The New Shiny Escapist
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I'm not sure if you realize how many complaints I've had to respond to in the past few days. I'm very tired.Sud0_x said:
Advocating adblock is against the Code of Conduct and has been for some time. Thank you for pointing out my completely inconsequential mistake.
I made that statement simply because your information was false and, believe it or not, that ugly situation still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.Nasrin said:
Now, I actually commended you guys on the way you are currently handling situations like this and the very visible effort of great folks like yourself.
I understand that you're tired.
Yeah, our sizes changed just a *wee* bit, and we haven't caught up with all the assets we had to replace yet. So a few things still look squishy or stretchy. It'll all be fixed bit by bit...though, I dunno, I kinda like Shamus looking all Stretch Armstrongy. Makes me chuckle.MattAn24 said:
The Daily Drop logo and Shamus Young look awfully stretched. As far as I'm aware, Shamus is awesome. Stretching that logo like that? Not as awesome. The Shamus must be obeyed!
Also, folks, this should go without saying, but we're far more likely to listen to your feedback if you're not being a total cock while delivering it. (This obviously doesn't apply to to the post I'm quoting, which is perfectly fine.) We're not trying to fuck anyone over, or trick anybody, or just generally ruin your experience because we think it's hilarious to watch you all freak out. We launched the redesign in response to a great deal of feedback that we got, over several years, that our old site was confusing, cluttered, and just plain hard to use. If the new design we've chosen needs a bit of tweaking yet, that's ok - we didn't really expect it to be perfect right out of the gate. That's why we're asking for feedback, so that we can focus on the areas that really, truly don't work for you guys and try to find some kind of compromise.
Speaking to us like we're all clueless jackasses who just got drunk one night and decided to fuck up the site just for kicks doesn't help anyone. We all work very, very hard on The Escapist, not just because it's our jobs, but because we believe in it. We want it to be great. We want it to be something that you genuinely look forward to visiting every single day. And we're pretty sure you want it to be that, too.
So how about giving us the benefit of the doubt that we genuinely want to move forward in a positive way, and stop talking to us like we're beneath your contempt?
I tried not to be picky, but I also don't like the new layout. It feel like everything is floating in a diffuse space, it don't make navigation tempting. And it cold generic design kind of lack identity and personality. I will probably forget the site for a while, then I will miss it features, come back and get used to it.
...what a waste of time and effort. Way too spread out and having the parts so isolated is just bad design. Plus it just looks... bad.
I miss the sidebar with all the latest videos. I miss the small box at the top corner that made getting to the latest news easy as hell. I miss the previous news articles being grouped along the bottom of the page. I feel that the new color scheme seems........cold, if that makes any sense but that could just be the unfamiliarity.
I do like the little section that shows the last couple of threads I posted in and I like the new way of checking through the most recent threads at the side. However I keep being notified of new post in Pub Club exclusive threads even though I'm not a member, leading me to try check it out only to be told I'm not allowed in. Makes me feel all excluded and whatnot.
Quite happy that the speed issues appear to have been fixed.
(Please don't swear at me Susan, this is the best way I can think of wording my feedback. >_<)
I do like the little section that shows the last couple of threads I posted in and I like the new way of checking through the most recent threads at the side. However I keep being notified of new post in Pub Club exclusive threads even though I'm not a member, leading me to try check it out only to be told I'm not allowed in. Makes me feel all excluded and whatnot.
Quite happy that the speed issues appear to have been fixed.
(Please don't swear at me Susan, this is the best way I can think of wording my feedback. >_<)
Well...I'm not a fan. I really liked your old layout, and never found any problems with it. Looking at a screenshot of the old theme reminds me how good it looked; properly web 2.0, making full use of gradients and 3d effects. On top of this fonts were big and bold, making them easily readable.The menu bar at the top had this neat little tab effect. Everything was neatly categorised into boxes.
Now it's like you've gone back to basics...TOO basic. I haven't really noticed the brightness like other users, but it looks bland, dull. That list of news items at the bottom made it easy to keep up to date with articles I might have missed between visits. Now news items are just thrown across the front page with little thought. And, while there's nothing inherently wrong with it, the navigation bar now looks rubbish.
These changes aren't enough for me to cry "boycott!" or anything like that, but they sure are disappointing, like you've undone the good work of previous.
On the plus side, I like the drop down boxes,and I'm glad the forums haven't changed.
Now it's like you've gone back to basics...TOO basic. I haven't really noticed the brightness like other users, but it looks bland, dull. That list of news items at the bottom made it easy to keep up to date with articles I might have missed between visits. Now news items are just thrown across the front page with little thought. And, while there's nothing inherently wrong with it, the navigation bar now looks rubbish.
These changes aren't enough for me to cry "boycott!" or anything like that, but they sure are disappointing, like you've undone the good work of previous.
On the plus side, I like the drop down boxes,and I'm glad the forums haven't changed.