Myspace Profiles Now Customizable
I had to point out the irony of the latest Myspace newsletter announcing the all-new Myspace profile editor. Back in the early days, people quickly figured that a bug in the Myspace templates allowed...
View ArticleThe Quickening Pace of Dating Site Development
Changes to website design and functionality that used to take months of planning are taking less time due to the evolution of web services and dating site platforms. On my other blog, The Progress Bar,...
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Match.com Redesign and New Features and UK Personality Testing
Match has gone through a pretty radical redesign. Nobody I've talked to is a big fan of what they did with the Connections page, but I like the new Daily 5 feature, which is similar to what OkCupid...
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Viximo Launches Trueflirt
Cambridge, MA based Viximo has launched TrueFlirt, an application that enables users to send and receive virtual flirts via mobile phone. Viximo is first and foremost a virtual goods company: think...
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Match.com Gets an Update
Over the past month or two Match has been rolling out a number of design and functionality updates. To begin with, the familiar black header has been replaced with a blue one. Match has thrown out any...
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Dating Site Usability: How Does Your Site Rate?
Last night I visited the Microsoft Startup Labs in Cambridge for Refresh Boston. The speaker was Matthew Oliphant, Senior Interaction Designer & Usability Specialist at Mathworks, who presented...
View ArticleReaders Not Happy with JDate Design
A reader wrote in about the JDate design. Have you visited JDate lately. It seems they hired Elmer Fudd to redesign their website. First, in the past, I could display the search gallery on my screen....
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Zoosk Launches New Home Page
Zoosk has introduced a new home page. Details on the new design and experience can be found at There’s No Place Like Home. The new home page supports Zoosk’s efforts to bridge the gap between social...
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PlentyOfFish Looking Better
Looks like PlentyOfFish is starting to realize that design matters. A new logo and cleaner home page are evident. They removed Instant Messaging last week. Good riddance I say. Lack of monitoring is...
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JDate Redesign
Didn’t Spark just update their web properties a while back? Was it really necessary to say “Please make sure your selection is accurate to get your best matches” on the page where you identify your...
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