I feel out of step, but I gotta say...
I don't like the new look. It's less functional than the old format.
I don't care if the two sites are merged, but the changes to the forums are a step in the wrong direction, in my humble opinion.
Everything is bigger, with way too much space between all the elements, and just plain retro-funky looking. Seriously, what was wrong with the previous forum style or look? Nothing, that's what.
Call me a grump, but I don't see any improvement- what I see is now more obtuse, more difficult to use, and less functional. I'm logged in, but I still see a link to login. That's poor design.
Requiring more clicks to get to everything is NOT an improvement, it's bloody annoying. That's poor design.
The 'New Scripts" listing is frustrating- it hides more information than it exposes. I hate having to click though just to see what something is, so now I don't do it anymore. It's just a pain in the butt. C'mon- what was the point of changing that to make it worse? That's poor design.
The login boxes are enormous, almost laughably so. Why use a login box that takes up a 1/4 of the page? Someone else pointed this out and I agree 100%. It's just silly design changes for no apparent reason. That's poor design too.
Hate me all ya want, but I think HotScripts and ProgrammingTalk are losing the plot. I find since the changes that I just don't enjoy the site as much as I used to, so I don't come here as much and don't feel like answering questions in the forums as much. (Some of you will applaud that, lol.)
If the goal of the redesign was to frustrate me and encourage me to spend my time elsewhere, it's succeeding.
PS- The front page isn't updating anymore, but I'm sure someone must have noticed that by now and is working on it, right?
PPS- You aren't alone in the "we gotta redesign stuff just because we gotta redesign stuff" syndrome. Some goofball with a head injury decided to "redo" the freshmeat.net site and f*cked that place up beyond all redemption. I guess it was too useful and functional and things were too easy to find. They sure as *&#$ fixed that. They should have renamed the site "Retard Puzzle Trek" because that's what it feels like to me.
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