Compfight - I Wish I Could Like You

When I first went to the web site at compfight I wasn’t impressed. I don’t what the deal is, but in Firefox, it looked like I had actually accessed the mobilized version instead of the real web site. The text is so small, it’s practically unreadable!

But then I saw Martin’s review of compfight and decided to give it another shot.

Ignoring the issue of text size, I entered a search term and was pleased to get back a whole bunch of search results…fast. That was nice!

But unfortunately, its best feature - the ability to search commercial, creative commons only, or both, is hard to utilize as are the options to turn on or off safe search or the ability to seek the original photo.

My complaint is that these features are toggled by clicking on the words, but my cursor doesn’t change indicating that these were links. Plus, if I’m toggling these options, why do I also need to check the checkbox to turn on the filter? This makes no sense to me.

Maybe these are a minor complaints for some, but in addition to the microscopic text, it just speaks to the overall usability and design of the site being very weak.

So, while the site performs searches quite well, it’s just not the best tool for the job. However, if they would hire a UI designer to spruce things up, they could really have a great service on their hands.