The Escapist Redesign
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I'm going to have to get on the whole 'I don't like it' hog. Load times have increased dramatically, page structure is incredibly complicated to navigate, its about as ergonomic as a cactus chair... oh and its really really depressing to look at. Looks like I wont be renewing my publishers club when time comes to it.
Argh! When I go to my messaages to see who has quoted me, clicked on the "view post" thing takes me to the beginning of the thread, not the post that's quoted me, which is obviously much better.
Oh, and yeah, making something looking newer and higher tech isn't a great idea when the original was fine to begin with. Hopefully there was all sorts of underlying issues that this is fixing, they aren't just tweaking things to make them uglier for its own sake.
Oh, and yeah, making something looking newer and higher tech isn't a great idea when the original was fine to begin with. Hopefully there was all sorts of underlying issues that this is fixing, they aren't just tweaking things to make them uglier for its own sake.
The color scheme is very plain, the large amount of white is annoying(not to mention less eco-friendly) and the pages seem to take 10x longer to load :/
Can we at least have the option to turn it back to the old one?
Can we at least have the option to turn it back to the old one?
Im in the publcub, and the Beta style that we got to use its very different to the new style, and on top of that even we cant change back to the old beta which was actually a very nice theme. Oh well.cursedseishi said:
Hmm...on the one hand, the font appears to have been fixed.
On the other...oh, wait, it's not pure white any more. It's more of a marble gray on the outside. Actually, that's a little better, though I still prefer darker colors.
On the other...oh, wait, it's not pure white any more. It's more of a marble gray on the outside. Actually, that's a little better, though I still prefer darker colors.
It's very white, maybe just a little bit more colour to fill in around the comments and the background would be nice
I loved the old design. It provide a lot of interesting and well laid out information on the front page which allowed me to quickly find something worthwhile to read or watch.
The new design provides less value in more space. The points of discovery for accessing content are gone and so are most of my reasons for visiting the site. I can find many other sites which provide entertainment value without my needing to hunt for them on the site.
This is the sort of move that I expect from Youtube. They don't care about their users, they just make changes because they can - without any thought for the needs of the user. And they make those changes while ignoring problems, such as their broken subscription system. This is not a move I expected from a supposedly in-touch-with-their-users organization like the Escapist.
The new design provides less value in more space. The points of discovery for accessing content are gone and so are most of my reasons for visiting the site. I can find many other sites which provide entertainment value without my needing to hunt for them on the site.
This is the sort of move that I expect from Youtube. They don't care about their users, they just make changes because they can - without any thought for the needs of the user. And they make those changes while ignoring problems, such as their broken subscription system. This is not a move I expected from a supposedly in-touch-with-their-users organization like the Escapist.
I'll be honest... why?Nasrin said:
Just why? This all feels a little unnecessary and ridiculous... but hey whatever you guys are the masters so... the fuck can I do?
Leave, I suppose?
First I must protest. I hate too much white. Why does white seem to be the new black in the technology world today? Hurts my eyes especially in my otherwise dark room. (To reduce glare, not because I'm emo.)
I agree that with the whole, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" crowd. However, since you went through the effort to give us this new look could you see about fine tuning the site over the next few months to make it feel like the Escapist should?
There will be whining and trolling, but see about taking the constructive criticism offered from the users and make the site more user and owner friendly.
I agree that with the whole, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" crowd. However, since you went through the effort to give us this new look could you see about fine tuning the site over the next few months to make it feel like the Escapist should?
There will be whining and trolling, but see about taking the constructive criticism offered from the users and make the site more user and owner friendly.
It's way too white and bright - I can barely differentiate between all the different posts and videos on the main page, since they're outlined by a thin light blue border or nothing at all. It's hard to find all of my favourite things straight away now - I actually have to search for them. It just looks like a whole lot of random elements shoved onto a bland white background. The Escapist had a signature look, and now there's nothing unique at all.
I'm trying to keep my feedback constructive.
EDIT: Also, the "Your Latest" under your profile is mostly wrong. It says my latest badge was my very first badge ever earned, and the latest posts are behind as well.
I'm trying to keep my feedback constructive.
EDIT: Also, the "Your Latest" under your profile is mostly wrong. It says my latest badge was my very first badge ever earned, and the latest posts are behind as well.
