What's worse that overdrive redesign?

Purple Lady · 02-20-2013, 05:15 PM

Yahoo just changed their home page and I think it's even worse than overdrive redesign. Both say that it's supposed to be better for mobile devices, but to me it's even worse on a mobile device just like overdrive is. On a mobile device, you can only see a list of one kind of news story at a time without reloading pages. It's not much better on the pc - it says you can customize, but I don't see any way to do that even when I logged in with one of my many yahoo IDs. I don't have facebook so I don't know if that will help.

I like to look at a lot of different types of news and I like being able to see a bunch of stories of each type on one page so I could choose what I was in the mood for. I don't see a link for rss feeds anymore so I hope they continue to work.

Maybe they used the same web designers that overdrive did?

JSWolf · 02-20-2013, 05:16 PM

I'm glad I don't use Yahoo.

Purple Lady · 02-20-2013, 05:18 PM

I just like to see the news stories there, but I guess I'll try Google.

VaultBoy · 02-20-2013, 07:11 PM

Ugh. Yahoo's mobile experience is terrible.

Fat Abe · 02-20-2013, 08:49 PM

Every site that attempts to route the user to a page designed for mobile devices has ended up making the content appear insubstantial. Ebay mobile is terrible. Yahoo, Cnn, Reuters, and others produce pages with flawed navigation. Half the time, you end up in a sinkhole. The only site that does not dumb the look down is Mobileread. Please keep it that way.

xendula · 02-20-2013, 09:12 PM

It's horrid on the iPad, but I'd say Overdrive beats them in user-unfriendly design nevertheless.

02-20-2013, 05:15 PM	#1
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	What's worse that overdrive redesign? Yahoo just changed their home page and I think it's even worse than overdrive redesign. Both say that it's supposed to be better for mobile devices, but to me it's even worse on a mobile device just like overdrive is. On a mobile device, you can only see a list of one kind of news story at a time without reloading pages. It's not much better on the pc - it says you can customize, but I don't see any way to do that even when I logged in with one of my many yahoo IDs. I don't have facebook so I don't know if that will help. I like to look at a lot of different types of news and I like being able to see a bunch of stories of each type on one page so I could choose what I was in the mood for. I don't see a link for rss feeds anymore so I hope they continue to work. Maybe they used the same web designers that overdrive did?

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02-20-2013, 05:16 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,123 Karma: 144284184 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm glad I don't use Yahoo.

02-20-2013, 05:18 PM	#3
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	I just like to see the news stories there, but I guess I'll try Google.

02-20-2013, 07:11 PM	#4
VaultBoy Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 1683142 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle of many shapes, PIPBoy 3000	Ugh. Yahoo's mobile experience is terrible.

02-20-2013, 08:49 PM	#5
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,817 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	Every site that attempts to route the user to a page designed for mobile devices has ended up making the content appear insubstantial. Ebay mobile is terrible. Yahoo, Cnn, Reuters, and others produce pages with flawed navigation. Half the time, you end up in a sinkhole. The only site that does not dumb the look down is Mobileread. Please keep it that way.

02-20-2013, 09:12 PM	#6
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	It's horrid on the iPad, but I'd say Overdrive beats them in user-unfriendly design nevertheless.

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