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Have you ever liked a website redesign?
- Thread starter Bigkrev
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I would prefer they just go back to small dots and no icon of any kind, and nothing on mobile. It's a huge water of space and quite frankly ugly.I made a very quick mockup of how the thread list would look without avatars and with more subdued colours. I just want something clean and easy to read.
Current purple is fine to me, I used NightEra and had no issue with the more vibrant purple everyone apparently for cancer from. So this more subdued one for 2.0 is more than acceptable.
Yeah this so far is my single biggest and real issue with the new design. It looks real tacky, especially when your Avatar is then overlayed onto theirs because you've replied to that thread.
Are you on mobile? Reddit did this too with their redesign, it's made for mobile but on desktop there was a ton of unused space on the sides, they implemented some different themes for desktop to get rid of it. Especially when you're using a widescreen monitor, it's def not optimal with everything being crunched into a pillar in the middle of the screen.
CSS: "Yo, you can use me to do a design for multiple devices! Isn't that cool!"
The Internet, circa 2018: " Ha ha fuck you we'll make designs solely for phones now, enjoy your awkward UI and wasted space on desktop"
Reddit's one of the biggest examples of this annoying trend.
Everyone just wants to look like the Dreamhost control panel.
The Internet, circa 2018: " Ha ha fuck you we'll make designs solely for phones now, enjoy your awkward UI and wasted space on desktop"
Reddit's one of the biggest examples of this annoying trend.
Everyone just wants to look like the Dreamhost control panel.
I have never once liked a site redesign, especially this one. George R.R. Martin will finish the next Game of Thrones book before this post actually loads and gets posted.
I like ERA's 2.0 change. However the biggest annoyance at the moment is how slow the website is since the change. Nobody likes slow.
Please let me know if you find a fix for this!Really? Are you on desktop or a mobile?
I mean this:
I'm not zoomed out or anything and that's like 1/3 of the screen spent on nothing, maybe I'm just not seeing the option to widen the threads/forums. EDIT: Ok, found the toggle. Strange that it's not ON by default.
Edit: There is a button on the bottom left of the site to toggle width!
I don't like a bunch of tabs and use very few functions.
Of all the new forum designs, I have to say NeoGAF is the best, although I think there's a lot of toxicity in that community and rarely visit it.
Of all the new forum designs, I have to say NeoGAF is the best, although I think there's a lot of toxicity in that community and rarely visit it.
What's up with the annoying navigation bar on the left? Do I have to manually hide it every time I enter a thread?
When something like 60+% of traffic is mobile, you put your resources where they are needed. Sadly, desktop usage is dying because the majority of Web users are simple consumers.
I think you need to check NeoGAF again mate.
They also updated their design which is almost like this one.
It's actively harder to search, scroll, read, etc. with this new design. I hate it but I know I'll get used to it.
I also have despised IGN's layout with every update they've ever made. Kotaku is another.
I also have despised IGN's layout with every update they've ever made. Kotaku is another.
They really do.
"We can make it act like a desktop IN their browser!"
No one gives a fuck, nor wants it.
On the topic of redesigns. I quite like the new Giantbomb one but that's also another one that uses space very poorly. There's massive gaps between each carousel of content on the main page that looks quite ugly. It also makes the page look very empty in a weird way. But in terms of functionality, finally designing their site around video content when that's their primary output has been long needed.
Yeah, MrCinos you want this li'l guy on the bottom left. All the way down, on top of the massive Resetera Clear banner.
Edit: woops, saw you edited your post about it. Sorry for the alert! :)
Thanks for this!
Yeah, MrCinos you want this li'l guy on the bottom left. All the way down, on top of the massive Resetera Clear banner.
Edit: woops, saw you edited your post about it. Sorry for the alert! :)
Weird, that doesn't show up for me. Just have the Theme button.Thanks for this!
Yeah, MrCinos you want this li'l guy on the bottom left. All the way down, on top of the massive Resetera Clear banner.
I think that new website designs are rarely embraced until they've already been implemented for several months.
This is the biggest offender to me. Why did this become thing? It's such a poor design decision and part of many, many websites.
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Same with you until I maximised the window. You need to fill up your screen to see it.
Anyone who says they've "never" liked a redesign is either lying or I suppose just admitting they don't like change even if it's better. If you never liked a redesign then you're saying you prefer the old Angelfire/Geocities style of the internet.
Ok, so I suppose some of you may actually like that.
Ok, so I suppose some of you may actually like that.
Thank you! Why the fuck would that not be the default on desktop? Makes it a lot more readable.
It's a case by case basis for me. So far I like this redesign overall, but I don't like the persistent sidebar on the left that seems to reset its state every time I change page. I also miss the bottom ribbon for navigation after hitting the bottom of a page. Sure the sidebar has the same functionality, but then I'm giving up a large portion of horizontal screen space for this same functionality. Extra clicks to open image sources also sucks.
The modern web sucks, and almost everything is so incredibly overdesigned by bad designers.
Good design takes a lot of work and thought. Websites need to be thought about holistically but also every single tiny detail should be scrutinized down to the pixel. Era has always felt slapdash. I know the people who run this site work hard and spend a lot of time on it, but it still feels very inconsistent.
I am sure I'll get used to it over time, but it's not just "I don't like things that are different." It's actively worse than the previous version, which was worse than the version before that.
Good design takes a lot of work and thought. Websites need to be thought about holistically but also every single tiny detail should be scrutinized down to the pixel. Era has always felt slapdash. I know the people who run this site work hard and spend a lot of time on it, but it still feels very inconsistent.
I am sure I'll get used to it over time, but it's not just "I don't like things that are different." It's actively worse than the previous version, which was worse than the version before that.
Ohh, that's weird. At word I'm a laptop at 1366x768 and a second screen 1080 monitor. Maximized on the laptop screen, no button and no excess space on sides, on second screen though tons of wasted space and width button shows up and works thankfully.
I made a very quick mockup of how the thread list would look without avatars and with more subdued colours. I just want something clean and easy to read.
I want this!
I'll get used to the new design, but I would love if they removed avatars from the thread links.
I don't mind this as much as the last redesign on the dark theme. Thank you for fixing the purple. My issues with it so far are:
- I don't like having avatars visible on the topic list. I don't need that information.
- The "watched" eyeball, poll icon, etc. are really crammed in there on mobile.
- The big colorful topic title on each thread seems overly big and out of place.
- I don't get why every single post gets its own box. It's distracting.
- Lots of superfluous reactive design decisions like animations, etc.
Basically my takeaway is "Nice effort, but too much."
- I don't like having avatars visible on the topic list. I don't need that information.
- The "watched" eyeball, poll icon, etc. are really crammed in there on mobile.
- The big colorful topic title on each thread seems overly big and out of place.
- I don't get why every single post gets its own box. It's distracting.
- Lots of superfluous reactive design decisions like animations, etc.
Basically my takeaway is "Nice effort, but too much."
It's usually
-Oh man, I love change and freshness! -> Aw man, I'm not digging this, the other old was was perfect! -> I like it now.
Case in point. The Giant Bomb Redesign, I didn't like the redesign that came after the achievement system, then I loved it and now with the newest one I don't like at all because so much wasted space with weird carousels instead of a neat grid/list and the design lost it's personality and it's too sterile for a personality based site. But I'm sure it will be fine tuned as time goes on and I will like it again.
-Oh man, I love change and freshness! -> Aw man, I'm not digging this, the other old was was perfect! -> I like it now.
Case in point. The Giant Bomb Redesign, I didn't like the redesign that came after the achievement system, then I loved it and now with the newest one I don't like at all because so much wasted space with weird carousels instead of a neat grid/list and the design lost it's personality and it's too sterile for a personality based site. But I'm sure it will be fine tuned as time goes on and I will like it again.
A lot of times it's just bad design. They hide features under more layers or make it more confusing. I like Giant Bombs new design. It's easy to use and sleek without being too trendy.
Yep they usually mess up so much of what you love to add new features that are generally pointless to you and make everything worse.
The only improvement I've found with this is that finally typing on my android phone keyboard doesn't have massive issues like the old site had.
And that's it. Everything else is worse. The site looks dated, harder to read, looks kinda crap if I'm honest. Please just go back to my classic dark era look and feel. Add back the main forum links. Add back the refresh page, remove similar threads and the big colourful banner at the top of everything.. add back a one step notification tab on mobile on my phone (I notice it's like the old site on my iPad but on my phone I need to enter the hamburger menu, press another button and then finally can click on a notification).
Urgh. Sorry guys I'm sure it took a lot of work but you've made this site WAY less appealing to me to look at and navigate. Like seriously I'm not gonna be on here as much you've ruined it so much.
The only improvement I've found with this is that finally typing on my android phone keyboard doesn't have massive issues like the old site had.
And that's it. Everything else is worse. The site looks dated, harder to read, looks kinda crap if I'm honest. Please just go back to my classic dark era look and feel. Add back the main forum links. Add back the refresh page, remove similar threads and the big colourful banner at the top of everything.. add back a one step notification tab on mobile on my phone (I notice it's like the old site on my iPad but on my phone I need to enter the hamburger menu, press another button and then finally can click on a notification).
Urgh. Sorry guys I'm sure it took a lot of work but you've made this site WAY less appealing to me to look at and navigate. Like seriously I'm not gonna be on here as much you've ruined it so much.
