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What Does Everyone Think About The New Site Layout?
Started by cowsarenotevil, Jan 09 2011 10:21 AM
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#42 Members - Reputation: 1283
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:34 PM
aww we can't choose an avatar picture other than the stock ones. I chose a kitty.
Anyway the site feels clean. Like a clean room.
I like the smilies.I don't like the placement of the name. I feel like it should be over the avatar picture.
Anyway the site feels clean. Like a clean room.
I like the smilies.I don't like the placement of the name. I feel like it should be over the avatar picture.
#43 Members - Reputation: 320
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:34 PM
Uh... is there any way to undo a upvote on a post? Because I can't really find a method to do that.
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#44 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 966
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:35 PM
Looks slick, but I have a few remarks. There's too much spacing between the titles and text, the recent threads tab barely fits on my screen now while showing less threads than before, the height of most items need to be trimmed down. Screens are getting wider, not higher 
. Also I'd like to see the recent threads moved up more, at least above recent articles.
. Also I'd like to see the recent threads moved up more, at least above recent articles.
#46 Members - Reputation: 136
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:41 PM
I like the new site, looks good. A couple of things though:
1) Is Image of The Day gone? That was my favorite feature of the old GD net. Particularly I liked how it was on the front page; made it easy to get to.
2) In the "Recent threads" list on the front page, all of the "N Reply" links (where N is some number), link to "http://www.gamedev.net/#".
1) Is Image of The Day gone? That was my favorite feature of the old GD net. Particularly I liked how it was on the front page; made it easy to get to.
2) In the "Recent threads" list on the front page, all of the "N Reply" links (where N is some number), link to "http://www.gamedev.net/#".
#49 Members - Reputation: 632
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:47 PM
I do kind of wish there was a dark/blue theme like we used to have (if that is coming, then great
). Visually, the site seems very... big. All this padding and spacing makes everything look far apart. Will definitely take some getting used to.
gasp! We can attach files! Ok, thats new!
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I still don't understand multiquote. It seems to function 100% the same as regular quote - at least for me on Internet Explorer 9.
you click it on all the things you want to reply to then hit reply on the bottom and it will add all of the quotes to your reply field. You have to hit post a reply at the top or bottom though. For some reason if you do it then hit the reply link attached to every post it seems not to work as expected.
#50 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:51 PM
When I went to gamedev.net, my immediate reaction was that I must've mistyped the address and went to some spam site.
I suppose the new look is slick; but is it necessary? If there are technical reasons for the change, then great. But if it was merely for the interface, then gamedev.net just lost all of its great simplicity and ease of use. All of the AJAX and Javascript just isn't necessary, and feels sloppy.
I suppose the new look is slick; but is it necessary? If there are technical reasons for the change, then great. But if it was merely for the interface, then gamedev.net just lost all of its great simplicity and ease of use. All of the AJAX and Javascript just isn't necessary, and feels sloppy.
#51 Senior Staff - Reputation: 4281
Posted 09 January 2011 - 12:54 PM
aww we can't choose an avatar picture other than the stock ones. I chose a kitty.
Anyway the site feels clean. Like a clean room.
GDNet+ has the ability to upload avatars still.. though I think Gravatar works for all.
#52 GDNet+ - Reputation: 949
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:02 PM
I kind of miss the info bar than the posts having the full width of the page over having info on a side bar pushing posts over and requiring horizontal scrolling for code posts.
Never have been a fan of post counts being beside every post, it's insignificant information that too many people attach value to wrongly, which can lead to spammy users and without being able to rate them down, there's no user recourse, and we have to wait for mods, and who wants to do that.
I'm gonna miss rating down though, it's gonna be like digg after they removed bury, but fortunately for gamedev there's no reddit that has a proper downvote to take over the traffic
Never have been a fan of post counts being beside every post, it's insignificant information that too many people attach value to wrongly, which can lead to spammy users and without being able to rate them down, there's no user recourse, and we have to wait for mods, and who wants to do that
.I'm gonna miss rating down though, it's gonna be like digg after they removed bury, but fortunately for gamedev there's no reddit that has a proper downvote to take over the traffic
#55 Marketplace Seller - Reputation: 8956
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:05 PM
No, not gone, just not on the front page.1) Is Image of The Day gone? That was my favorite feature of the old GD net. Particularly I liked how it was on the front page; made it easy to get to.
Already used the "Click "Community->Gallery" and you'll find it right fine. (http://www.gamedev.net/gallery)
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#56 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 3309
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:06 PM
Also, I added a description to my new thread. Is this the "tags" that v5 was supposed to have? Is there going to be some common/standard tags that people can use?
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#57 Marketplace Seller - Reputation: 8956
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:07 PM
aww we can't choose an avatar picture other than the stock ones. I chose a kitty.
I can't set an avatar, although i made a gallery. I can only set the pre-whatever avatars
Upload an image to the gallery, click on the image viewing it in the gallery, then click (on the right hand panel)
"Set as Avatar" or "Set as profile photo"
http://img35.imagesh...66/avatargn.png
GDNet+ has the ability to upload avatars still.. though I think Gravatar works for all.
Even non-GDNet+ users can upload avatars (though it might just be a mistake).
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Anyone know why I don't have a "PM this user" button under my avatar? Is it because benryves is so much handsomer than me? ([Edit:] Oh, duh, I can't PM myself, so it's not visible. Everyone else's is visible, since I can PM them. The same thing happens with the 'Mark as Friend' button. Would prefer the buttons are still there, just greyed out)
[Edit:] Wierd - when I post, the time of my post is when I first started typing my post, and not when I hit submit (even though I got distracted, and there is a 20 minute different between me starting to reply and me submitting the reply). This means, the second I hit reply, there are already 2 posts after mine. This also means, that since the two people who posted after me already read the thread, they may not realize that I posted, since my post appeared in the area they have already read (i.e. the posts before their posts), and not after their post.
Hmm, this brings Ninja-ing to a whole knew battlefront.
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#58 GDNet+ - Reputation: 1858
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:08 PM
Will the forum favourites feature return? (Or have I just not found it?)
GameDev.net has a very large number of subforums, so I found it very useful to be able to select the ones I was interested in and collapse all of the others. I see that you can "watch" a forum but this doesn't provide much useful information and puts the links in a small box way down the page rather than up at the top.
GameDev.net has a very large number of subforums, so I found it very useful to be able to select the ones I was interested in and collapse all of the others. I see that you can "watch" a forum but this doesn't provide much useful information and puts the links in a small box way down the page rather than up at the top.
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#59 Members - Reputation: 160
Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:14 PM
Is it also possible to check to groups assignations, because i'm GDNet+ but it's not displayed besides the post (Group: Members).
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