The Escapist Redesign

[Sandernista]

Greetings and Salutations, Escapists!

You may have noticed that the site looks a bit different. If you want some more information about that, please direct your attention here:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114736-The-New-Shiny-Escapist

Sincerely,
- Nas

Well, I do like your new avatar.

As for the site? I like the way the toolbars at the top look, and work. But the large amount of white is almost blinding, and gives a feeling of too much open-ness.

ETA: I'm interested in how you guys'll be doing the ads along the sides, are you going to fill the white space?

 

[RollForInitiative]

Honestly? I rather dislike it. It runs more sluggishly than the old one, feels empty and somehow manages to be cluttered all at once. One more addition to the list of sites that have made major overhauls to negative overall effect.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Nouw]

Snip

That would never happen. Whenever it's suggested, it's given heavy criticism. Also, hi-five for Michael Bolton Forrest Gump!

 

[fodderoh]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, so feel free to point me in another direction if it isn't.

The new site is not rendering properly for me in Chrome. The font is messed up. I've looked in options, but there aren't really any font-related settings that would seem to be relevant. Any suggestions for what I should do to resolve this?

Thanks.

 

[anthony87]

A remember reading on another thread that apparently some feedback received with regards to the previous layout was that it was too cluttered? The front page seems way more cluttered now.

Oh well, at least the speed issues are gone from when the change was first implemented.

Also, only telling Pub Club members? Seriously, at least SOME minor notification of the upcoming change would've been nice. Just because we're not shelling out for a membership doesn't mean we should be left out of the loop entirely. It just seems petty.

 

[Myan]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, so feel free to point me in another direction if it isn't.

The new site is not rendering properly for me in Chrome. The font is messed up. I've looked in options, but there aren't really any font-related settings that would seem to be relevant. Any suggestions for what I should do to resolve this?

Thanks.

Hey there! If you could use the link at the bottom of the page "Report a Bug" and include a screenshot that would greatly help us out.

Thanks!

 

[Andrew_C]

Yeah I have to say I'm not impressed by the redesign. Like others have said, it seems confused and chaotic and wastes a lot of space. And the blue and white with huge blank expanses comes across unnecessarily ugly and somewhat amateurish looking.

I can use it fine and will get used to it quickly, but IMHO it's inferior to the old site.

On the positive side I haven't noticed any speed issues, unlike others, and the forums seem relatively unscathed.

EDIT: spelling

 

[Darth Lexx]

it's nice to have it, but personally it feels a bit ugly to me

Cold lonely colour pallet, too much empty space, waaaay to much clutter and just doesn't have that warm page filling look of the old escapist.

I feel exactly that way too.

 

[Inglorious891]

It seems a bit cluttered, but it'll grow on me and I'll probably think that this new design is better than the old one.

 

[deshorty]

I like it, but I miss the latest videos on the side of the screen simply because it made watching them some much easier. Aside from that I like the new look.

 

[maninhat]

I'm not a fan of it I guess I'm just used to the old Escapist

 

[DirgeNovak]

Bug alert!
Usernames and avatars no longer show up, and everyone joined the site on 1 Jan 1970 according to the sidebar...

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Bug alert!
Usernames and avatars no longer show up, and everyone joined the site on 1 Jan 1970 according to the sidebar...

I'm getting the same issue, but it's 31 Dec 1969 instead.

 

[KingWeasel]

I hate the redesign.

 

[Weslebear]

Visually it doesn't bother me, neither did the old design.

I just want them to fix everything, it loads terribly since the update and there are a ton of bugs. Once fixed I will be perfectly happy.

 

[Simalacrum]

There are a LOT of bugs in the forums now, to the point that its unusable...

Escapist, there's no real excuse for this. These bugs are universal and obvious. They should have been ironed out before you even THOUGHT about releasing this redesign. Didn't you do Beta testing or bug checks? At all?

 

[xXAsherahXx]

I don't really like it. The new look resembles a half-loaded web page. I want the old Escapist back. Plus, I can't see you guys usernames or avatars. Hmph.

 

[Bors Mistral]

As a graphic designer, all I can say is that aesthetics and ease of use wise the new layout is a sizable step backwards.

Might be too late now, but in the future please consider having a beta and letting people give you feedback on the changes. After all, the goal is to make the site the best it can be for the Escapist community.

The current site looks not airy, but disorganized and chaotic.

 

[Bors Mistral]

As a graphic designer, all I can say is that aesthetics and ease of use wise the new layout is a sizable step backwards.

Might be too late now, but in the future please consider having a beta and letting people give you feedback on the changes. After all, the goal is to make the site the best it can be for the Escapist community.

The current site looks not airy, but disorganized and chaotic.

 

[BRex21]

i notice none of you people have names or avatars and you all joined on the 31 Dec 1969, I can watch ads but i cant watch videos and the whole thing seems like its been put through a shredder and cant be put back in order, about all i have been able to do since they made the new site is complain about the new site.
This whole thing just seems to be change for the sake of change, and they took something good that i had grown accustomed to and replaced it with something disorganized that i have to learn. All i can say is "WHY?"