I believe that Critical Miss will be appearing on the "Latest" tab. It just happens not to be on there at this moment.AzraelSteel said:
As to your other comments, I'll let tech weigh in on that.
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As to your other comments, I'll let tech weigh in on that.
The forum box is still featured pretty high up on the page in every area of the site except the home page. The front page's job is to help you guys be aware of our content, so it makes sense for us to feature content higher up there.Ekit said:
Most of my Escapist browsing is done on my smartphone during random slow periods at work, and I do just have a bookmark to the main page and use that as the hub to whatever is new in all the categories.
I was very displeased when you changed to the current design of the site, and as time has passed... yeah I still hate it. So I'm actually looking forward to change. This new design looks to be several steps in the right direction.
One thing I would really like would be options for a darker color scheme that would be nicer to the battery of my phone.
And yes, I've been lurking for over 2 years.
I was very displeased when you changed to the current design of the site, and as time has passed... yeah I still hate it. So I'm actually looking forward to change. This new design looks to be several steps in the right direction.
One thing I would really like would be options for a darker color scheme that would be nicer to the battery of my phone.
And yes, I've been lurking for over 2 years.
God Damn! I just got fully knowledgeable about the current layout since it changed! CUUUUUURSE YOOOOOU ESSSSCAAAAAPIST! (Meh, I'll just have to get adjusted again).
Edit: I'm not saying I won't give the new layout a shot, but it's just gonna be one of those "ugh, I find this mildly annoying for the first few days".
Edit: I'm not saying I won't give the new layout a shot, but it's just gonna be one of those "ugh, I find this mildly annoying for the first few days".
Nope.
I'm still not convinced, looking at this from a usability perspective. Everything on that page screams for attention on the same level. There's no guidance, little direction and structure. It's just a mess of thumbnails with phrases now, I have no idea where to look for what. It needs way better grouping to begin with. And quite a bit more white space. That page looks incredibly cramped and honestly a good web design needs to breathe.
I wonder, do you guys do user testing? You could really do with some eye-tracking tests for starters.
I'm still not convinced, looking at this from a usability perspective. Everything on that page screams for attention on the same level. There's no guidance, little direction and structure. It's just a mess of thumbnails with phrases now, I have no idea where to look for what. It needs way better grouping to begin with. And quite a bit more white space. That page looks incredibly cramped and honestly a good web design needs to breathe.
I wonder, do you guys do user testing? You could really do with some eye-tracking tests for starters.
Any chance you'll have a "Click this to use the new version now?" thing for people who aren't really concerned with the shock of a new website?
Once it is ready I mean.
Once it is ready I mean.
Unless update means a rollback to when the site design wasn't a clusterfrak of unnecessary clutter, running about as smoothly as a rhino trying to ice-skate I won't be particularly impressed.
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Interesting, more intuitive, considerably faster. I like it.
Thank You The Escapist crew. :]
Interesting, more intuitive, considerably faster. I like it.
Thank You The Escapist crew. :]
I DON'T LIKE CHANGE.
Seriously? Why did you change it? I mean besides the "fresh coat of paint"? Which is fair enough, really, but still. I'm scared.
Seriously? Why did you change it? I mean besides the "fresh coat of paint"? Which is fair enough, really, but still. I'm scared.
The columns look a little squashed together but I like how I can now see more news and feature articles on the main page, looks like it will be much easier to keep up to date with articles on the site. On the whole the new layout looks quite snazzy if I do say so myself.
I like it. Especially the 3 column layout at the lower part of the page. Makes things large and clear, and separating different types of posts is really useful. Although I'm getting something weird happening. On my browser (Chrome) there's always a large grey area at the top of the every screen.
It's pretty horrible. The footer, I like but...
What the crap is this, a header should never take up half the god damn page, there is so much empty space in there. It looks like you've taken the page, crushed it down, just so you can move all the space that would have been around the main stuff into the header. Which makes the content look even more cluttered (which I didn't think was possible) than the previous layout.
From aesthetics point of you, yeah it looks quite pretty. From a design point of view, it makes me want to stab my eyes out, I'm a student in this field, it makes me cringe how bad the usability of it all is, IT PHYSICALLY UPSETS ME.
The features section is nice, but in the wrong place. That feels like it should be on one of the sides. As for the whole, staying up for a day thing, yeah that is an issue (not really for me, I check escapist every day because I have no life) but for most people yes.
And I won't even get into how you have seemingly made massive div holes in the design to purposefully make it look worse for anyone who doesn't have ads. (Ironically, It might have made it look much better, as it used to)
What the crap is this, a header should never take up half the god damn page, there is so much empty space in there. It looks like you've taken the page, crushed it down, just so you can move all the space that would have been around the main stuff into the header. Which makes the content look even more cluttered (which I didn't think was possible) than the previous layout.
From aesthetics point of you, yeah it looks quite pretty. From a design point of view, it makes me want to stab my eyes out, I'm a student in this field, it makes me cringe how bad the usability of it all is, IT PHYSICALLY UPSETS ME.
The features section is nice, but in the wrong place. That feels like it should be on one of the sides. As for the whole, staying up for a day thing, yeah that is an issue (not really for me, I check escapist every day because I have no life) but for most people yes.
And I won't even get into how you have seemingly made massive div holes in the design to purposefully make it look worse for anyone who doesn't have ads. (Ironically, It might have made it look much better, as it used to)
