techbeck Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Week actually yes, you just give it under the guide of disliking it, but it really is aversion to change Worse are the inner that seem incapable of grasping the adaptive concept, but that's for another time Uhh, no. Its being able to read the site easily, clearly, and without a lot of scrolling. I had to zoom out a little just to be able to view the page like I used to be able to and then the text was all screwed up. Has nothing to do with change and more so bugs/issues/things done wrong and why a thread like this was posted so people can state issues like this. Sszecret, Raa and Lord Method Man 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinman Member Posted August 25, 2014 Member Share Posted August 25, 2014 NO ! With the dark blue background, the text ( which is a brownish color ) is unreadable . By the time one scrolls down to the botton of the page ( and the background gets to be a lighter shade of blue ), then one can read the text. thinman Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidosho Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Don't like how the notification area doesn't work or exist anymore, I have to go into Forums to get the old bar to come back. Raa and Lord Method Man 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted August 25, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted August 25, 2014 NO ! With the dark blue background, the text ( which is a brownish color ) is unreadable . By the time one scrolls down to the botton of the page ( and the background gets to be a lighter shade of blue ), then one can read the text. thinman You are clearly experiencing one of the bugs. Try taking a screenshot so people know what you are referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Uhh, no. Its being able to read the site easily, clearly, and without a lot of scrolling. I had to zoom out a little just to be able to view the page like I used to be able to and then the text was all screwed up. Has nothing to do with change and more so bugs/issues/things done wrong and why a thread like this was posted so people can state issues like this. You guys are making scrolling sound like such a chore in this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted August 25, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2014 You guys are making scrolling sound like such a chore in this day and age. Its people used to reddit style sites. Which this site is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted August 25, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted August 25, 2014 NO ! With the dark blue background, the text ( which is a brownish color ) is unreadable . By the time one scrolls down to the botton of the page ( and the background gets to be a lighter shade of blue ), then one can read the text. thinman This description sounds like a known issue that is being caused by a rogue ad messing up our page styling. Steve's reported the ad, and hopefully it will be pulled soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windows 9 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Why is there not an "All Stories" view? I currently have to visit 10+ pages just to see all the news :| I am looking for this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 i like the new front page but it feels kinda similar to other sites like the verge and engadget not closely similar but kinda similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted August 25, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted August 25, 2014 Quick suggestion... Make an option to collapse (and remember the state of) the large "spotlight" elements at the top of the page. Maybe not to hide them completely, but minimize them to the text. It really is a distracting waste of space. I'm also not generally a fan of the menu header being positioned fixed and collapsing. It would actually be less distracting if it was fixed and *didn't* collapse, just always being present and on top. Having page elements jump around is mildly annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffer Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 kewl update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted August 25, 2014 MVC Share Posted August 25, 2014 You guys are making scrolling sound like such a chore in this day and age. We would just prefer to not have to scroll as much. Raa, tsupersonic and Ice_Blue 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Why is there not an "All Stories" view? I currently have to visit 10+ pages just to see all the news :| *bump* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted August 25, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2014 *bump* Not sure I follow? The index is "ALL STORIES" I can see every single post today and yesterday on the first page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Not sure I follow? The index is "ALL STORIES" I can see every single post today and yesterday on the first page. When I go to www.neowin.net, it puts me on the "Top Stories" section. I'm not seeing, for example, any software stories along with the other news on the page. They're in their own category only and other types of stories are only in their own categories too. So if I want to see all of Neowin's stories, I have to go to multiple categories/pages :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted August 25, 2014 Developer Share Posted August 25, 2014 When I go to www.neowin.net, it puts me on the "Top Stories" section. I'm not seeing, for example, any software stories along with the other news on the page. They're in their own category only and other types of stories are only in their own categories too. So if I want to see all of Neowin's stories, I have to go to multiple categories/pages :/ Software update news hasn't been included on the main page for YEARS, aside from major stuff (Windows, Office etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Software update news hasn't been included on the main page for YEARS, aside from major stuff (Windows, Office etc) Well how about an "All Stories" category, for those of us that want it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 You guys are making scrolling sound like such a chore in this day and age. When the banner at the top hides a big chunk of the screen, its annoying have to scroll down to see the new articles. Believe it or not, not everyone likes the same things as you do. Anyway, I do like the list view much better than the tiled lay out. Enjoying the Darside theme as well. Ice_Blue, FunkyMike, Raa and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted August 25, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2014 When I go to www.neowin.net, it puts me on the "Top Stories" section. I'm not seeing, for example, any software stories along with the other news on the page. They're in their own category only and other types of stories are only in their own categories too. So if I want to see all of Neowin's stories, I have to go to multiple categories/pages :/ Software news is excluded*, and has always been by default. We did have a toggle to include software news, we may add this back in the near future. Look at the heading under promos, should say Latest Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I can't get over how massive the 'promos' tiles are. The actual site content doesn't even start until halfway down my monitor screen. It looks awful. There's no reason the tiles need to be anywhere near that big. FloatingFatMan, Raa, Dashel and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I can't get over how massive the 'promos' tiles are. The actual site content doesn't even start until halfway down my monitor screen. It looks awful. There's no reason the tiles need to be anywhere near that big. You don't need to repeat yourself... MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Blue Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I can't get over how massive the 'promos' tiles are. The actual site content doesn't even start until halfway down my monitor screen. It looks awful. There's no reason the tiles need to be anywhere near that big. Exactly. Can you imagine the situation for those with 1366x768 screens? Ridiculous. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I agree with panacea and Ice on most items. Should have defaulted to list view at least. The tile sizes are way too big and I prefer content to flow around them in list view. Raa and FunkyMike 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Exactly. Can you imagine the situation for those with 1366x768 screens? Ridiculous. What's wrong with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ_ Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I like the new design, it's refreshing. The default theme header/footer background colours look mismatched but apart from that I <3 Darkside. For the most part, I think the team deserve a pat on the back... well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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