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summerJets

My name is Cayce. I like photos, videos, and music.
Sunday August 17th tmblg: Well, I’ve pissed off the Facebook design team, now it’s time to piss of David and Marco (although I really hope I don’t). I’m going to come out and say it: I really, really dislike the new Tumblr beta. It feels clunky and awkward, and I think it’s a huge step backwards in exchange for a few small usability improvements (wider dashboard, larger type, easy tumblog switching). Of course, I have no idea how far along it is, and I’m sure it’s a work in progress, but I got bored this weekend and decided that instead of posting some whiny diatribe about why I didn’t like it, I could mockup what I think I should look like. Click the image above (or here) to view my mockup. I’ve also posted a side-by-side comparison on Flickr. I’m going to go ahead and say this is far more appealing. The individual posts on the new design feels awkward and the combination of the points with the rounded corners against the dark blue background is rather jarring. The bottom edge and the folding top right corner kind of give off the impression of an identity crisis. The dividers between the post icons I don’t like and how the number of unread posts displayed is odd with the red background. I really like how you did the top right tab with the users icon but wouldn’t it be a little superfluous with your icon already by the six post icons?

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Well, I’ve pissed off the Facebook design team, now it’s time to piss of David and Marco (although I really hope I don’t). I’m going to come out and say it: I really, really dislike the new Tumblr beta. It feels clunky and awkward, and I think it’s a huge step backwards in exchange for a few small usability improvements (wider dashboard, larger type, easy tumblog switching). Of course, I have no idea how far along it is, and I’m sure it’s a work in progress, but I got bored this weekend and decided that instead of posting some whiny diatribe about why I didn’t like it, I could mockup what I think I should look like. Click the image above (or here) to view my mockup. I’ve also posted a side-by-side comparison on Flickr.

I’m going to go ahead and say this is far more appealing. The individual posts on the new design feels awkward and the combination of the points with the rounded corners against the dark blue background is rather jarring. The bottom edge and the folding top right corner kind of give off the impression of an identity crisis. The dividers between the post icons I don’t like and how the number of unread posts displayed is odd with the red background.

I really like how you did the top right tab with the users icon but wouldn’t it be a little superfluous with your icon already by the six post icons?