The New Shiny Escapist

[forthwallbreaker]

Sorry, Escapist but I think it should go back.

 

[AngryPuppy]

SNIP

Well, you covered everything I as going to say, so thanks lol. I do have to stress that this new theme kills my eyes. WAY to bright. Not digging it at all, sorry guy-who-designed-it.

 

[Nazulu]

Heh. I thought I would be the only one to be horrified by it. Sorry, but it's too white which hurts my eyes and makes it difficult to read the text, I won't be staying that long anymore if it stays like this. Could we at least have an option to change it to yellow again?

Edit: Just tried other parts of the escapist and it does load a bit slower on my com as well.

 

[Blatherscythe]

Looks cool, not sure about the easier navigation part, I just need to get used to it.

 

[Frost27]

I dont like it. It is far less streamlined than the original, it doesnt advertise site content as well, and it loads slower than molasses. I may be able to get used to the look, begrudgingly, but the slow response times will never grow on me.

Over all I miss the original.

 

[chiggerwood]

Please change it back this new design sucks. I like the old design infinitely better. The colors are awful and make me feel like I'm staring into the sun. It's goorish, ugly, and looks like a shitty facebook ripoff. The forums take longer to load than a moving company staffed entirely by paraplegics. Please, please go back to the former design. It was quick, efficient and was like a streamlined butterfly. It was a design I enjoyed looking at, and was proud to call my favorite website. Now it just looks like shit.

 

[Unhappy Crow]

I was just on here this afternoon and I didn't know it was going to change later on.

Like Youtube, I'm going to have to get use to the new look and everything.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

But... but... The Escapist-blue! It was even an offical colour before D:

Bleh, as with new Facebook and new Youtube i guess i'll grow accustomed to it after a while. I'll admit that i too miss the sidebar though. I'm not one to rag on anyone's hard work so i guess we'll just have to see how it all goes. One should never expect such massive change to be well-recieved at first though xD

On a completely un-related note: Why is the site's loading time so damn long now? >.>

 

[natster43]

I like how the thread list is set up, an extra column, and multiple types of parameters. But I feel it is a bit bland. Too white, and the text is a bit more boring. That is how I feel about it.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

You know how everyone complained when the NXE started making every SUPER WHITE? You guys should have learned from their mistake instead of following suit.

 

[Ruedyn]

Please tell me the abundance of white is only for Christmas, and that it'll change back to navy blue around new years?

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I used to read The Escapist, then I took a flashbang to the face.

Ok ok...

I like it, when the Publishers Club members got early access to it I wasn't sure about at first. After trying it out for the last few days I've got used to it and I love it now.

 

[Teckdeth]

Any comments I have have been mentioned a lot. Bright, cluttered, slow. Drop downs are good.

Oh, I forgot, ****** ****** *Winge Winge* *Moan Moan*.

 

[Astoria]

What was wrong with the old layout? Why do people feel things have to change? It just looks like a cluttered mess now and the colours are way too bright.

 

[PhoenixKing]

Personally, I think that the font doesn't look very fitting at all. Also, where's the sidebar with the newest video of all the contributors? That was very useful=(. Other than that, I think it's quite an improvement.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Whoever is in charge of this "makeover".

The Escapist looks like GoogleTube now.

It wasn't broke, so don't fix it.

 

[PhoenixKing]

Personally, I think that the font doesn't look very fitting at all. Also, where's the sidebar with the newest video of all the contributors? That was very useful=(. Other than that, I think it's quite an improvement.

 

[Samus Aran but a man]

it will take a while to get used to it, but I'm sure I will like it

 

[Kae]

The ONLY problem I have with it, it's that it's a little too bright and tires my eyes very quickly when it's dark, I mean on the day I didn't have any problems with it but now that it's dark it does seem to tire my arms, so the issue I would suggest you fix is making the forums easier on the eyes so that people hang out here longer without getting tired, other than that it does look pretty nice and though at first it was weird it does seem easier to navigate than the previous layout so good work there, though the console listing at the top is a bit odd, I guess it'll make things easier for people looking for info in they're preferred system so I guess it's good.
SO overall I say it looks nice and works better than the previous layout but the colour palette is rather tiring for long periods of time and could be made better by an option to change the background.