a social networking service operated by Google
-4
votes
1answer
181 views
Why did Google put those very ugly fonts in Google plus? [closed]
Google did a change of fonts in G+ in the recent past (I'm not a daily visitor so I don't know exactly when). The change makes the fonts look HORRIBLE in desktop (resolution of 1920x1080), but on my ...
-2
votes
1answer
60 views
Can a dropdown in-email, like from G+, be implemented without special support from the email client? [closed]
Noticed today this great trinket from Google: in their notification emails upon new G+ followers, the recipient can add someone to a circle directly from a dropdown in the email. (See below).
The ...
0
votes
1answer
130 views
Why do people always comment Google+ posts I drop to market my blog instead of my blog? [closed]
Context
I've recently started a blog targeted to both casual and professional software developers.
Since all these people spend a lot of time on Google+, I use mainly Google+ for marketing. I think ...
-6
votes
1answer
64 views
Social network symbol [closed]
My team and I for the past few months have been developing a social network from scratch. Its been going pretty well and should be finished soon. We doing research on other social networks and saw ...
3
votes
4answers
297 views
Why don't Facebook and Google+ use face recognition tools for user profile pics?
Is there any reason they're not using a face recognition tools to see if someone has uploaded an avatar or a non-person picture like nature, building,etc? Will this rule limit users or frustrate them? ...
4
votes
2answers
151 views
How do people use Google+ circles?
What's the most frequent mental model? Do people use circles to:
categorize people ("friends", "collegues", "family"?
or to
define interests ("bicycle", "cooking", "politics")?
The question is ...
5
votes
3answers
456 views
What is the UI pattern used for managing people in Google+ called?
I've tried to find more info on this particular UI pattern Google+ exposes, and I'm sure I've seen it before, but still, I haven't been able to find references to it.
If you go to the Circles section ...
3
votes
5answers
240 views
Best practice to communicate 'direct' registration with a website (not through Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc)
When offering registration on a website with the options to signup with Facebook, Google, etc. What is the best way to say to register 'directly' with the website and not using any external third ...
4
votes
2answers
363 views
Why does the Google +1 button not change to a -1 once clicked?
When you +1 something on Google or Google+, the +1 button becomes red and clicking this red button will remove your +1 in the post.
Why was it designed like this? Changing the button color to red ...
0
votes
1answer
120 views
What all goes into making google+ circles' UI? [closed]
I have very very limited knowledge regarding UI/UX design and want to learn stuff for a side project I am working on which will bank heavily on good UI/UX. I take Google's circle UI as an excellent ...
0
votes
1answer
358 views
Are google plus notifications slow? [closed]
I'm not really a social network person but the google+'s notifications are terrible slow compared with the facebook's notifications.
When I enter to the facebook's home page notifications are the ...
1
vote
1answer
83 views
what do users respond best to when providing social bookmarking possibilities
I'm looking for what will get me most social media attention. I have a site that provides insurance information, so it would be used by most people, in the footer I'm going to place some social ...
6
votes
4answers
398 views
How can Google+ Circles' UI be improved?
Since the day I used Google+, I didn't really like how "circles" were presented. I've had 4 main issues with them:
You can't see who's in a Circle unless you hover the pointer over it.
If a circle ...
