Dot Matrix Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Dude points out that features are missing, and your response is that it "acts like an app"? Surely, it is less so! I would assume they're still ironing out bugs. ahaha, just halfway done to dumbification, now just imagine when neowin forum are to be formated with similar stuff, full with social buttons. 'show more' buttons. above just a mock-up concept to how the dumbification could go to, just replace the vogons with neowins for more effect. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntegralDerivative Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Anpther thing that irks me: Use transparent PNG if the picture has no background(i.e app/software icons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koppit Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I agree with the slide in menu on a touch screen, would prefer just a fixed menu. Love the rest of the design, clean, modern, the comments look great, full width absolutely makes a difference You've come a long way from that pinstripe and windows-logo-watermark background, xp beta site way back in the day. Here's to another ... 13 years :) Edit: I also suggest fixing the css for the avatar, change this: .nav-user .toggle-nav-user-menu .nav-user-avatar to background-size: 113%; Otherwise square logos with dark backgrounds look like they have little half moon white borders around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Anpther thing that irks me: Use transparent PNG if the picture has no background(i.e app/software icons) That is due to legacy images, you expect them to go through every image and update, from now on, the images will probably be HD and formatted 16:9 or whatever vs the square that they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Edit: Thanks for pointing how how to change the layout, list view is much improved! I still liked the original better though. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_crabman Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Font of the headlines looks kinda broken with pixels missing when using Opera 12 and W8.1. I know, old browser, but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohdekill Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I like the home page, but I'm not a big fan of a home page looking completely different than the pages within. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC-1664 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 yeah list view should be the default view and more articles should load up initially. I was surprised on how few articles were listed. It should auto load more pages as you're scrolling down and not annoy us with 'click here for more news' bs. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I don't like the new front page. It doesn't have any contrast. It's too bright. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Are there not notifications on the homepage anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberkiller Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Miss the view all latest forum posts link on mobile site, it's now gone :( Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Nothing stands out and everything looks the same. Also everything takes up more room than before, I now have to scroll down in order to see latest software stuff - whereas it was visible at first glance on previous design. The gallery, below, has blurry thumbnails in all browsers. In IE the gallery width is 759.92 (significantly smaller, and leaving a large gap on the right) while maximized on 1080. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Don't really like, huge pinned articles - on this 1366x768 screen, it's taken almost half of the browsing space. (screenshot below) not a fan of two column layout (don't like it on wpcentral, verge and the likes of it) Auto hide top nav bar is a definite no-no otherwise feels fresh and nice. guru 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker999 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Miss the view all latest forum posts link on mobile site, it's now gone :( It's under "Community Activity" bottom of site :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Don't really like, huge pinned articles - on this 1366x768 screen, it's taken almost half of the browsing space. (screenshot below) not a fan of two column layout (don't like it on wpcentral, verge and the likes of it) Auto hide top nav bar is a definite no-no otherwise feels fresh and nice. Wow, your screenshot demonstrates why the new layout is terrible. You're not fitting a lot of content into one of the most popular screen resolutions out there - in fact I would call it unusable. We're not old - bring the font size/tile size down! Ice_Blue, Raa and BajiRav 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Are there not notifications on the homepage anymore? No. :( One of my bigger bug bears. IntegralDerivative, Cosmocronos and tsupersonic 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I'm greatly missing the forum reply notifications on the front page. 2010s UI design: form over function. Krome, Raa and Cosmocronos 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 love it! great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted August 25, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted August 25, 2014 Love the latest update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost5525 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Holy cow! I love it!!!! Well Done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwizard88 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I don't like it. It reminds me too much of the verge or engadget, and I specifically come here to get away from those sites :D Raa, Ice_Blue and BajiRav 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apreichner Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Does anyone else's look messed up on Google Chrome? I'm running the latest release of Chrome and the backgrounds for Latest Stories doesn't look good at all. Internet Explorer works fine, but the developers should definitely test on multiple browsers to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randu Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 New Home Page renders with a blue background in latest Chrome. Other then that I can get use to it. apreichner 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apreichner Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Yup, same way for me on the latest Chrome. It looks like they didn't add the Webkit specific CSS values in there. Shouldn't be a hard fix, but it probably also looks awful on Safari and Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 the popout parts of the stories or pictures is a bit annoying. but the design is spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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