news.myspace.com

http://news.myspace.com/

by pg • 19 years ago

3 11 19 years ago

news.myspace.com

pg2• 19 years ago

What appalling design. Looks like something off GM's intranet.

usablecontent2• 19 years ago

If MySpace has proved any point, it is that "Design doesnt counts".

You seem surprised as if MySpace was rivaling Apple in its design concepts

pg2• 19 years ago

Myspace hasn't proved that design doesn't count. It proved that you can make something really popular by letting people with bad taste express it. Though that of course is nothing new.

The difference is that news.myspace is designed by Myspace, not its users. Standards are higher then. People may be amused by their own farts, but they're generally disgusted by other people's.

iPods would not be so popular with Myspace users if they looked like they'd been designed by Myspace users.

Goladus• 19 years ago

One can go on and on about how myspace can be improved, before you even consider what members do to their own pages. It's true that the huge draw of myspace now is all the people already using it. People are willing to put up with a lot of garbage because of that. It could be faster and more streamlined.

But Myspace got a lot right. The default profile layout is excellent. Picture + basic information is immediately visible, as is the control panel (add/msg/favorite/block/etc). The friend space is prominent (even if it is not immediately visible) and the mini pictures of your friends are large enough to attract attention. Page comments include profile pictures, and links to the commenter's profile. The bulletin feature is extremely useful and popular. Finally, however kludgy the interface might be, users have enormous freedom to modify and personalize their own page.

yaacovtp• 19 years ago

The layout for individual pieces breaks in Firefox and IE. When is Facebook launching their news site?

far33d2• 19 years ago

http://news.myspace.com/business/entrepreneurship

It will be interesting to watch this site and see how "good" the aggregator is at finding quality content compared to the aggregation of the news.yc readers.

keven• 19 years ago

I think people that started newroo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/03/newroos-real-time-news-aggregator/ are responsible of myspace news

usablecontent2• 19 years ago

Yes there is no doubt about it, but it took them almost an year to launch it, which is quiet a long time

far33d2• 19 years ago

This is 100% positively, absolutely, NewRoo.

RyanGWU82• 19 years ago

Excuse me? MySpace puts up a news aggregator and the top story is "Fishing for Fellatio"?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

falsestprophet• 19 years ago

Finally! Digg for even stupider people!

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