Who else hates the site redesign?

[thenumberthirteen]

I like it *cowers in fear*

All the issues I had while using the Beta version have been fixed. I'd like more of the main page devoted to the news section, but besides that it's a good change. This is the second major redesign I've been through, and they have all been improvements.

 

[Freaky Lou]

Eh, I don't really find it much of an improvement over the way it was before, but it'd work better on tablets and mobile with this layout. I've gotten used to it now though; it doesn't bother me anymore.

 

[xedobubble]

I think with time I can get used to the whiteness, although that should never be considered approval of it. But they've made the front page so disorganized that there's no way to track what's actually new and what isn't. The RSS feed is so much more useful than the main page because it's actually giving an organized list of what the newest posts are.

So the effect of the site redesign on me... is to completely remove any and all desire I have to come to the site itself.

Worst of all, they've eliminated the archive for the video series, and otherwise made all the rich content from before hard/impossible to find. So the new content is hard to parse and the old content is hard to find. As someone who wanted to go back and watch the old, finished video series, I am really disappointed by these design decisions.

 

[Necroid_Neko]

Me, I miss the cute little picture of a water cone on the old 'water cooler' section

 

[Wintermoot]

I don,t mind the redesign but rather the bugs and lag.

 

[Hazy]

Don't like it.

Too much white, not enough blue. One thing I liked about the old design was how accessible it was. There was an aura of professionalism and craftsmanship to it - now it just looks unfinished.

 

[KeyMaster45]

I dont like it, nothing seems to have updated in days, news wise anyway, and ill be dammed if I'm going to trudge through all this confusion to find them.

Agreed, It's a jumbled mess and worst of all the news (my main reason for visiting the site) seems to have taken a major backseat. To top it off it just looks ugly, bare, and boring.

This has nothing to do with the redesign but more with the tone the news posts here seem to have taken. They just seem...rude, like Cracked.com rude. It works great for great for a comedy website like Cracked, but it has little place in reporting news. The swearing in news posts has to stop as well, it just comes off as unprofessional.

 

[Chased]

Looks more like Facebook than a gaming website.

 

[Jfswift]

It looks decent but it's harder to read while on my phone now.

 

[Buizel91]

I'm going to copy my post from the main thread in the hope that some people actually see it...-.-

"Heh, i've just found out that many people are just to lazy to check things on here :')

You don't need to press the "Back" button to go to them homepage... See the big "THE ESCAPIST" right next to news...? Click that i dare you -.-

Second, can't find old ZP Or unskippables? Type them in the search bar or hover over the "video" button at the top and surprise surprise we get a list!

see, playing around with the site actually helps, instead of saying "OMG BLA BLA IS NOT HERE WAH WAH WAH" actually search the damn things! -.-

Also, click news, and guess what? we get recent news! the homepage just has the most popular i think. This community seems to be getting stupider...although admittedly admins if you had told us all this a few weeks ago you wouldn't be getting half the hate on here hehe

Now if everyone will excuse me, im going to watch old ZP vids...good day."

 

[n00beffect]

Yeah, it's pretty annoying and very inconvinient, at most times. But I am hoping they'll fix their issues soon, and we'll be able to get used to it again.

 

[Don Reba]

I think the new design is an improvement on the whole, except the improvements don't affect the way I use it, and the regressions are slightly annoying.

But then, I am here for LRR videos, not the community, so I am less invested than many others.

 

[Worgen]

I don't hate it but I don't really like it either, it seems harder to keep track of forum posts on the main page now and its much more annoying to navigate the news, especially when they clog it up with trailers like they love to do.

 

[Gecko clown]

I don't like the fact that there are no videos or comics down the sides now.

 

[Suicidejim]

As with all redesigns of stuff, I hated it for five minutes, before realizing it wasn't so bad. Now I hardly notice it. Aesthetically, I suppose I preferred the old look, but I have no issues with the current one either. I haven't really noticed too many bugs, and the ones I have experienced weren't particularly severe. All in all, I'm mostly 'meh,' haven't yet warmed up to the new look, but not really driven to some sort of rectum-clenching anger storm as some other users appear to be (despite the fact that they still don't seem to have left).

 

[commodorejohn]

Things load like molasses, somehow even the rendering of loaded pages gets all chokey, and it looks like it stepped straight out of that Godawful "yeah, every site is a blog now" phase circa 2007. Yeah, I hate it.

 

[Eumersian]

Like most new things, I like to put it on trial status for a bit. I'm happy to say that the new site design has grown on me since it's been up (what is it, a week now?) At first I thought it was too bright, and I know that looking at bright colors for long periods of time can cause eye strain, but I've really gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me at all any more.

The only problem for me now is the occasional glitch, which comes with introducing a new site design, after all.

 

[General Vengeance]

It's not bad, but it's not great. Typically when you introduce something new, it's to improve your image or product. This design was not given enough thought, and no feedback seem's to be sought. Someone must have a hell of a lot of influence at the Escapist.

Sadly for whatever the reason the rest of the staff kept silent, or approved of this bland vanilla looking nightmare. The majority of the people who frequent this site, have voiced their opinion on it's new look already and don't care for it.

I'd love to see this topic in a poll, and I know I wouldn't be shocked by the results. I'd say the result would be at least 75% don't like it if not higher.

 

[DazZ.]

Man some admin is going to get pissy at me soon, but I will link this again:
http://userstyles.org/styles/57994/escapist-magazine-fix-for-white-background

I prefer mine

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/120826