Poll: how you like the new escapist layout
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Is that for his Extra Punctuation stuff? Just go into 'Columns' and they're all archived there. For ZP just click on the Videos button as it is.kingthrall said:
Anyway, I personally quite like it. Not a massive change really but once people are used to it they'll be fine with it until the next change comes along, then it'll be 'Petition for the old layout back!' and all the other stuff that always comes with renovations and updates to a site.
Can you see me on there?putowtin said:
OT: I don't mind it. I'd actually say it's streamlined my browsing of the site somewhat. I suspect people saying it's slowed them down are looking purely at the fact they have to get their bearings of a new layout. Once you do that, I find it much more user friendly.
there are two points that annoy me.
1. the page is too big for my screen, so i have to zoom out to 90% to see everything.
2. i prefer the old content bar that had everything included. the new bar makes me visit an extra page for each subsection. tsk.
other than those, it looks fine.
1. the page is too big for my screen, so i have to zoom out to 90% to see everything.
2. i prefer the old content bar that had everything included. the new bar makes me visit an extra page for each subsection. tsk.
other than those, it looks fine.
I remember that the last time the layout was changed, I hated it at first. Everything seemed all over the place and square, but I got used to it.
I actually really like this one. It's still a bit square with all the sharp edges around the different features, but everything feels neater and the toolbar is cool.
Why have they changed it so soon though?
I actually really like this one. It's still a bit square with all the sharp edges around the different features, but everything feels neater and the toolbar is cool.
Why have they changed it so soon though?
I think I preferred the previous layout, the layout is wider then my screen, it has a pointless black bar over there-> because they didn't match the size of the header to everything else, the front page looks like it has no organization, and I miss the drop down menu that could get me to almost any page on the site but at least the forums are less of a strain to look at. I'm hoping they at least fix the first two because both just seem like very amateur mistakes to make for a web designer.
This awful layout causes Internet Explorer to chug to a halt. "But Mysnomer, only simpletons use IE," you say? No, simpletons and people who have NoScript, because despite allowing everything, your videos still wouldn't work. So I just started watching them in IE. Also, why the larger pictures, but less of an article preview? I didn't need to see Dr. Mark's banner taking up half my screen, while telling me nothing about the article but it's title. So, yeah, layout sucks, less is more, blah blah blah, insert stuff that will be dismissed as nostalgia/unwillingness to change.
Oh, and that Facebook change flowchart is meaningless. Of course you forget what the old one looked like, you no longer need that data, so your brain basically throws it away, b/c it's not useful. Now, that's not to say whether certain improvements have been bad or good, but rather, that the fact you can't remember them has no bearing on that. In fact, the less memorable a layout is, the better. You shouldn't be thinking about a layout while you're using it, it should just be a seamless interaction between you and the webpage.
Oh, and that Facebook change flowchart is meaningless. Of course you forget what the old one looked like, you no longer need that data, so your brain basically throws it away, b/c it's not useful. Now, that's not to say whether certain improvements have been bad or good, but rather, that the fact you can't remember them has no bearing on that. In fact, the less memorable a layout is, the better. You shouldn't be thinking about a layout while you're using it, it should just be a seamless interaction between you and the webpage.
I don't hate it at all. In fact, I sort of like it... except for the stupid giant auto scroll image menu that takes up the entire screen when the site loads. That sort of thing is terribly lazy and annoying to begin with, but to have it literally take up the entire screen so that you have to scroll down to find what you're looking for just makes it worse.
Something I've heard a lot of people about and agree with myself, is that the pop-up bars, with lack of a better word don't show what the items in it are.Kross said:
It was very easy to navigate because we didn't have to leave the page to see the most recent newsposts and videos. Now we do.
Very bottom. Beside the Escapist logo.Squilookle said:
OT: I love it. Everything is easy to find now, and it properly tracks the latest content.
It's okay. I prefer layouts that put everything down in front of me and make it easy to spot the newest additions to how the last couple of changes, which mostly seem to be about drawing attention with scrolling or crossfades to select "highlighted" offerings.
But it's a little easier to get to one's own messages and settings in this layout, which I approve of.
But it's a little easier to get to one's own messages and settings in this layout, which I approve of.
The new videos are in the centre right under the Popular Forum Posts box. How is that harder to get to? And under that is the video schedule, clicking any of the shows icons will take you to their latest episode.Tipsy Giant said:
You can change the background of the site in your profile under Browsing Options if you want something darker.kingthrall said:
>:I I'm back to report my distaste with roll-over menu that changes the banner. Can you make it so the change is delayed? What I mean is you would have to hover for a second or two (or just change it to a click) to get the menu to switch over to that category. It shouldn't be instantaneous, I hate instantaneous response roll-over menus, because if you so much as bump them with the cursor, they change. And this can range from mild annoyance (the Escapist layout) to interminable obscuring of the web page (the Tiger Direct online store). So, in summation, it would be nice if a click trigger or delay was put on the roll-over aspect of the main menu.
