[VinnyL]

As far as one can judge after only 5 minutes on the site I think it looks great. Now I may have a different opinion in a few days or so...:-)

[ennui1]

Please - NO. Go back to the original format. Too user unfriendly.

[iSeeXiMac]

Make your site like Mac Rumors, the stories are in the center and the links to older stories and hot forum topics on the side and a few ads on the top and bottom.

[Agnitio]

I'll probably have a few gripes, but it is better then the first rendition of the beta by far, so I'm guessing that it will only improve from here.

Although as it is, there is no way to tell who a macworld poster is or any information about the individuals who comment in the comments section until you go to the actual "thread" in the forums section. So I know Jason Snell is a macworld employee but by looking at the post of the article there's no indication, his name shows up the same color as ours and everything.
So that's my first gripe, I would like to know who the macworld employees are when reading their comments in the comments section.

[cpoff]

We all have that little blue MW icon under our avatars.
-cp

[Agnitio]

Yes but what I'm saying is that, there is no identifier on the actual news page, take a look at the comments section on the actual article.

http://www.macworld....85/article.html

There you can't see that people are macworld employees or what have you, all the names appear the same.

[cpoff]

Ah, yes. There are numerous forum features not displayed out on the article pages. Just a matter of keeping the page load down.
If you're set on identifying individual members, I guess the best solution would be to follow that thread into the forums proper.

-cp

[rei_vilo]

Hi!

The logo has disappeared!

Instead, Safari is showing a blue dot. I?m using Safari 3.0.4 with Mac OS 10.4.11.

It would be nice to have the logo back!

[TekSavvy]

Love the new look! I think there is definitely room for some small improvement as noted by others. There is a good

amount of constructive feedback that has been offered.

[Fpryor]

Uhhhhhg.

MUCH less readable. MUCH less efficient. MUCH less inviting. MUCH worse signal-to-noise.

But there is MUCH more room devoted to advertising, which is both the greatest reason for the degradation of the site, and one suspects, the whole point of the transformation.

Thumbs way down.

[Sparc]

I'm afraid I much preferred the older design. I am viewing this on a MBP at 1900 x 1200 - here are my comments:



- font size is absolutely tiny!

- font-style is weird with an almost unaliased look about it. Not keen on it personally

- the site occupies a postage stamp sized area in the middle of display. I don't get why more use of fluid widths aren't used as why should I be forced to view a site at a resolution only a small minority still use (800 x 600)?

- of that postage stamp sized area 40% is filled with garish advertising. I understand and appreciate that advertising is a necessary form of income, but I also believe a happy balance has to be struck and I don't feel this falls within that remit yet.

- iGoogle gadget no longer working. Something with the site change has screwed up the iGoogle gadget.

- The forum has an even narrower width than the site already has. Also I think some more commonly used forum software would be better (personal preference I guess). Software like vBulletin, phpBB, etc. It all seems a bit cluttered at the moment.



The positive is that the content is still absolutely first rate. Shame the presentation had to change.

[folklore]

Perhaps it's because I simply fear change, but I find the new Macworld.com less easy to navigate. That will may change as I get used to it.

But probably not, since a major reason I feel disoriented is the ads.

The ads are simply humongous and incredibly distracting. Seriously. The page I'm entering this comment on has an ad that's as big as the Macworld masthead. Making matters worse, the ad is more colorful than the masthead, which draws the eye to it. From an advertisers' point of view, that's great. From my point of view, it makes it incredibly difficult to actually navigate your site for content. Booooo!

And because I come here for content instead of ads, if the ads don't shrink a bit, or otherwise become less prominent, I'll be spending less time here.

[Samson]

I am on vacation, at an internet cafe paying for every minute that I am online.

But I would take the time and trouble to sign up, sign in to tell that you have made a mistake. You are about to lose one of your regular reader, podcast subscriber. Show your designer this message, get him to take a holiday somewhere and come back and do it all over again. Alternatively, find someone else.

RED, I thought that was your colour? How would you feel if Coca Cola's can turned blue one day? Pepsi? In your case, hardmac.com? Macworld.com was about news, reviews, a place where I'd go if I want information from people who knows what they are talking about. And unlike engadget and all the other sites, you guys don't just report on things, you actually think it through, and present it, like a magazine would.

I really liked the two big features at the top and then news running all the way down. Now you look just like any poorly designed news site with too much flashy ads everywhere.

I guess, just because you use mac, it doesn't mean automatically you have a sense of design. Please. I am no expert (I do make websites for a living) but usability and all that aside, IMPRESSION. Impression is not good. You've given up your colour.

Although insignificant my little comment may be, as someone who's been reading your site for years, ever since I got my first mac, I am, deeply disappointed.

(and running out of credit)

Let's hope this is not farewell.

[rsanford]

This new version just sucks. Please give us an option to use the old version.

Ray