Aug 15

Something is different...

…but I just can’t put my finger on it.

We redesigned, finally. If you only ever read Gadgetopia through RSS, stop by the actual URL and take a look.


Comments

by Benxamin,   August 15, 2008 1:14 AM  

A new birthday suit... I like it!


by Tomas,   August 15, 2008 3:05 AM  

Loving it. Very Web 4.5.


by Justin,   August 15, 2008 5:24 AM  

VERY nice new look here, I was hoping there'd be something new :)


by manu,   August 15, 2008 5:28 AM  

Nice, that's a definite improvement. However, am I the only one who can't click on the comment count to bring the comment page? I have to use the permalink to get there, which is okay but a bit counter-intuitive.


by Alejandro,   August 15, 2008 5:50 AM  

Very nice and simple design.

I am amazed it came before Blend's redesign. Blogging business must be really good. J/K!


by Alejandro,   August 15, 2008 5:55 AM  

"Search Gadgetopia" seems to be NOT working.


by Dave,   August 15, 2008 7:26 AM  

Nicely done!

I'm with Manu though; the click to comments is missing. That was a late addition to the last version of the site, wasn't it?


by Tim,   August 15, 2008 8:43 AM  

WoW - that's all i got.


by cmadler,   August 15, 2008 9:10 AM  

I don't know if it relates to the switchover (I'm guessing yes), but my feed reader got flooded with republishing posts going back to May 22 (http://gadgetopia.blendinteractive.com/post/6404). Also, there are about four character spaces at the far right of the comment entry box which can't be seen.


by cmadler,   August 15, 2008 9:23 AM  

Also, the right column doesn't start until below the bottom of the left column. FYI, IE 6.0 (required by my employer, damnit!) at 1024x768.


by Deane,   August 15, 2008 10:23 AM  

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I have linked the comment count, and search is working again. It's not pretty, but it's working.


by Brade,   August 15, 2008 12:45 PM  

I likes! Only thing I'd change is making your comments look different from the rest of ours.


by Benjamin,   August 15, 2008 12:46 PM  

Love it, Deane. Excellent work. Looking forward to many more years of great CMS content (et al).


by Chris_,   August 15, 2008 1:31 PM  

Excellent! I was definitely hoping that it was going to look good after all the hype! Seems smooth and a lot more intuitive than the last design that was up.

(I'm still partial to the design you had 2 years ago ;) )


by Deane,   August 15, 2008 2:03 PM  

Only thing I'd change is making your comments look different from the rest of ours.

That idea is under heavy consideration. Not hi-lighting my comments specifically, but rather hi-lighting the comments of the author of the original post...which is usually me, I guess.


by gfox,   August 15, 2008 2:15 PM  

Just a note about old posts. It seems posts that contained images contain broken image links:

http://gadgetopia.com/post/6464

The image that is supposed to be at http://www.gadgetopia.com/images/optibike.jpg results in a 404


by BryanSD,   August 15, 2008 3:28 PM  

Deane...very nice. I like the layout as it makes very good use of the space even with a 1024 width. Good job...


by Mark,   August 15, 2008 3:45 PM  

It's nice it just seems "empty" I guess is the right word. Plus that is one of the biggest footers I have ever seen.

Can I go back to the RSS feed now? ;-)


by spugbrap,   August 15, 2008 3:58 PM  

I like the look overall; the color scheme is nice, the fonts are clear and readable, and the page isn't cluttered.

I do have one gripe, though. The rich media ads in the right sidebar seemed to bring my machine to a crawl for 30-45 seconds once I gave focus to this tab. I was trying to go through a week without adblock plus, but that kind of thing makes it difficult to resist. I'm not certain that the ads on this page were solely responsible for the slowness, though. I might have some other process running that decided to wake up around the same time that I switched tabs.

Oh well, I read gadgetopia through google reader at least 90% of the time, anyway, so as long as the feed didn't suddenly sprout flash ads, I'll be content. :)


by Dan Hudlow,   August 16, 2008 12:29 AM  

I like it, and I like the new logo a lot better, but I'm not crazy about the link styling. Yellow highlights already have a meaning on the web: a searched-for phrase. I think blue or red or black underlined links are just more clear and intuitive and consistent.



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