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 SkyDX Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Kotaku... WHY?! :cry: It looks 100% fugly.... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 presence06 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 This seems fitting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Corris Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 Blech, time to move to Joystiq/Engadget full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrCheese Posted February 7, 2011 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. Yeah, I can picture this working *really* well on an ipad (Will check when I get home...) but for everything else it's total garbage :/ EDIT It doesn't work on the iPad. The new design I mean. Doesn't work on the iPhone either. ew maybe not then :| Why design the perfect layout for tablets and then not use it :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 qdave Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Looks alright for me. Their previous design was very random and hard to navigate through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Elessar Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 For sites with a reasonable amount of income, this new design is crap and a complete waste of space... presence06 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 7, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted February 7, 2011 Created a poll: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/974020-do-you-like-the-new-gawker-website-design/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DirtyLarry Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 Created a poll: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/974020-do-you-like-the-new-gawker-website-design/ And so far I am the one person who has chosen "I might get used to it." Honestly, I never thought the last layout was all that special either, but I just got used to it eventually as well. This new layout really just looks like an iPad app in a browser to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 And so far I am the one person who has chosen "I might get used to it." Honestly, I never thought the last layout was all that special either, but I just got used to it eventually as well. This new layout really just looks like an iPad app in a browser to me. To me, accessibility is one of the biggest things to keep in mind as far as web design. For example, the scroll wheel on my mouse at home is starting to break. That means unless I use the arrows button on my keyboard ( which becomes very unmanageable if you test it out), it would be very difficult for me to browse through the articles. Another thing I noticed is that if you use anything less than a 1024 x 768 resolution, you won't be able to browse the articles either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Fluxii Media Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Meh, the new design is alright, but I don't like it still. Yes it's easier for me to navigate on it, but I want to kill it with fire still! AHH. Oh well, Time to give Engadget a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yusuf M. Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 What were they thinking? It's quite awful. Is there an option to view the site with the previous layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mouldy Punk Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I don't usually visit any of those sites, but aesthetically I like it. There's a lot that is just inexcusably broken though; It took a refresh to get any of the sites to load any content into either column. The right column never finishes loading it's content The browser forward/back buttons don't work. To be honest, it's like they just plain didn't test it before releasing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Massiveterra Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 I just e-mailed Engadget to post an article welcoming all of the old Gizmodo readers :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 e-berlin.org Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Yeah the design sucks *ss, but I don't really care because I rarely visit sites from this network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 I stopped using io9 once they changed it. I mean it looks nice however, it is not as easy to use as the old sites were. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2011 Those websites are horribly ugly now.. I don't think i'll use gizmodo anymore.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +chorpeac MVC Posted February 7, 2011 MVC Share Posted February 7, 2011 They fired their UI designers, we can all attest to this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dead.cell Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 While there was room for improvement with the old design, it functioned very well. Often times, I'd click on the article because of an intriguing picture, which would end in me researching more about the said topic, beyond the website itself. The new presentation seems to offer little in getting people to read into the articles, and the classic view, while somewhat better, still looks very generic and loses the appeal the old site had. I'm not one to really bitch and complain about layouts like the Facebook fanatics do, but I can't think how scrolling for the article and the topics separately is a good idea. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Davo Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I guess they figure that since they became the laughingstock of the internet, they may as well look the part too. Fid, DragonKid, Denis W. and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 7, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2011 I guess they figure that since they became the laughingstock of the internet, they may as well look the part too. :rofl: nice (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pleasureseeker Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Can't see a thing - only a logo for each site and a load of white space. And me computer goes veeeeeereeeee slooooooooooooooooooowly... Oh well. Time to avoid and stick to Neowin ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chasethebase Reporter Posted February 7, 2011 Reporter Share Posted February 7, 2011 In Classic view, the site is fine. And Davo, I guess you're talking about Giz, with Lifehacker I find it an interesting site to read, and probably visit it more often than Giz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spy beef Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 i like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ayepecks Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I guess they figure that since they became the laughingstock of the internet, they may as well look the part too. Gizmodo's antics are pretty much the only "laughingstock" part of the Gawker network I've ever heard of. I like the unified approach, but the actual application is shoddy, at best. Using two separately scrolling frames for the article and the headlines is horrible. Why would you not make it so they both scroll at the same time? It's a major nuisance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neufuse Veteran Posted February 7, 2011 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2011 yuck, I feel very lost with this new layout when it works... err if it works at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Question
Massiveterra
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
133 answers to this question
Recommended Posts