Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 One of the worst blog design's I've ever seen. http://kotaku.com/ http://gawker.com/ http://gizmodo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yeah it looks crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +John. Subscriber¹ Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 7, 2011 It's not intuitive whatsoever. EDIT: Well, the /classic design looks alright, but the fact that you have to enable it just to make the site readable is a bad testament to the design. Why would you think this up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2011 Agreed. The new layout for the Gawker websites looks as if someone had a look at an iPad app and thought 'Hmm, I wonder if I can port its look and feel to a website.' The result is messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 OrangesOfCourse Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I really don't like it. The right pane won't even load for me on Gizmodo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denis W. Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yeah, not caring for it at all. The latest bar on the right seems to spin indefinitely without loading anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2011 I really don't like it. The right pane won't even load for me on Gizmodo! Give it a moment, it'll load after a while.. Does anyone have any idea yet in which browsers the new Gawker layout will work better than in others? I'd imagine IE 6 users being left out in the cold (no huge loss, but still...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 D!ABOL!C Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I noticed it on the IO9 site last week. It does take a bit to get used to. Also at the top of the page you can go to blogview or just put /classic at the end of the url, at least for IO9.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Vice Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Worst design change so far this year. Digg won it last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ironman273 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 In their introductory post they say it's so that they can put what's important right there in front of you. What I used to like is being able to scroll through and pick out what was important to me. I used to be a regular Gizmodo/Kotaku/Jalopnik/io9 reader but I think I'm switching to Engadget/Joystiq/Autoblog and I guess I'll find a replacement for io9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Xilo Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 New layout is absolute donkey ****. It makes it much harder to scan comments and scroll through news articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Denis W. Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 Give it a moment, it'll load after a while.. Does anyone have any idea yet in which browsers the new Gawker layout will work better than in others? I'd imagine IE 6 users being left out in the cold (no huge loss, but still...) Actually the results are funny: IE9 does eventually load the spinner, Chrome loads nothing but the ad on the top (:rofl:) and Opera loads nothing. Also scrolling is choppy across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 In their introductory post they say it's so that they can put what's important right there in front of you. What I used to like is being able to scroll through and pick out what was important to me. I used to be a regular Gizmodo/Kotaku/Jalopnik/io9 reader but I think I'm switching to Engadget/Joystiq/Autoblog and I guess I'll find a replacement for io9. AOL blogs are more superior in content than gawker blogs anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 OrangesOfCourse Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Give it a moment, it'll load after a while.. Does anyone have any idea yet in which browsers the new Gawker layout will work better than in others? I'd imagine IE 6 users being left out in the cold (no huge loss, but still...) It's been spinning for about 5 mins now... Kinda lost interest in reading Gizmodo. Ha. It was suppose to be a quick read of current entries but guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 So basically gawker decided to optimize their site for the ipad? Lachlan and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Anibal P Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 So basically gawker decided to optimize their site for the ipad? Pretty much, looks like they're giving up and going full fledged Apple fanboys instead of hiding it like before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2011 The new layout doesn't get any better even after a second look in different browsers. It's terribad; the layout change could backfire for Gawker just like Digg v4 did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 I learned in webdesign 101 12 years ago not to abuse frames and iframes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 presence06 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 stupid layout, even worse post display. What was wrong with the old layout? Lets revolt and make them change it back like Digg... :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LitumaFromTheAndes Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 the same story with Lifehacker too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Vice Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Pretty much, looks like they're giving up and going full fledged Apple fanboys instead of hiding it like before It doesn't work on the iPad. The new design I mean. Doesn't work on the iPhone either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tomwarren Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 Wow, terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ViperAFK Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 stupid layout, even worse post display. What was wrong with the old layout? Lets revolt and make them change it back like Digg... :shifty: I already switched over to AOL blogs a long time ago. Joystiq/Engadget FTW Also, what about people that use 800x600 resolution? If you scroll to the right, you still can't see the articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 g33kb0y Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I don't recall seeing any "Beta site" links at giz/lh. Did they demo the changes to the general public before going live? If not, they should have... :\ TBH, the new sites give me a headache, I have no desire to return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 OrangesOfCourse Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Seems to be loading now. :) Still don't like the design but at least it loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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One of the worst blog design's I've ever seen.
http://kotaku.com/
http://gawker.com/
http://gizmodo.com
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