Amiga.org looks great!

[KennyR]

And I really am Robert Kennedy. And I agree, AmigaWorld now has a cleaner, easier to use, look and feel than Amiga.org.

Well, hello Mr. Kennedy.

I prefered AmigaWorld's previous look before it took on that chunky and garish OS4 titlebar theme. But anyway, a website isn't "better" just because it looks better. IMO, the content, the people, and the more balanced news here are far, far better than AmigaWorld's. I don't want to hear news from just one side all the time, or "can we have a port of this" and "let's petition for this" threads, or the obligatory "my 030 Amiga is faster than any PC!" threads. :-)

[restore2003]

@iama:

I agree, just dont like that orange/brown color though :-)

[DaveP]

Well, hello Mr. Kennedy.

I prefered AmigaWorld's previous look before it took on that chunky and garish OS4 titlebar theme. But anyway, a website isn't "better" just because it looks better. IMO, the content, the people, and the more balanced news here are far, far better than AmigaWorld's. I don't want to hear news from just one side all the time, or "can we have a port of this" and "let's petition for this" threads, or the obligatory "my 030 Amiga is faster than any PC!" threads. :-)

Would you care to provide statistics of the prevalence of these kind of threads on amigaworld.net compared to, amiga.org, ann.lu etc?

I'm still waiting for you to provide evidence to back up your last bunch of claims about amigaworld.net.

Dave.

[KennyR]

I'm afraid I can't explain due to legal reasons.

(:lol:)

(Which is just a way of saying: if you want to start yet another AO vs. AW flame war, do it without me.)

[DaveP]

No, I don't want to start any kind of flamewar, however it amazes me that you seem to want to so frequently.

If you are going to continue to make snide remarks about a site with the frequency that you do then I suggest that you back it up with some collateral in future, then it will actually start to look indeed like your intent and your words match - that you do not wish to start a flamewar.

PS, you might also realise that the "legal reasons" thing was to do with Eyetech and not Amigaworld.net.

Oh and as to the site, its a good clean look at the moment, the only thing that clashes to me is the particular shade of orange you have at the top. But that could be my retina shot

[jeffimix]

I think both sites look great, but it's true. The fact of the matter is people go to websites because the site contains what they want to see, and in a simple way. Why the heck else would sites like Aminet be such a big thing? I'll also point out google, which has a picture at the top and that's it...

[Bobsonsirjonny]

KennyR wrote:
IMO, the content, the people, and the more balanced news here are far, far better than AmigaWorld's.

hold on there about the people - I use both sites. But one of the reasons why I started to use Amiga.org less is in part due to some people being miserable buggers - always moaning about everything, always finding fault and general being quite sour!

[SnowBord]

rubbish. brown and bland. old look far better. total regression.

sort out the Times New Roman generic font and add some style sheets.
i like the glowing aspect of the nav bar at the top, but the text is too anti-aliased.
hate the brown.
Generally looks too 'font missing hence i will revert to default topaz'.
seriously, looks still work in progress, unfinished.
as for miserable buggers on Amiga.org, I agree. moaning bar stewards the lot of em.

seriously, it doesn't look finished or presentable. embarassing to other platforms if we're meant to show off what the amiga is about.

[that_punk_guy]

KennyR wrote:
I prefered AmigaWorld's previous look before it took on that chunky and garish OS4 titlebar theme. But anyway, a website isn't "better" just because it looks better. IMO, the content, the people...

Well, Ken, since we are at the moment talking purely about the site design... ;-)

I think AW looks pretty neat these days. Apart from the all-caps 'AMIGAWORLD.NET' banner... that's horrible. :-D

My main problem with Amiga.org's look right now is the big, unbroken block of grey that makes up the majority of most pages. It makes me feel claustrophobic, the blue broke things up very nicely before. Oh, and the Workbench 1.3 monstrosity above ;-)

[cecilia]

i'm still looking around - i just got here and it will take me a few days to get used to this new look. it's interesting to say the least!
one thing i did notice right away: I'm going to have to get off my lazy azz and actually make myself an AV as the old ones are gone.

it's probably just as well.

and we don't have smilies! ah well.

[that_punk_guy]

cecilia wrote:
I'm going to have to get off my lazy azz and actually make myself an AV as the old ones are gone.

The old one looked really cool next to your name... you made it your own.

Oh well :-(

[SklEr0]

God job guys!

[italian]
Bellissimo lavoro ragazzi, complimenti a tutto lo staff!
[/italian]

[quiesce]

I much prefer this look. The previous layout was very condensed in comparison. This version makes effective use of space. It also bears a slight resemblance to /. (does it use the same engine?) which I appreciate.

[Glaucus]

Well, here's my input: It's not bad, and I assume things will improve, however, I do get the feeling that when reading the forums the body of the message is now more squished between the left/right thread side-bars and the post-side bar (the part where the avatar is located). Perhaps they're the same size as before and that the new colour scheme makes it only seem that way, but that's one thing I've noticed so far. The other is that quotes are not as easily identifiable as they are only indented, while before they also had a nice little divider breaking it apart from the rest of the post. However the old divider was kinda cumbersome, I would suggest using either a different font or different background colour for quoted text.

Having said that, the new look isn't bad, and I think people will get used to it with time. I was hoping that the new version of Xoops would have a spelling checker built into the edit window and perhaps a quick edit feature, but no big deal really.

  - Mike

[Acill]

I miss the look of the old site myself, but only the look. I love the new fatures of the site now. Just make the theme look simular to the older site is all it needs.

[that_punk_guy]

Glaucus wrote:
I do get the feeling that when reading the forums the body of the message is now more squished between the left/right thread side-bars and the post-side bar (the part where the avatar is located).

I don't think there was a right side-bar on the forum view before, so maybe that's it. Unless my brain's gone insane. You're right it does look kinda squishy, it forces the posts into a narrow band and it's uncomfortable to read.