you care about your career (and you should be doing this anyway, given that any recruiter worth their salt checks you on social networking sites before giving you serious consideration).
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