Social media buttons have made spreading the word about your website easier than ever. Users love the “like”, “share” and “tweet” buttons because they can easily recommend Web pages to their friends, family and followers. Website owners love them because they get free exposure and incoming links. So how does it work? Just place the [...]

I’ve been bitching about the Facebook user experience for a while now, and things just seems to be getting worse. Maybe it’s the Law of Attraction: the more you focus on something, the bigger it gets. Now Facebook has rolled out a new mailbox feature that is so flawed it will require its own blog post. [...]

I’ve written before about Facebook’s usability issues, especially regarding the new Facebook profile. But Facebook doesn’t seem to care about the user experience and the chances they’ll make any changes are pretty small. Facebook does however allow you some flexibility in what you see on your home page. It’s not enough flexibility but at least you [...]

A few weeks ago, I explained why the new Facebook profile doesn’t work. One of the main issues was the photos that show at the top of the profile seem totally random and are very distracting. A friend pointed that hovering over the pictures pulls up a “close” button that lets you replace the photo [...]

Continuing our discussions about companies that seem to be run by monkeys is… Facebook. It’s not that I doubt Mark Zuckerberg’s genius or that Facebook revolutionized the way we connect with friends and family, but some of their user experience decisions really make me wonder. If I had to describe them in one word, it [...]

I love Facebook. The site has revolutionized the way we keep in touch with friends and family, especially when they’re scattered across the country or around the world. But every time the service unleashes new changes, I roll my eyes and shake my head. Most of those changes do the opposite of what they’re supposed [...]

Yes,  it took me way too long, but I’ve FINALLY figured out how to hide all the crap on facebook home, you know what I am referring to, right? Who’s friends with whom Who joined which group Who commented on what Etc. It’s been very distracting to see all this instead of what I was [...]