I'd be interested in hearing some opinions from UX experts on the Medium interface?
Specifically:
* The rectangular 'M' in the top-left that hides a menu
* The inline hidden/comments that animate in on hover.
* The weird "suggest a link for further reading" functionality at the bottom of the article.
It really seems like a lot of confusing eye-candy to me and my assumption would be that it's cool/fun for a sophisticated technocrat, but the usability falls apart quickly after that.
Personally, I hate the inline commenting ideas. I read an article, and then scan the comments at the bottom. It seems pretty gratuitous to save the effort of "quoting" snippets to discuss.
I appreciate them thinking differently about things, though.
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I'd be interested in hearing some opinions from UX experts on the Medium interface?
Specifically:
* The rectangular 'M' in the top-left that hides a menu
* The inline hidden/comments that animate in on hover.
* The weird "suggest a link for further reading" functionality at the bottom of the article.
It really seems like a lot of confusing eye-candy to me and my assumption would be that it's cool/fun for a sophisticated technocrat, but the usability falls apart quickly after that.
Personally, I hate the inline commenting ideas. I read an article, and then scan the comments at the bottom. It seems pretty gratuitous to save the effort of "quoting" snippets to discuss.
I appreciate them thinking differently about things, though.