New Site Design

By Saturday April 18, 2009



166 Comments
  1. pedro says:
    4/19/2009 at 12:58 pm

    Now people are turning alpha code as golden. Then we complaint that MS and other are just throwing beta code as finished product and let the customers do the beta testing. Exactly how this crap code was allowed to be swaped by the functional one is beyond me.

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  2. pedro says:
    4/19/2009 at 1:00 pm

    “Guess blockquote isn’t working…”
     
    If it were only that…

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  3. The0ne says:
    4/19/2009 at 1:02 pm

    Website is a bit weird. I’m typing and it’s showing the text on the right side of the box :/  Then towards the end the characters are displayed backwards for a few and returns to normal.

    The website makes very poor use of whtie space. The right side is horrendous. The comment section could be made friendly. Something like putting a comment link on top instead of having to scroll all the way down for long post to reply. Having numbers for the post is nice to have as you can reference it quickly not to mention search for it quickly :)

    I don’t see a link to John’s PCmag column any longer. I see a lot of RSS crap on the left side however. Oh well, hope it gets tweaked or reverted back.

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  4. Macbandit says:
    4/19/2009 at 1:44 pm

    !!!TOO WIDE

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  5. Mick Hamblen says:
    4/19/2009 at 3:02 pm

    That big picture of your eyes is creepy. Why is the curser staying in front in the comments?

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  6. Steve says:
    4/19/2009 at 3:05 pm

    What do all these complainers do it for ? a refund. I think the new look is fine and I’m guessing this odd cusor on left thing will eventually get worked out or else everybody’ll get used to it. Thanks for provide a great blog.

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  7. pedro says:
    4/19/2009 at 3:20 pm

    @ Steve says: 
    4/19/2009 at 3:05 pm

     
     
    Ok Genious, then why do they bother to ask people if they like the changes on an unfinished/buggy new design? This weren’t impromptu replies. A question was asked. \

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  8. Mr. V. Hickle says:
    4/19/2009 at 4:07 pm

    Ok, so…um… I’m sitting here with an empty can of Raid… and like, the bugs are still coming out of the cracks.

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  9. Angel H. Wong says:
    4/19/2009 at 4:21 pm

    For one, he should have photoshoped those wrinkles around the eyes.

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  10. MrGonz says:
    4/19/2009 at 6:38 pm

    It’ s pretty  broken right now. But I like the way it’s going. I’d expect a better “Beta” experience at John D’s site.

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  11. Kanjy says:
    4/19/2009 at 7:15 pm

    It’s too wide. Four columns is way too much. I think you’re taking for granted that readers view webpages at full screen, but this just isn’t the case. This site makes me feel a little claustrophobic now, but I can’t say exactly why. Why are all the “related posts” links to domocamp.com? I should mention that I like the “Share and Enjoy” reference above the comments.

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  12. Kanjy says:
    4/19/2009 at 7:17 pm

    Oh, and put all the comments on the same page, starting with the chronologically first post. Comments tend to be discussions here, if you haven’t noticed.

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  13. Rich says:
    4/19/2009 at 8:12 pm

    And is it really necessary to look at John everytime I come to the site? Does he really need that much attention? And what is it with this wierd right to left typing? It’s annoying. 

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  14. Mathew says:
    4/19/2009 at 8:36 pm

    I really like the new site design, with the following SERIOUS caveats;

    This right to left comment box is make me sick, fix it please!

    The site is far too wide.

    The site should be able to survive with TWO columns, one for the blog content and one for all the other assorted stuff.

    Okay, this comment box is causing me to want to throw up, so thats all I’ve got.

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  15. brendal says:
    4/19/2009 at 8:49 pm

    Not enough ABBA photos…

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  16. rance bleester says:
    4/19/2009 at 9:25 pm

    Unbelievable!
    John, ever hear of beta testing?
    And dump the Big Brother creepy eyeball dude staring down at us.
    In the parlance of John and his acolytes, “Sheesh!”, “Cripes”, “This is Crap”, “.
    Is this Esperanto? This crap I’m typing was not edited from the bizarre effects of this crazy text box.
    Using IE7.
    Must be nuts!
    Never ask this guy advice on your website.
    Hoo-wee!

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  17. Mr. Fusion says:
    4/20/2009 at 1:09 am

    Do we really need avitars alongside the names? C’mon, that cheapens the site more than allowing Alphie and Cow-Patty on here.

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  18. BubbaRay says:
    4/20/2009 at 3:53 am

    ECA, most people have given suggestions and not just griped.
    1) Get rid of the stupid comment formatter.
    2) There are 2 too many columns on the right, and a video of the week is a bad idea.  Seen it once, why leave it up for a week?  Most people visit once a day.
    3) The header is creepy.
    4) There are no comment numbers
    5) The avatars are a waste of space
    6) The boxes around comments are a waste of space.
    7) It looks like “wordpress in a can.”
    8 ) Blockquotes don’t work.

    How specific do you want people to be?  Geez, man, really!

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  19. Mitch says:
    4/20/2009 at 5:01 am

    those huge eyes of yours John are more than a bit creepy. the rest is fine with me.

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  20. pedro says:
    4/20/2009 at 5:18 am

    I like the header, but the comenting bug is about to make me throw my laptop to the floor.

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