socialmedian: StumbleUpon Gets a Facelift: Nips, Tucks, and a Streamlined UI

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StumbleUpon Gets a Facelift: Nips, Tucks, and a Streamlined UI

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Oct 28, 2009

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Starting today, social bookmarking service StumbleUpon is allowing users to beta test a shiny, happy redesign of their site.

The new interface is streamlined and more social with an updated relationship system. A focus on consistency (e.g., limiting user control of visual elements) and removal of clutter (e.g., presenting tags in a drop-down menu rather than a cloud) characterize the design changes made. Also, a few tweaks to group sharing were made to help reduce share-spam.

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The most significant UX changes have occured in the way friendships and subscriptions work on the site. Friends are now called Mutual Subscribers with mutual Direct-Sharecapabilities. According to the FAQ, "The Friends category... has a new shape in the new interface. Your friends... are now the equivalent of Stumblers that you are subscribed to and can mutually share sites with from your toolbar... Look for the 'two-way' icon under their avatars. If the icon is there, it means you can mutually share sites with each other."

The "Favorites" tab has been renamed "All" and includes ever

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