Comments on: Website Usability Test: Gizmodo.com

By: Web Design Company Mumbai

Web Design Company Mumbai — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:59:00 +0000

Nice Resource.

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By: Jacob Creech

Jacob Creech — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:21:00 +0000

Thanks very much for that. Seems http://www.gizmodo.com.au/ is still working as well, which is pleasing.

The French version sure has a lot of ads on it though!

By: Alexis Toyane

Alexis Toyane — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:44:00 +0000

The old version is still living here : http://www.gizmodo.fr/

By: Jacob Creech

Jacob Creech — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:38:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment Vijay. Interesting to hear your perspective as a new visitor to the site as well. As I pointed out in this post, there are a lot of things they need to change to improve the usability of the site.

Apple is an interesting case, and I think the site is pretty well done. We are looking at doing a test on the site in the next few weeks to see how well their site stacks up. Keep an eye out for the results of that one.

By: Jacob Creech

Jacob Creech — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:36:00 +0000

Yeah, I really can’t understand why they made this change. While there are some elements of the new design that I like, it’s just so unusable in so many different ways.

You are right about the scrolling too – it’s made the whole site almost impossible to navigate.

Thanks very much for the comment.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:12:00 +0000

As first time visitor to Gizmodo site, content is overwhelming and too confusing. First impression is bad and I might never visit the size again. Apple site is much more pleasant and easy on eyes to browse.

Though Apple have to deal with lots of technical details, it has managed to do so in a much more effective way.

By: Malachite

Malachite — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Although Gizmodo might really prefer people sign up to their site, I’m sure most people would prefer to browse their site. Which has now become impossible. I stopped visiting their site altogether as well as other Gawker sites due to the poor navigability and discoverability of information. Too bad. They used to be a good site. I guess some marketing idiot told them that people don’t like to scroll.

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:09:03 +0000

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