Comments on: Pardon Our Beta

By: David Armano

David Armano — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:57:06 +0000

Chrissie,

I agree regarding the readability of the copy. As stated in the post, we’ll resolve this in the next iteration. As for stats, I don’t have them, but as you pointed out—Google is notorious for working this way (testing numerous features, products etc).

If you come across any studies, I’d like to see them too.

By: Chrissie

Chrissie — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:54:48 +0000

I find it very hard to read the white copy on the blue background. It appears very blurry to my eyes on my monitor. something wonky is happening to the contrast i think. Just my 0.5 cents…

David, do you have any metrics on the idea of “living in beta”?

We know that online leaders like Amazon and Google are constantly rolling out new features. I’d love to find some stats around this (for example something like “Amazon launched “X” test efforts last quarter, resulting in an average of “N” deployments every “Y” days).

By: David Armano

David Armano — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:44:06 +0000

amo, you like the blue? We do too, but are thinking it needs a little balance. Seems like there is a lot of copy floating around without enough grounding.

But good to know, there will still be lots of blue left over.

By: amo

amo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:33:13 +0000

“For starters, we’re thinking of bringing back some more white space, especially where there is a lot of copy.”

What are you talking about? The blue looks rad!!!

By: hermitlabs, a tumblelog previously

hermitlabs, a tumblelog previously — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:31:47 +0000

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