The founder and former CEO “VKontakte” Pavel Durov criticized the design of the new social network. According to him, many interface elements have been created on Facebook sample of the 2012 model year and does not meet modern standards. About this he wrote on his page in the “VKontakte».
Durov formulated seven complaints about the new site design. He believes that the developers could not be more “efficient use of screen”, as the “News” section has narrowed and became a “lower”. In addition, he said that the “news” was lost “focus on content”, and when viewing photos – “focus on the most picture»
00:07 May 25 2016
Durov also considered unnecessary static left column when viewing the old records, considered unfortunate decision to change the background color from white to gray and expressed confidence that the old logo “VKontakte” better fit into horizontal cap than new.
«Old design” VKontakte “not change for many years, of course, needed in a number of improvements and aesthetic rethinking in under the new styles. However, the redesign not only complies with 15/16 years (such as Material), but also reduces the usability of the resource “, – said the former CEO of the social network
According to him, all these elements of the new design were copied. with Facebook specimen 2012. “Today, when the monetization of” VKontakte “transferred to” smart “ribbon and mobile clients (” VKontakte “for Android more visit than the web version), these steps have not been substantiated. In 2016, Facebook had to copy the operating time “VKontakte”, and not vice versa “- summed up Durov
Earlier, on August 17 for all users” VKontakte “forcibly transferred to a new design that was tested with April 2016.. It was noted that the work on the interface was carried out over one and a half years. However, many social network users are unhappy with the new design.
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