I'll give you that. It is quite bright, but overall, the change looks good, it just needs some getting used to.The Diabolical Biz said:
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Nah, I don't mind it. That was mostly sarcasm (although it did smart for a second).Daystar Clarion said:
Also:
I really don't understand what was wrong with the old layout. I never came to this site and was like "Boy i really wish it was different. And this button or window was over here." This seems silly and unnecessary more then new and streamlined. But it's still just more boring to look at now more then anything to me
I'll say one thing and one thing only--It's not my cup of tea, but whatever. PLEASE CHANGE THE BACKGROUND. PLAIN WHITE IS TERRIBLE.
Apart from me liking it or not (I definitely don't, it's flashy and confusing), there's something that bothers me even more:
it's buggy like hell and full of design mistakes! Stuff is overlapping to the extent that I can only see like 1/5th of some of the containers (especially on the main page). Also, stuff is not properly aligned everywhere, like someone was in a real hurry putting this together.
Also, this comment box is buggy (it's growing alot while I type and spaces disappear at the end of each line. Linebreaks sometimes disappear).
Some of the colors are so off that you can't read the text because of the background. There's more buttons than content. The comments text is in the tiniest font ever. The ratio between page element sizes is totally weird everywhere. The main navigation design is a joke. I could go on for ages.
I'm a professional webdesigner and if I had delivered something like that my customers would've sent me home crying. Just sayin' ...
it's buggy like hell and full of design mistakes! Stuff is overlapping to the extent that I can only see like 1/5th of some of the containers (especially on the main page). Also, stuff is not properly aligned everywhere, like someone was in a real hurry putting this together.
Also, this comment box is buggy (it's growing alot while I type and spaces disappear at the end of each line. Linebreaks sometimes disappear).
Some of the colors are so off that you can't read the text because of the background. There's more buttons than content. The comments text is in the tiniest font ever. The ratio between page element sizes is totally weird everywhere. The main navigation design is a joke. I could go on for ages.
I'm a professional webdesigner and if I had delivered something like that my customers would've sent me home crying. Just sayin' ...
I'm not crazy about the white; its pretty distracting. Also, I just find the whole first page a giant mush; a little too much clutter. My biggest problem though, is that I really miss the videos on the side of the front page. It was easy to find, easy to see, and it quickly showed me what videos were up and what I hadn't watched yet. (I really want that back). Other than that it seems fine, not a great, polished look but its fine.
My reaction:
I'm all for innovation and reinventing yourself, but seriously, after a while all the blank white space makes it like trying to read by the light of a thermite grenade. As for the front page, it feels all cramped and chaotic now. Points for effort, but the design needs some serious work still.
I'm all for innovation and reinventing yourself, but seriously, after a while all the blank white space makes it like trying to read by the light of a thermite grenade. As for the front page, it feels all cramped and chaotic now. Points for effort, but the design needs some serious work still.
Wow just skimming this tread and my eyes hurt a little.
Have to say I'm not a huge fan of the new layout but its not terminal, I'll just adapt. It's not as bad as the new BBC front page so that's something.
Have to say I'm not a huge fan of the new layout but its not terminal, I'll just adapt. It's not as bad as the new BBC front page so that's something.
Hehe first less than a sec look "crap the browser messed up again" reloaded and went to another tab second thought NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why? why? WHYYYY???? .... continued please let me have choice.... nope zero non...
What annoys me so you say?
ALL THE FRACKING WHITE!!!! please make an option at least for old color scheme blue!.
I do not understand what all this obsession with white is about that all site seem to have as lead word.
I would like my sites not black-dark but the blue color scheme Escapist had were great why not give the possibility of tweaking the site by the end-user? techreport.com has a (not perfect) but working system for light/dark & normal/wide.
Sure I know it's not technically white is fade in grey/white. and I don't like the light blue either make it darker. Yes I want it less "airy" (damn hippies, I like my smog, gritty, hard to find anything sites) ;-P
Would also not mind if the "news" section easier to see (higher up on the site or lower but wider...)
some kind of separation line/box between/around the top "featured"(the top 4 thingy) and the rolling list so it is easier to distinguish...
Otherwise I'm just annoyed since this is somewhere around 10th site that changes appearance completely in the past year or so... that I visit regularly...
So what I would like:
Please make a dark option!
What annoys me so you say?
ALL THE FRACKING WHITE!!!! please make an option at least for old color scheme blue!.
I do not understand what all this obsession with white is about that all site seem to have as lead word.
I would like my sites not black-dark but the blue color scheme Escapist had were great why not give the possibility of tweaking the site by the end-user? techreport.com has a (not perfect) but working system for light/dark & normal/wide.
Sure I know it's not technically white is fade in grey/white. and I don't like the light blue either make it darker. Yes I want it less "airy" (damn hippies, I like my smog, gritty, hard to find anything sites) ;-P
Would also not mind if the "news" section easier to see (higher up on the site or lower but wider...)
some kind of separation line/box between/around the top "featured"(the top 4 thingy) and the rolling list so it is easier to distinguish...
Otherwise I'm just annoyed since this is somewhere around 10th site that changes appearance completely in the past year or so... that I visit regularly...
So what I would like:
Please make a dark option!
Or more accurately, "one aspect of this change is making the site extremely difficult to read, please change that". The majority of posts I've seen - which I fully agree with - seem to be saying that the site redesign in general might be OK, but that the background is way too in-your-face.Daystar Clarion said:
People going "AAAARGH CHANGE" and people dismissing any legitimate grievance with "Pffft, they're just afraid of change" are pretty much two sides of the same coin
I have to agree with a lot of people here; I don't like it. It's too bright and the popular threads box is slow as fuck. And why are you giving warnings to people who are complaining harshly, Escapist? So what if they're saying the new layout is shit? They have the right to speak they're minds, it's starting to look all 1984 up in this *****.
Change the blue to darker and use something on the borders to cover up the white other than an advertisement and it'll be okay.
Seriously though, the change is mediocre, I know I'll get used to it, but the old site with the old news bar and colour scheme was far more homely.
Like someone else said, it reminds me of facebook and that's not good.
Meh, I could've done better.
Seriously though, the change is mediocre, I know I'll get used to it, but the old site with the old news bar and colour scheme was far more homely.
Like someone else said, it reminds me of facebook and that's not good.
Meh, I could've done better.