Who else hates the site redesign?

[Dunkerloop]

Well, it's bothers me. And something else is that (At least for me) The homepage is entirely bugging out on me, looks like a baby ate everything on it and barfed it out.

 

[spartan231490]

I hate the way it looks, and every time I post the server crashes for me. So far all the posts have gone through and I just have to hit the back button a couple of times to get to the thread again, its' still . . . annoying.

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

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

Personally I think it should really say something to the staff if the users are making fixes for their site to make it bearable.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Nope, I've found it really easy to use. My only problem with it is the glaring white background.

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

Small? I wouldn't say small, looking at it from a design p.o.v. I actually discussed the site's new design with my webdesign teacher, as this semester is all about webdesign, and she applauded me for my analysis of it.

Basically it comes down to a couple of things:

1: They tried to put more air in their design, but honestly just failed at doing so. Air isn't just making everything white, spacing too is very important, and as it is now the homepage is still extremely full. Everything is still cramped together, regardless of the change in colours.

2: There's very little focus. Almost everything shouts for your attention at the same volume, adding more chaos to an already cramped homepage.

3: The colour scheme is pretty bad for overal readability. Especially for longer articles, which are an important part of The Escapist, it can be a real strain for one's eyes. I wonder what kind of feedback they had about this during user testing, because the complaints right now are numerous.

4: The 'feel' this new design has is just completely off. The layout and colourscheme does not say "This website is a cool, friendly and mature community for geeks and videogame enthusiasts." No, everything about this screams it being a cold and impersonal business site. The ice-y blues, the large amounts of white, the straight and no-nonsense fonts, it doesn't reflect what the content and actual feel of the site is all about.

They did make vast progress in terms of site navigation, not perfect but a lot better than in the previous design.

I like this rundown on it. It certainly points out the flaws and doesn't involve the arm flailing "It's shit, it's shit! SITE RUINED FOREVER YOU GUIZ" tone of some other posts throughout the site.

 

[Phlakes]

I've had it since the Pub Club testing, and now I'm very used to it. The only criticism I have now is that some important things are never shown on the front page, and the news box is still way down where it is. I like that box. I looked at that box very often. Now I've missed several news stories because I've forgotten to scroll down there and check.

So please, if you change one thing, just stick that box over the Twitter sidebar? I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to do.

 

[Sateru]

I don't quite hate the change, but it's a little annoying from time to time. I'm used to how everything used to be... I'm still trying to get used to where things were placed at, where to go to watch videos, read stories, etc...etc... So, annoying, but I don't hate it.