How do you like the new look?

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• shinpickle - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  Yeah I thought the grey block was an ad too.
  
  anyways, have you ever seen a site change they're style back after negative user comments?? too much pride. why even ask us if we like it.

• Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  Are you still seeing the big grey block?
  
  The point of this post was to get feedback so we can tweak the design to your tastes, not to flaunt unwillingness to change :)
  
  Take care,
  Anand

• starjax - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  Anand,
  
  I had to perform a ctrl/f5 to force refresh firefox. It was looking rather poor until I did that. However, I am still seeing the big gray box with no adds on firefox. With IE7 I have no issues. Not ad blocking software installed/running with firefox.

• murphyslabrat - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  LOL, unfortunate but true.

• shinpickle - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  what's with Tabs that just cause a page refresh? People expect ajax magic when they click a tab.
  
  Mostly I just think you've bloated too many categories onto the front page. The blogs tab is the same content as on the right column, and the product coverage tab is the same as the top set of tabs.. why are there so many ways to access the same content? How about 1 index to access content instead of 3. And if you remove those tabs, it is basically the same as the old site, except theres a big grey thing in the middle. I vastly preferred the old, seems like a bad imitation of the all the tomshardware divisions. just focus on the articles. been coming here since 2001, just my 2c
  

• blckgrffn - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  Yep, I definitely liked the old look better. I could get more info at a glance...

• murphyslabrat - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  I hate this trend towards obfusticated site layouts. All of those portals (MSN, Yahoo, AOL) are so cluttered up that you need a manual just to decipher it.
  
  The old layout was cleaner and more businesslike, while this new layout is prettier. The old layout is more efficient, and the new one is kind of clumsy.
  
  Definitely like the old layout better.

• Anand Lal Shimpi - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  What sort of information would you like easier access to? Our goal was to put more focus on the latest three articles.
  
  Take care,
  Anand

• Scrogneugneu - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link

  You're doing so at the expense of everything else. It looks like there's only those 3 articles. Plus those huge ads spaces.
  
  
  Whenever I look at it I feel like there's nothing to be seen. Plus, the images for the articles take too much space. This isn't a Playboy magazine, we're really here for the articles. Why put the emphasis on images of a motherboard or CPU? They grab the attention and I it takes some time before I go and read the title of the articles. Plus, the small preview is just that... small.
  
  If you want to put more focus on the top 3 articles, do so, not on the images of the last 3 articles. Try not to waste too much space for ads. We can live with them, but when they get too much space "reserved" for them, AND get placed right in the middle (where our eyes are looking first), it's not good for the website (although it is good for the advertisers).
  
  
  Remember, space on the front page is vital. You should never ever waste it. At the same time, try to not get it all clogged up. If you manage that... well, you're back in business :)

• Christoph Katzer - Thursday, November 22, 2007 - link

  Just take it as one step which is leading to the better front-end after. Just like Audi did with their grill design:
  
  First step:
  http://www.duw.de/Picture_Pool/752767za.jpg">http://www.duw.de/Picture_Pool/752767za.jpg
  
  Second:
  http://www.racelook.de/images/audi/D00056650.jpg">http://www.racelook.de/images/audi/D00056650.jpg
  
  The user needs to adjust carefully to new things to come. :)