Gadgetopia

It looks great, but the usability is terrrible. Nothing works.

Michael has a good sense of humor :)

Site design looks very usable, not deviating really from the current navigational system-- which is good, because this one works.

I liked the simplicity of the old design.

The green was becoming part of the identity of gadgetopia, in my opinion the new one should keep some of that green. I would also make the "O- gear" in the gadgetopia logo a bit smaller.

The logo makes it look a little more like gadget-O-pia, the irish relative, and a little less like gadget-opia, the country.

But aside from that, I like it. As long as the text fits in the boxes.

I like it but the current design is much better in my opinion. The minimalism of it makes it distinctive and unique.

Large images are used widly in blogs. It´s not negative. But sometimes it distracts the reader from the content.

Anyway, I will visit gadgetopia in future too. Whatever it looks like.

Sorry to be a grumpy old man, but I agree with those who prefer the old minimalist design.

Plus, art3.gif is over 100k! Think of all the poor Gadgetopia geeks with a slooow connection or monthly traffic limits on their broadband....

Okay, how about it in green...

http://www.santiinteractive.com/gadgetopia/index3.html

kill the black background, it is an eye killer

current design is much better, Deane!

After seeing the green without the background I went back and looked at the first version without the background. At the moment that would top my list of choices.

I sort of agree that the green was part of the image, but 2 months after you switched the look to something else, that look would be associated with Gadegetopia. And personally I like the new look better.

Of course one thing you need to consider before switching is what it's going to cost to have new business cards and letterhead printed, the signs changed at the company headquarters and other locations, plus the logo on the company jet. But first someone should fix the links on the new site. They still don't work. Who's the webmaster around here ;-)

I think Gadgetopia should stay green, so I prefer the second design for that. Which would really be a great improvement. But my big wish would be for you to remove the boxes around each post... it makes it look like the post is an after-thought, or post-it, or add-on, but not the actual main content... I even complained about that in my blog :)

I vote for the green, with the white background.

Stick with the current one.

I like the second one. The current look is good, but I really do like the green redesign. I agree that the new look will be the new identity given a couple of months.

I like the green, and personally I think I like the dark background a little better. But I don't like the logo a whole lot; I think the big thick gear O is distracting and makes it a little hard to read. What if you instead made the G a gear like this: http://danhudlow.f2o.org/doodles/gadgetopia.gif

Huh. I kinda like the gear G now, too.

sorry deane but i'm not sure any of the redesign suits gadgetopia. i'd stick with the current one for now. the fonts/font size used and O gear for the redesign don't work for me. sorry.

Hey Deane, I really like the 2nd green redesign and I like Dan Hudlow's Gadgetopia logo (changed to white). Also you might want to try using the shadow effect and lighter background like I have on WarpWebb.com.

I like current look and feel as well. Clean and easy to read the lastest entry.

Like most, I too like the green 2nd design. Its weird, but the color green really has become associated with this site.