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by rafi_kamal 3045 days ago
Interesting, I use AirBnB quite a lot and like their UI (I primarily use the desktop version, though). Why do you think their website sucks?
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Its an all around bad design. Not really a UI problem, its more of a state / workflow problem.

Its levels upon levels. You keep having to drill 2 or 3 levels down, but then lose the context of the higher levels when you do. For instance, when you finally click on a property, this now opens a new tab. But now this property tab doesn't show a map...so if you are looking at 4 properties, you now need to keep the "main map" page open so you can manually cross-reference what properties are where.

Effectively its impossible to get anything done with having 3 or 4 tabs open all dedicated to Airbnb. Love the service and the places I wind up finding, but their website really needs a re-think.