Global Grind Cleans Up

Yesterday Global Grind cleaned up its interface making the content on the site easier to navigate.  They also stepped up their widget game a bit with the release of 2 additional widgets that can be found in a users profile.  The widgets allow a user to syndicate content that they have submitted on Global Grind or content they have favorited on the site, check ours here:

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Bloggers love widgets and cool stuff like this that they can play with or help syndicate what they do, I won’t lie I love widgets but have to try to keep my addiction under control so I won’t overwhelm a user’s experience.

We are told by Navarrow Wright, the company’s CEO, that these new widgets have a use beyond just putting them on a site:

“Another application is if blogger currently does not have RSS feeds or widgets on their site they just create a profile on GG. Grind their content then place the widget code on their site or others.”

Nice, though I would love the opportunity to skin them as well.  We were told this is coming in a larger enhancement roll-out very soon.

Back to the interface…

It may just be me but since I have a design background, but I immediately noticed all the changes that were implemented, I naturally tend to look at UI first though.  However, on the other hand when discussing with Markus the changes weren’t immediately apparent to him.  I am not going to point out any of the interface changes in this post just because I want to know from you:

Do you notice the difference?

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If you do, does it help you find what you are looking for on the site easier?