// October 3rd, 2007 // No Comments » // Design, Technology, Web
This post is not about how Microsoft is forever a copycat in most of what they do, or how the Zune fails miserably due to a lack of Software cohesion with your personal music library. No, this is about unbelievably weak UI implementation on their part.
A co-worker shows me todays front page of the Business section of the San Francisco Chronicle, which is talking about how the new Zune is just an “Imitation”. Duh. I go to their Microsoft’s Zune home page and see the shinny new Zune models all glossy and mirrored. Great. What struck me to post on this is there is all this space on the front page and ONE little link underneath their tag line. Why not make the entire image a click through to “learn more”.
Am I totally wrong here. This seems like a waste and a narrowing of the users ability to learn more about their new shinny Zune’s. One little text link to learn more about your great product. In comparison you go to Apple’s home page and guess what the large image on the front page is a click through. Imagine that. If they want to imitate maybe they should start with their website design and overall user experience.
Now we have hulu, which is an NBC joint venture. What is it? A web video service initiating distribution of its movies, TV shows, and mashups, along with many other TV networks as well.
