The New Shiny Escapist
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I hate to say it 'cause you've all clearly put a lot of effort in to make it this, but I don't like. At all. It makes the text look horrible.
Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that I have Windows 93 desktop (I think windows 93 anyway, whatever one gives the best performance) seeing as I haven't seen anyone else complain about this yet.
Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that I have Windows 93 desktop (I think windows 93 anyway, whatever one gives the best performance) seeing as I haven't seen anyone else complain about this yet.
I've been hitting up the escapist multiple times daily, for years.
The new design is a deal breaker for me.
It's been said by others, better. Eye-bleeding white, cramped, boring, loads slow, etc. It's all been said prior. I can't believe that they worked on this overhaul for six months-- if they'd said they'd given six DAYS, I would wonder if five of those were spent playing ping pong.
I was content to use the old site pubClub button, but oh look, that's broken too.
What's been done to this site is a tragedy.
The new design is a deal breaker for me.
It's been said by others, better. Eye-bleeding white, cramped, boring, loads slow, etc. It's all been said prior. I can't believe that they worked on this overhaul for six months-- if they'd said they'd given six DAYS, I would wonder if five of those were spent playing ping pong.
I was content to use the old site pubClub button, but oh look, that's broken too.
What's been done to this site is a tragedy.
I personally thought my connection, the site, or the browser, was broken.
Turns out it's just a redesign.
Never a good sign, looks awful.
Turns out it's just a redesign.
Never a good sign, looks awful.
I'm liking it but could use a bit more of the hot colors (yellow, red, orange). There's only the "Notice a bug" section that pops out. You should have more sections colored like that.
I like the move away from warm colors and pastels. That's the safe route and every god damn site on earth tends to use those colors.
I like the move away from warm colors and pastels. That's the safe route and every god damn site on earth tends to use those colors.
Is there any way to change the color scheme of the Escapist? Because some of us don't like being blinded by a GIANT PAGE OF BRIGHT WHITE. Shiny is right, I can barely stand looking at the Escapist now. I had to shrink my browser down to minimum reading size because of how bright it is.
PLEASE tell me there's a way to change the background color to at least grey or something, this is killing me.
What about a nice tan? You all seem to like blue, why not set the background to a light (or dark) blue? I don't know how much time I could spend on this website now, it's seriously hurting my eyes.
PLEASE tell me there's a way to change the background color to at least grey or something, this is killing me.
What about a nice tan? You all seem to like blue, why not set the background to a light (or dark) blue? I don't know how much time I could spend on this website now, it's seriously hurting my eyes.
I appreciate the work you put into this Escapist Staff, and i`m grateful for the thought, but in my opinion the site actually looks and operates worse now. The layout is bland and completely devoid of any life, the forums/videos/entire site now takes significantly longer to load.
Thank you again for your effort and your time.
Thank you again for your effort and your time.
I AM CONFUSED! VERY VERY CONFUSED! WHERE AM I WHAT DO I PRESS WHERE BADGES AT?!?!?!?!
*confused and scared*
*confused and scared*
Actually, I think the question is fair. Everything I've read seems to indicate that the two most common complaints are the background color and the horrible performance of the site. I'm not sure how anyone is responding to feedback from pubclub or anyone else, let alone trying to find any sort of compromise or solution if these two issues aren't the first addressed.Nasrin said:
I dislike the update. I used to be able to find the latest news and interesting articles right on the front page, now I see a whole lot of empty white space and to see the news I actually need to go to the news panel, which may, or may not load. The performance of the sight is abysmal. I think until the bugs are ironed out I will be visiting other sites for gaming information and since you do not support HTML 5 for videos for everyone I really have no reason to come back. Thank you.
I'd be okay with it, except it is sloooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww. It takes FOREVER to load anything. the overall look I don't mind though.
I don't understand the information design on the home page at all, and a lot of that is due to there being no proper grouping, labelling or consistency:
- What's the difference between the articles placed at the top, middle and bottom sections of the page? They aren't ordered by date. Content type, maybe? Popularity? Relevance? I can't tell without some kind heading, or at least a coherent grouping of content.
- Why do the 5th and 12th article stretch out across all three columns where the others only take up one? You've made them stand out, but why?
- Similarly, why do the last four articles need 1.5 columns worth of space when the rest had 1?
- Why have some stories been selected to be in the rolling banner? Are they latest/breaking news? If so, why isn't it labelled as such and why isn't the banner the first thing I see?
The whole thing is just confusing to look at. There's no focus, nothing that visibly helps organise the content or draws the eye, and it ends up looking incredibly cluttered as a result. Figure out what parts are the most important and then make them stand out.
I've got a myriad of other issues with the design, but that (to me) is your biggest problem.
- What's the difference between the articles placed at the top, middle and bottom sections of the page? They aren't ordered by date. Content type, maybe? Popularity? Relevance? I can't tell without some kind heading, or at least a coherent grouping of content.
- Why do the 5th and 12th article stretch out across all three columns where the others only take up one? You've made them stand out, but why?
- Similarly, why do the last four articles need 1.5 columns worth of space when the rest had 1?
- Why have some stories been selected to be in the rolling banner? Are they latest/breaking news? If so, why isn't it labelled as such and why isn't the banner the first thing I see?
The whole thing is just confusing to look at. There's no focus, nothing that visibly helps organise the content or draws the eye, and it ends up looking incredibly cluttered as a result. Figure out what parts are the most important and then make them stand out.
I've got a myriad of other issues with the design, but that (to me) is your biggest problem.