I would like to thank everyone for their honest feedback on the new site. All I ask for is your patience as we continue to tweak and improve the site; I've taken all of your comments to heart and while I can't promise that we'll implement every last tweak you all want I'm absolutely committed to making the site as close to what you all want as possible.
A number of changes will be implemented this week so keep a look out for it :)
A number of changes will be implemented this week so keep a look out for it :)
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Henrik - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Much better now, after implementing the excellent suggestions above! Kudos to the team for listening to their viewers.I hope to contribute with a few more suggestions:
* How about compressing the top logo and sections image by ~50 pixels or so? It takes a lot of room on the screen, and much of it is empty space.
* I would like to see the news section given a more prominent placement. Given that you don't update the articles more than a few times a week, it's the news that get me to come back every day.
Thanks!
-henrik
Kaji - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
The number of articles on the front page is just right now. 5 is great. Plus the links to the older reviews right next to them is perfect!I thint Anand Blog should be above Anand Picks, as it's more important (in my opinion). The AT Dealfinder should be at the Bottom!
There does seem to be a lot of adware. That's not such a problem... I mean you guys have to make money too! The two banners in the Product Coverage section are badly placed... sitting in the middle of the categories. Why not move CPU and Chipset below the upper banner... so that banner is at the absolute top of the section. and move Systems and Tradeshows above the lower banner... so that the banner is at the absolute bottom of the section. I think this would make it a lot easier to read and give a better overview.
lastly... what happened to the little welcome message at the top, with the little country flag? I quite liked the little south african flag up there welcoming me... it was a nice touch.
Site is looking great! If I sound too critical.. ignore me! they're just ideas and suggestions.
Helevitia - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Hey, I just noticed that you updated the site with all of the asked for changes. Now it looks spectacular! I love the new layout! Keep up the good work Anand and co.Dave
Oxonium - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
One more thing: I noticed that a password is no longer required to post comments. Does that mean that anyone could post a comment with someone else's username? If so, that is something that should be fixed ASAP. Thanks!Oxonium - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Thank you for listening to reader input and implementing a lot of the suggestions. The site redesign is looking a lot better now. I'm still seeing a couple issues with Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1:1. still having to scroll in the comments windows
2. the banner for Top Inside Stories is stretched over into the news on the RHS
Both are minor issues and will hopefully be fixed in the future. I'm still not crazy about all the flashy, animated ads but other than that, keep up the good work!
srue - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Generally I like the redesign, especially since it's reflected the reader input.One further change I would make is to the new section: rather than display one day at a time, display the last 15-20 news items. Right now there are no news items for today, so when I click on the news section, I get no news. It should show the most current news and not require me to click on every day I want to read about.
Micronaut - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Man, that RSS site looks good - Just need some graphics around an voila!Anand, I know content is king and it costs money to pay people and bandwidth, but... I think some balancing needs to be done. Banners should not be on top of banners (ie, vertically).
Dasterdly - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link
Ahhhh! I just went to the forums and there's GAMBLING adds, thats low.I dont know whats happening here, but it's not good.
Dasterdly - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link
Too many flashy adds.Anands picks arent really very good deals.
In fact, I dont believe Anand even "picks" the stuff.
Lose em. Move the blog link on the right side down below the news, and/or remove one of the redundent ones.
The old site was just as bad with all the adds but I still liked it better than this.
Blubberboy - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link
I agree with mostly everyone.There are so many active ads I start to get motion sickness. I must force my mind to ignore the distractions - a real pain.
Anands stuff sould be somwwhere else.
Kids putting firecrackers in a dog's mouth on a computer site??
News items are #1 item in visit.
Do you REALLY have to hustle your viewers THAT much???
Why not just completely separate forum from Anandtech - give it a diff name. Maybe you are trying to be too many things to too many people.