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#108949 10-Sep-2012 00:40

Not a fan so far, especially given on a 27" screen it takes up about 1/3 of the middle of the page, which is annoying!

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#683646 10-Sep-2012 01:40

I agree, not really liking it either. Too cluttered, they could have made much better use of the space.

I was hoping for a design that used the entire screen regardless of monitor size (like Geekzone) and was easy to navigate, and actually looked like a new design, rather than the spruce up they've given it.

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#683650 10-Sep-2012 04:45

I sorta like the new layout it is narrow in the middle, on a large monitor it needs to be wider, it also feels very very much like the "new york times" website, even the logos feel the same (ok sure its probably the typefont) but it still feels sorta the same, even tho the layouts are different in parts.

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#683653 10-Sep-2012 06:18

I dont like it. Prefer the old layout.

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#683663 10-Sep-2012 07:34

Looks good to me!

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#683666 10-Sep-2012 07:56

I quite like it, has the Lifehacker/Gizmodo feel that alot of news related websites are going too these days.

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#683733 10-Sep-2012 11:01

I don't like the body text font - I think it is harder to read.

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#683757 10-Sep-2012 11:44

I dont like that they have picked the H that looks like nothing like an H for their logo.

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#683759 10-Sep-2012 11:48

It's kinda like they thought "Wow, how can we fit MOAR NEWS into a NARROW COLUMN OF SPACE"

In which case they've done well. But its' hard to read for me, better use of space would be a start, maybe a little colour or .. some kind of design elements.. it's just like a bunch of articles whacked on a page.

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#683764 10-Sep-2012 11:53

The front page looks horrendous, theres too much white space. The articles are ok however.

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#683773 10-Sep-2012 12:10

Don't like the H and it needs a bit of color. There's too much white space on the front page, they could have made better use of it.

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#683774 10-Sep-2012 12:14

They are still using dirty ol ColdFusion. Tsk tsk tsk.

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#683776 10-Sep-2012 12:16

I need to get a very narrow and tall monitor.
Perhaps it works well on a tablet?

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#683777 10-Sep-2012 12:18

If I rotate my monitor to portrait mode it looks better!

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#683778 10-Sep-2012 12:21

alexx:
Perhaps it works well on a tablet?

Was thinking this too... seems "tabletcised"

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#683784 10-Sep-2012 12:27

Can confirm it looks great on iPad retina display! Slow to load however, hopefully this is just as a result of high traffic, and not indicitave of normal loading time.
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