[Kevin]

Hey, they are just bundling other services into MacNN for the good of the consumer.

[voodoo]

I'd like to see the return of the green stars at least. The multicolored as well, I suppose.

They were a concept that worked. New smileys are a must.

V

[andi*pandi]

when effgee gets back he can post the new smilies he worked on, and a poll. That will be interesting!

[Kevin]

I find it odd but not surprising that eff "went on vacation" right before this was released.

Like he didn't want to hear the initial complaints.

He should have atleast stuck around a few days to fix some of the more obnoxious bugs.

[Rumor]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

I find it odd but not surprising that eff "went on vacation" right before this was released.

Like he didn't want to hear the initial complaints.

He should have atleast stuck around a few days to fix some of the more obnoxious bugs.

He was here for the first day and half it was released. The poor guy was busting his ass on this theme, a vacation was very much needed.

[Demonhood]

gorg and i decided when to unleash the new theme on the world. we could have waited until effgee was back from vacation, but we felt it was ready and his immediate presence wasn't required (and it wasn't).

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

when effgee gets back he can post the new smilies he worked on, and a poll. That will be interesting!

He didn't work on any smilies.

[Demonhood]

well he had a whole set of smilies he acquired ready to replace our current ones.

[DrBoar]

I like it but were did the links to the teampage go? You should have one at the start page not buried in the forum subpage as before.

A worldcommunity grid teampage would be nice, pretty please Reader 50

[reader50]

DrBoar, that sounds like a good subject for a poll in Team forum. We set up new sections upon member interest.

[freudling]

So far I hate the new theme. It is too white and grey. Nothing is defined. It is almost playing tricks on my eyes, like when looking at a printed spreadsheets without the grid showing.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Oneota 

Well, by the same token, MacNN articles that do nothing except quote and link to an Electronista article are both spam-ish (or at least hit-whoring) and incredibly freaking annoying.

Indeed. It's nothing short of obnoxious.

[- - e r i k - -]

Vacation? Didn't he leave for Germany for another work-project?

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Vacation? Didn't he leave for Germany for another work-project?

Bingo.

[xMetal]

I just wanted to pitch in my two cents as a web designer. I have to say that this redesign has created the nicest looking forum I've ever seen. It really is top notch. I read a lot of messageboards and am part of a lot of web communities, and I'm seriously impressed with the results here. It's super clean, and very professional. Easy to read as well.

Thanks to everyone involved.

[Gamoe]

After a few days since the redesign, I'm finding that browsing the forums has become a frustratingly laborious chore for me.

Though it certainly looks fancier, like I've mentioned, it's almost colorless, and I find myself getting lost in the forums-- it takes me considerably longer to get my bearings and to figure out which threads are new, which I've posted to, which have new posts etc. It's not as clear as that big red circle and the dot in the middle if there were new posts.

And as far as the icons-- it always seems to me like the threads have been read, because I keep on reading them as "inactive" due to icon(s' lack of) contrast.

It is like the difference between the following icons:



The former looks "available", the latter looks grayed out and unavailable or "read/old". All the little thread icons on this board look like the latter, and the tiny colored dots do little to help differentiate the threads.

So, I still feel "lost" on the board; It's harder for me to find threads and determine their status, in spite of the face lift. And I actually find it frustrating, as I could always tell the status of the board before just from a glance, even if it wasn't nearly as pretty.

[Rumor]

Are you talking about the contrast between the yellow dots? I find the contrast between the green dots to be highly noticable, but not so much with the yellow (though still noticable).

I think there is a good chance the indicators will be changed, are people who are colorblind and it looks shades of almost indistinguishable grey to them.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Gamoe 

So, I still feel "lost" on the board; It's harder for me to find threads and determine their status, in spite of the face lift. And I actually find it frustrating, as I could always tell the status of the board before just from a glance, even if it wasn't nearly as pretty.

This is my sole complaint with the redesign. I'm getting used to the new look, and it is pretty, but I can't find threads as easily as with the old theme.

By the way, I like the sigs on the right now.

[reader50]

I tend to like contrast myself.



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[Kevin]

Hard choice... the first ones LOOK better, but the second ones may be more FUNCTIONAL.