I don't particularly understand the point of this. There's absolutely nothing hard to distinguish about a score on the television, especially when soccer is a low-scoring game which isn't all that hard to keep track of if you're remotely paying any attention, and channels like Univision have incredibly minimalistic, easy to distinguish graphics. I don't know what Sky is doing, but ESPN and Univision are pretty straightforward.
All I get out of this is some people trying to Web 3.0-ify something that doesn't need to be. The clock looks absolutely dreadful and sticking minutes on top of seconds is an unnatural approach to displaying time in the context of a sport.
I agree. I bet the OP wasn't expecting comments like yours, just praise, but he/she is wrong. This is totally unnecessary, and is an elegant solution to an nonexistent problem.
I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful for improvement and reiteration, but attacking their motivations just makes everyone hostile and gets nothing accomplished.
It appears that the hostility stems from a deep misunderstanding of football, the current UX and why it evolved the way it has.
You can hardly blame the community for reacting harshly when presented with a product they never asked for claiming that their current experience is somehow broken when it is not.
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I don't particularly understand the point of this. There's absolutely nothing hard to distinguish about a score on the television, especially when soccer is a low-scoring game which isn't all that hard to keep track of if you're remotely paying any attention, and channels like Univision have incredibly minimalistic, easy to distinguish graphics. I don't know what Sky is doing, but ESPN and Univision are pretty straightforward.
All I get out of this is some people trying to Web 3.0-ify something that doesn't need to be. The clock looks absolutely dreadful and sticking minutes on top of seconds is an unnatural approach to displaying time in the context of a sport.
This is just a designer jerk-off to get attention. Just like someone porting 2048 to whatever hot new language is out this week. :)
I agree. I bet the OP wasn't expecting comments like yours, just praise, but he/she is wrong. This is totally unnecessary, and is an elegant solution to an nonexistent problem.
I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful for improvement and reiteration, but attacking their motivations just makes everyone hostile and gets nothing accomplished.
It appears that the hostility stems from a deep misunderstanding of football, the current UX and why it evolved the way it has.
You can hardly blame the community for reacting harshly when presented with a product they never asked for claiming that their current experience is somehow broken when it is not.
The worst part is the new UX is sub-standard.
I think you are correct
It's expected from a design work a much deeper understanding of the issue at hand (and current practices and conventions)
This design work is not aware of a lot of things in soccer AND TV production.
"Let's make something flat" what does this has to do with soccer: nothing.
Seriously? I've yet to come across a redesign presented on here that wasn't immediately shot down and trampled on.
But... it's flat! That has to means it's better!