FEEDBACK: Comments on the New Design

I personally really, really, REALLY like it. It's modern, it's up to date, and it's fresh. The design and coding team(s) for this website always do a superb job.

EDIT: Now if you guys could just come up with something that will automatically fix typos. lol

I personally really, really, REALLY like it. It's modern, it's up to date, and it's fresh. The design and coding team(s) for this website always do a superb job.

EDIT: Now if you guys could just come up with something that will automatically fix typos. lol

ZeroGravX

I personally really like it. IDK why some people don't like the new design. I think it's simple and fresh. In fact, I think it is a lot like the older version, just a better graphics package.

Why did you change it again? At least put in an option to have it the way it was. This new look is lame.

The New Layout, isn't bad, but something is annoying me, the fact that some feature were removed, and other were shortened, the layout was way to shortened, what i liked about the old layout, was that i could find pretty much the most important things to me, directly on the 1st page, News, Soapbox, etc etc...

On another not, pls decreese the size of the Facebook/Tweeter icons, they are to big and take the focus of the reader when reading the headlines.

And for gods sake, do something about the News Page, has its a complet mess, its chaotic at best, is it that hard to make an organized News page?

Peace

Dont like it at all..Even my wife commented like what did they do lol..The stupid feedbook thingy is annoying also..Get rid of that please......Just revert back to the old format an make a new one..This one like the wife even said is to busy..

It's awful, bad layout, errors, and slow loading.

The new design is ok, but everything else is really lame. My two biggest complaints off the top of my head are 1) that dumb scroll box instead of just a simple click to get to my messages and updates and 2) the removal of "recent user reviews". Really? Why the hell did that need to be removed?

Not a fan of the new look.

But one thing I HATE about it is that news is completely hidden now. I love reading about the latest gaming news, but this got reduced to one line :/ Why?

Not a fan of the new look.

But one thing I HATE about it is that news is completely hidden now. I love reading about the latest gaming news, but this got reduced to one line :/ Why?

Coolwhip9001

The new layout is fine, but our old nemesis HTTP 500 error is back when trying to access forums and threads.

It works great for me and I like it. What's up with people "hating" the layout? "The most popular section is on top?!!? Now I can't find anything, deeeeeeeeeerrrrrp"

I really like It, It's less busy than the other one and much easier to navigate. Obviously there's a bugs such as the page deciding not to load now and then, but nothing that can't be ironed out :)

New design is horrible! Gamespot is really circling the drain these days, take note this is the result of poor hiring practices :(

Are people viewing this with CRT screens on a Windows 95 computer? The new design looks great and its just as functional as the old one once you get to know it. They did a very good job.

The new layout is fine, but our old nemesis HTTP 500 error is back when trying to access forums and threads.

topsemag55

Is there a way to turn off the games I'm following drop down menu. Granted its not your fault that I'm too lazy to unfollow games but I don't like having a huge drop down box reminding me that I'm following games that have since been canceled.

I personally think the new layout is great. It's sleek. Nice work to whomever deserves the praise.

For those complaining about how it's harder to navigate around the website, how??? You hover over your console or section of choice, a drop down menu shows with all the sub sections. Before, you had to click on a section (say, Xbox 360) then select a sub area (like Reviews). Same goes for your profile box in the upper right corner.

Call me GameSpots #1 fan if you want, but I see nothing wrong with the new design and I'm loving browsing around with it.

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I personally really, really, REALLY like it. It's modern, it's up to date, and it's fresh. The design and coding team(s) for this website always do a superb job.

EDIT: Now if you guys could just come up with something that will automatically fix typos. lol

magnusm1

The only thing they did was switch sides on the menu bar and make a popout menu for your username. You'll get used to it.

I really like the new site, and I tried to leave a comment here: http://gamespot.uservoice.com/forums/106289-new-navigation-and-homepage-feedback- but it keeps telling me to sign in, even though I am signed in! And when I press the sign in button, it takes me to a screen that looks like the new home page, but there are no scroll bars or even a sign in button there...I hope this is the right place to say this...

As for as looks go, it's ok, nothing special though. I'll get used to it.

However in terms of user experience it's a step back. Now I have to hover over my username to see the there are new items in my inbox or updates. Yet there is plenty of space up there to show that. Second if I want to quickly look at the game page for a game I'm following and it's not in the alphabetical top twenty then I have to click to another page. Why do that? If it was causing load issues from users with large follow lists I could understand but surely there's some way you can cache it. Now it just feels like a tease. I mess the old drop-down. Perhaps you could at least give us the option to change the order they are listed, maybe by release date or most recently followed?

I LOVE it, truly I do. It's not often I can say that about a site change right off the back, but it's just so damn smexy! And having the theme on dark (which I've always done more so out of function & vision reasons, lol) really makes the changes 'pop', actually I'd venture to say the changes look better on the darker theme than the light (I did switch it real quick to see how it looked in 'default' & I have to admit it IS fugly....you guys should work on that a little more).

The only thing I'd say I don't really get down w/ is the placement of News vs. 'Most Popular' Games sections. Personally, you all need to swap News back to the upper-right corner and place 'Most Popular' back down lower (where it was) or as someone else suggested (can't remember if it was this thread or another) give registered users the option changing the layout to show what is important to them. Also, I'm in agreement w/ the removal/minimizing of all that Facebook stuff, I DO NOT want to be bombarded by that s***. I don't have an account there for a reason, y'know....

Other than those little grips, keep on w/ the improvements.

I really don't like the latest web design fad of "Simplification" When it takes 2,3,4 clicks and maybe a search to get to something that used ot show up right on the home page, you're making a negative impact on usability.

These designs are supposedly aimed at new users, so as not to "overwhelm" them. I call BS on that. Not everyone is a new user, longtime visitors are used to a certain way of doing things, and they need to be considered in redesign decisions. Even new users are negatively impacted if they miss out on or can't find content that's buried under multiple mouse clicks.

What you should have done is allow people to add and remove 'gadgets' for the features they want to see. Design gurus get their panties all in a bunch when you propose user controllable content because it messes with their perfectly designed (at least until the next overhaul) baby.

Hate it. The white looks like a bad IGN copy, the black just looks like an inferior version of the previous layout.

Why did you change it again? At least put in an option to have it the way it was. This new look is lame.

N1njaSol1d

It's baron and looks too much like IGN

Way to rip off Giant Bomb guys, good job.

If I wanted to use IGN, I would go to IGN. I used to use both sites as they were completely different but now they are pretty much the same, its gonna be IGN i'm afraid.

It's terrible!!
The original design was near pefect. Everything was easy to find. What idiot came up with the stupid idea to change it?? I'm completely lost in this new (fancy looking) design.

If it ain't broken don't try and fix it!