Justin Kuhn
Veteran
what? WHAT? WHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY (trails off sadly)
Gonna take use to this new look for DVX
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Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
This is starting to look better. Text is still lost a little bit when typing a reply.
Well, websites get updated, and the look changes. You can't have things look like 1995 forever. But. Most of the time, when you see the new look, you discuss it broadly, but you don't immediately think "OK, time for an update"... you imagine you're staying with this BRAND NEW look for awhile. But in this case? Nope. I think this look has serious usability problems - and I mean serious. I'm already looking forward to a new new version, cause this one is kinda fail. Why?
Because - The. Single. Most. Important. Thing. in a website - or any visual medium - is visibility. If I can't see it, it 'ain't worth jack. And this new look seriously degrades visibility. I mean, I'm not a mole man living underground with every shade of everything being from dark grey to very dark grey. Case in point - it's super hard to see which threads have new activity; yes, if you peer very closely, you can see that the new activity threads are bolded, but because of the greyscale it's hardly noticeable.
I'm not usually a guy who complains about new stuff, but this one is crap. It's broken. It fails at the most elemental level for a visual medium - actually being able to see.
My 2 cents. Oh, I'm on Safari 5.1.
Because - The. Single. Most. Important. Thing. in a website - or any visual medium - is visibility. If I can't see it, it 'ain't worth jack. And this new look seriously degrades visibility. I mean, I'm not a mole man living underground with every shade of everything being from dark grey to very dark grey. Case in point - it's super hard to see which threads have new activity; yes, if you peer very closely, you can see that the new activity threads are bolded, but because of the greyscale it's hardly noticeable.
I'm not usually a guy who complains about new stuff, but this one is crap. It's broken. It fails at the most elemental level for a visual medium - actually being able to see.
My 2 cents. Oh, I'm on Safari 5.1.
Hawk Teflon
Veteran
Don't forget that on the bottom left there's a version dropdown box. I'm using VB4 1.1 for the "old" look.
Chris Messineo
Veteran
I'm all for trying out new looks, but it does take a lot more scrolling to move through the site.
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
I really dig the new look!
Colonel Panic
Well-known member
Thanks for the reminder. I like the old too.
I use "classic" on my work XP PC and at home there are still things I miss from OS9.
I use "classic" on my work XP PC and at home there are still things I miss from OS9.
groveChuck
U-matic Member
Well, you would... your name really POPS in yellow! :shocked:
Philip Goetz
Well-known member
I accidentally the whole thing
groveChuck
U-matic Member
Thought I'd add some grays to the mix...
Or maybe we need Ansel Adams' Zone System? :happy:
Or maybe we need Ansel Adams' Zone System? :happy:
ChrisPrine
Active member
I switched back to the old one. 4.1.5 needs better contrast between text/background. Hard to read!
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