Know Soleio Cuervo, figure the Creator of Facebook Like Button

Posted by Bimo Hery Prabowo On Rabu, 29 Agustus 2012 0 comments

warriorstack.blogspot.com - Soleio Cuervo is the man who changed the way we show our joy on the internet. Before he appeared, we can only give a star, heart, and the like to appreciate something. Now, there is an icon "Like." Soleio is a Facebook product designer since 2005. He was part of the team that introduced the iconic "Like" on the Facebook page. Today, 2 million other internet pages in the world have adapted the icon.
Soleio Cuervo
Soleio Cuervo

He was created a visual language for users to learn and share things with other pegguna. Unlike Apple, "we want to get noticed Facebook user, not himself," he said. His statement refers to Apple products that have designs on her own allure.

To create a site that can carry that philosophy, Soleio stealing inspiration from the work sumber.Ruang favorite is the public library in Palo Alto, California, which is located near the headquarters of Facebook. "Countless number of experiments we did," he said as quoted from the pages of The Wall Street Journal. "I do not think many people surrounded makes me more productive. Libraries is the right place," he explained.

Simplicity is part of the design strategy and practical interest for Facebook. Today, the company employs about 35 designers.

Soleio attempt to homogenize the way people leave comments on Facebook, which in 2008 was mixed. The basic idea is to enable users get a simple way to show his fondness for something. Internally, the icon was originally called "the coolest."

Many other sites choose to display breathtaking images as a marker of joy. However, Soleio feel that deep love and love are two different things. "We do not want to" Like "serious [love]," he said. They chose a thumbs-up icon because Facebook is known to have borrowed the broadcast icon hand drawing for the "poke." Icon "Like" first appeared in February 2009.

In some countries, the thumbs-up icon it is considered impolite. Facebook then adjust to the local culture and offer other icons.

Know Soleio Cuervo, figure the Creator of Facebook Like Button