Ji@nBing Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It just doesn't look like Neowin anymore. It looks like every other site out there >.< Agreed. I dunno, maybe it's time to stop coming here. It's become over moderated and super lame over the past couple of years anyway. I basically just come here out of habit now, not because I like it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 I hope to grow to like it like others have said, but as of right now I do not think I will be visiting daily anymore. The images takeing up more room on the article preview and the lack of content compaired to the old site is not to my liking. The fact that it looks unprofessional like a wordpress template does live up to your logo, but Ive come to expect more from neowin. The attached image shows all the lost space that used to be used. I hope some of this can be addressed Probably would look more "full" if the adblocker was disabled ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryonhowley Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Probably would look more "full" if the adblocker was disabled ;) No I do not think even that would take away from the fisher price look of the site now! Sorry I agree with what others have said it is 3 steps backwards from what Neowin should be! It looks like a cut and past of just about every other tech site on the net witch is not what Neowinions have come to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 i like it. i hated the last design... this is nice and clean. hover effects: awesome. layout: easy to figure out. graphics: beautiful, cross browser compatibility: great. i don't get why people are bitching, but to each their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It's terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelcard Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Wow, I absolutely LOVE it. Sorry to see that so many people are not sure about it. I remember that I didn't like the last upgrade initially, but it didn't take that long for it to grow on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 after a month people will be like, waitwut? i didnt say nothin! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I knew there was some changes incoming as I read the prewarning, Kinda forgot about it and came here this morning and was like "Oh no...." I think this could take some time to get used to :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 That certainly is different. It's sort of like a clean sharp look compared with the blue tones of before - is Neowin moving away from Blue now? It'll take some time getting used to and I can see where other posters have said it looks like a blog. But I think a good cause for concern is the size of the news pictures, they are rather big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjx Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 You know what would totally make it near perfect? This: I want to read the headlines first. The fancy pics are eye candy, not content. My mockup can be improved upon - those images can be smaller too. Also the link colour could be a little darker to contrast a wee bit more against the background. This could be just me but it's hurting my eyes just a bit after a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViZioN Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Liking the new design, good work devs (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 I like K.John's mockup. It really puts a lot more emphasis on the Title/Content rather than the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonjames Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I wish tool tips weren't there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guvnor Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Sorry fellas, Not cool, don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 I wish tool tips weren't there Will be adding an option to disable this. (cookie based like everything else) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 The pictures on the news articles are ridiculously huge, and the main Neowin logo and title is a bit too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I use to welcome change and have always done so both on the main site and the boards here, but this time I actually like the former look more. I think this look looks cheaper, following "modern look & feel" without having the need to thanks to the former design, and destroying personality. It looks like a template I could buy for $49 at a theme repository in the "News Website" category. Oh well, enough whining. I guess it's a perfect case of "you can't please everyone", and this time I happened to be that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 It will take some getting used to, but overall it's a nice change. I'm viewing it with Darkside & Tile 1 settings. (Y) The only thing that annoys me is the capital N on the front page. It should be lowercase, like it is on the Forums front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Can increase the width maybe 8 more pixels. Keep in mind, a lot of netbook/ipad users so we have to design for 1024x768. Its also the SAME WIDTH as Atlas, and the version before that. There was a cookie-based button in Atlas to expand the interface though. Now it?s gone? I guess you could re-add a "wide interface / narrow interface" checkbox in the settings. A lot of the suggestions in this topic are actually very good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 There was a cookie-based button in Atlas to expand the interface though. Now it?s gone? I guess you could re-add a "wide interface / narrow interface" checkbox in the settings. A lot of the suggestions in this topic are actually very good though. The last time we had the expand button, if I recall correctly, was with Finity - which was years ago. We never had it on Atlas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliokh Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Nice design.. I like it.. takes longer time to load though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I want to read the headlines first. The fancy pics are eye candy, not content. My mockup can be improved upon - those images can be smaller too. After 20 pages I was about to say that personally, I found the images a bit too big (too dominant) but there you go with the same suggestion I was about to post. 3/4 of current size would be much better and I agree that images to the right would emphasis the news title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 The last time we had the expand button, if I recall correctly, was with Finity - which was years ago. We never had it on Atlas. Hmmm, maybe you?re right. But one thing is sure, Atlas was larger on my 27inch computer before. Is it because the width was set in %, or is it because it had more pixels, or is it a setting, I don?t know. I really wish there was a setting to revert this. The more I look at the previous interface with the new one side to side, the more I miss it. Everything was just so? perfect before : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsaunier Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Not sure if it be sometinhg neowin would do, i seen it done before ages ago not sure how friendly it be, perhaps have some preset widths members can change between to there liking personaly im fine how it is now, but i know some dont like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hmmm, maybe you?re right. But one thing is sure, Atlas was larger on my 27inch computer before. Is it because the width was set in %, or is it because it had more pixels, or is it a setting, I don?t know. I really wish there was a setting to revert this. The more I look at the previous interface with the new one side to side, the more I miss it. Everything was just so? perfect before : <image snip> Those images are scaled. Here's a direct comparison, neither image scaled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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