More on the new main page

03/25/2012

Hi Bloopers,

I'm still working on the new main page.

Summarised feedback:

Feature diaries on frontpage but only if they're updated frequently.
Agreed.

It looks too simplistic / lacks personality.
I agree too. However, it is very undeveloped at this point. It is also difficult for me to portray my vision at such an early stage. However, I have made a couple changes by thickening the bottom of the headers, and changing the outline colour for the middle section.

Don't do a Facebook on us.
I'll try not to! Thus why I'm asking for feedback from everyone right now.

Don't get rid of Bloopin' Good Content.
I fully intend to keep that, and actually make it more visible.

Background being white makes it harder to distinguish between columns.
I'd welcome input on the colour scheme. It's very difficult to find something that isn't too in your face.

Recent entries looks better with alternating colours.
Agreed, and changed back.

Blue boxes around left and right might look better.
I actually ended up pushing the side columns down several pixels to align them. It's still open for debate though!

It doesn't look like an upgrade vs. the current main page.
Bear in mind that it isn't anywhere near complete in a graphical or functional sense. So, as of now, it isn't an upgrade.

Are you open for input from service diaries? It'd be cool if they could make their own mock up of the main page.
Yes, feel free to submit. I'll feature them in a news entry.

Keep it comin Bloopers!

Steve.

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It's looking a lot better now. The columns are better distinguished than they were last time. Are you going to change the top banner - the bright blue with the colourful Bloop logo? Because it kind of clashes with the new look - clashes with the new colours and also looks childish in comparison. I'd say make a more sophisticated top banner.

[pingu

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BTW, I wouldn't have red to indicate number of updated faves and number of new comments. Red is often used to indicate something is wrong or needs fixing, and so it kind of looks out of place in that context. To me, at least - others may disagree.

[pingu

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Holy cow you have done quite a bit since I last checked.

Personally, I am not crazy about the way the entry menu looks when you view frontpages. The main page looks so dang spiffy and then you get to the frontpage of a diary and it's like... blah.

Liking the way the entries themselves are set up, particularing the "talk bubbles" on the comments. One thing I did notice though, is that because I use html in my entries, I have autoparagraphing disabled, so my entries, on mobile, have no paragraphs. So... perhaps there is an admendent you can make to the whole divisualization bit about manual paragraphing?

When viewing comments in the comment menu, perhaps a "p" somewhere to indicate which ones are private.

Viewing from an iPhone 4 (updated to OS 5.1)

[Rhapsody

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I'm not really a fan of the border around the middle column. For some reason it stands out like a sore thumb to me (perhaps because the other columns don't have something similar?)

It's yellow for me as well... which seems to clash a little bit. Perhaps a dim gray/blue background behind the middle column, with a slightly darker border would do the trick to make it so that it doesn't blend into the other columns?

The new page is definitely growing on me though. I'm starting to dig it!

[Jellyka

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