Gawker Redesign
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- ********
utter shit.
- canuck0
Agreed.
- jmckinno0
True Dat!
- detritus0
Dunno, I quite like it.
Mind you, having instructions is probably not a good indicator..
- ********0
I can barely look at it...everything is just...too big, too restricted. I feel like I'm being choked by a stock wordpress theme.
- epic_rim0
I saw this on Gizmodo this morning. I guess all the gawker sites got the new treatment? Personally, I don't like it at all. I'm not sure a paginated theme works well for them. Also, the first page that loaded was blank for me. No scroll bars, what happens if you don't have a scroll wheel?
And then i saw this:
nuff said
- bigtrick0
yeah.
- Gordy220
Its... shite.
- detritus0
They're focusing on touchscreen consumption models, I guess.
They really should make the article navigation clearer—I can't imagine how 'normal' users are supposed to just get that.
- detritus0
..and yeah, I see now how buggy it is—half the brand pages I go to feature blank leader content.
hrmm.. maybe it's a Firefox4b problem?
- uan0
Switch to blog view
then it's ok.
- Tofslie0
I seriously can not even use it. One of the worst mistakes in redesign history I think.
- GeorgesII0
AA M A Z I N G,
I know what I'm talking about, I'm a Weeb designer
- dopepope0
We'll all get used to it. But my first experience with it wasn't great. It was one giant story, and one giant ad. It didn't seem promising.
- ********0
People hate change. That much is clear.
They should have rolled it out in preview mode, it was dumb to unilaterally impose it across all their sites like this. I think there's some interesting UI ideas in there though.
- True, but this goes far beyond change and into just plain bad choices.Tofslie
- dbloc0
should offer stay and follow like QBN does.
- Hombre_Lobo0
they're all slow as shit too.
took fucking ages to load.also wtf is with that piece of shit right column that stays with you while you scroll, its sooo annoying.
- Hombre_Lobo0
if you hate the new interface, you can get the old one at -
http://uk.lifehacker.com/
http://uk.gawker.com/
http://uk.gizmodo.com/enjoy :)