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scarp  ·  4539 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: Hubski gets a refresh.
What a refreshing refresh! I've been in and out lately, noticing the small changes here and there along the way but this one is so dramatic that I just have to comment!

My first impression is that it looks great -- very clean and modern -- but I'm no longer sure how to read my hub. My natural instinct is to read down the first column and then move to the next, but that requires me to scroll down and then back up which isn't optimal on my small screen. Reading from left to right feels weird, too, because the tiles aren't aligned. Either way, my eye moves around the page a lot and I'm not quite sure where the focus is.

I like the direction you're going; it just needs a few tweaks. If I were less tired I might offer some suggestions, but for now I should sleep.

Edit: As an aside, the "related posts" section of the page shows up under the comment box for me. Do you know how I can fix that? I'm on Chrome / OS X Lion.





thenewgreen  ·  4506 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Hey scarp, not sure if you've been back since but you'll see that the "columns" are gone. While it looked nice, it didn't seem to provide functionality -pretty much what you described here. What do you think of the current layout?

Hope all is well and that you're kicking ass.

thenewgreen  ·  4537 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Scarp, how are you doing? I'm guessing the "tired" is because you are working a ton? Good luck! I have gone back several times and listened to this post you made a while back. It's hilarious and informative. I've also shared it with a number of others. Thanks.
scarp  ·  4537 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I'm doing well now, but the last few months have been a little stressful. I'm not really sure what happened, but the long and short of it is that I ended up taking a medical leave of absence from school so that I could focus on what I really want to do with my education and with my life as a whole.

But I think I've got things ironed out for now. I just needed some time to clear my head. On the upside, I celebrated my birthday a few days ago so that was fun. How have you been?

thenewgreen  ·  4537 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    I think I've got things ironed out for now
-I'm glad to hear it. Sometimes it's hard to be self aware enough to know when to take a step back and re-access. My compliments to you for doing so.

I've been good, very busy with work/family. I'm looking forward to this Michigan Hubski Gathering. It will be nice to meet some Hubskiers and to see mk. -it's been a while.

I've been running a lot. Just finished my first 1/2 marathon a couple weeks ago. Running has really changed my life, I highly recommend to anyone thats interested.

Happy Birthday scarp! I'm glad to hear you are doing well, good to see you here.

mk  ·  4539 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    -- but I'm no longer sure how to read my hub.

I agree that this is the biggest downside to columns. The way that posts were rising and falling was left to right. IMO that made it difficult to find a post again, even if it were just a few minutes before.

In an attempt to correct for this, I just changed it so posts rise and fall up and down the columns. The top left is the top, and the bottom right is the bottom. We'll see how this feels for a few days. This is definitely still a testing phase for this layout.

    Edit: As an aside, the "related posts" section of the page shows up under the comment box for me. Do you know how I can fix that? I'm on Chrome / OS X Lion.

Yeah, I know about this one. I just tried a fix for it, but I don't have the MacBook I use with me. It looks good on Windows Chrome. Any improvement? I'll have a Mac to test with in a few hours.

scarp  ·  4538 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Simliar posts works fine for me now -- thanks.