Comments on: LinkedIn Company News Feature — First Impression http://www.meydad.com/2008/02/25/linkedin-company-news-feature-first-impression/ Thoughts on social applications, usability, search, mobile, music and sports Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh Viney http://www.meydad.com/2008/02/25/linkedin-company-news-feature-first-impression/comment-page-1/#comment-11035 Josh Viney Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:21:26 +0000 http://www.meydad.com/2008/02/25/linkedin-company-news-feature-first-impression/#comment-11035 The design and user experience seem to be on point, and at the very least they're looking a little more contemporary. They seem to be making some good progress making network activity a priority as a way to increase interaction between users. The one complaint I have so far is with the main navigation. Visually the turquoise horizontal line feels like an old-school frame. It's distracting. Also, the downplay of the navigation Flickr-style buries some of the features with the result being that the site feels very narrow. This might be a good thing if they feel that the primary interactions are going to come from areas within the body content, but I wonder what it will be like for new members or people with very few connections in their network. The folks who can potentially benefit the most from a site like Linkedin are the ones just starting out on their career path. I also feel like search has lost it's prominence, but I'm going to have to sign back in to verify my first impression. I went back to verify my statement about search and got their maintenance page. Either they deployed and have some quick bug fixes coming at the last minute on a Friday or they're adding some more features. The design and user experience seem to be on point, and at the very least they’re looking a little more contemporary. They seem to be making some good progress making network activity a priority as a way to increase interaction between users. The one complaint I have so far is with the main navigation. Visually the turquoise horizontal line feels like an old-school frame. It’s distracting. Also, the downplay of the navigation Flickr-style buries some of the features with the result being that the site feels very narrow. This might be a good thing if they feel that the primary interactions are going to come from areas within the body content, but I wonder what it will be like for new members or people with very few connections in their network. The folks who can potentially benefit the most from a site like Linkedin are the ones just starting out on their career path. I also feel like search has lost it’s prominence, but I’m going to have to sign back in to verify my first impression.

I went back to verify my statement about search and got their maintenance page. Either they deployed and have some quick bug fixes coming at the last minute on a Friday or they’re adding some more features.

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