Designing Activity Feeds

getstream.io

33 points·kadfak··8 comments

Setting aside the content[0], the first impression is poor. The page title and description eat the entire above-the-fold area, and the pointless background color animation grinds on at 2fps with Chrome on a i7@3.1 GHz MacBook Pro.

[0] Which seems okay, if a bit lightweight and vague. Could use an editor and a proofreader ("Abbreviations are you ally in feeds").

Runs completely fine on my MacBook which is pretty low-specced compared to your setup it seems. The gradient is unnecessary, but it's still running at 15fps.

>Feeds are a simple way to establish habits, growth and virality.

This is scary, isn't it?

All this work to get around providing RSS and letting the user control it themselves.

This isn't designed for the single-digit percent of people who use RSS feeds. It's a UI/UX resource; treat and critique it as such. It's a way of presenting data to people who aren't going to spend time to create their own interface.

Pretty strong guide, any examples of feeds created using getstream.io's API?

Product Hunt, Unsplash, Fabric (mobile), Bandsintown, Betabrand, Makerspace, Global Citizen. (and a few larger ones under NDA unfortunately)

I personally really like Unsplash' integration and design: https://getstream.io/case_studies/unsplash/

Nice write up; sketch resources look pretty good

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