[Sigia-l] Your take on MySpace

[Louise Hewitt]

Listeria wrote:
>
> It's interesting to note that, of the two biggest usage explosions in
> Internet's history, Napster and MySpace, neither relied on design as a
> driving force. Napster had a semi-interesting transfer protocol (for its
> time), but for overall architecture/design/IA/feature set, it was sorely
> lacking. So it seems with MySpace.
>
What's lacking? Are we all talking about the same site?

Up front you've got big easy to spot images that establish the site's
credibility (cool bands, attractive funky looking young people,
promos). I can see clearly where I should log in. All the nav labels
are clear - one word descriptors. I know what to do, I can understand
quickly who it's aimed at and what it's all about, I get what all the
different panels do.

What I think you mean is that it isn't pretty. Nor should it be - it's
a showcase for pretty things and people, not an ad for the design
agency that built it.

I like it. It sucks, but it works.

Lou Hewitt