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• Eri cPittman - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  Can you make the Anandtech logo on top of each page link back to the front page?

• Novaoblivion - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  I like the new site better. It loads a lot faster for me too. When it first loaded up i was like wow cool.

• christopher - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  Liked the old page better. I thought 'where did all the reviews go?' when i loaded up. I much prefer the picture and the article summary for all articles instead of just 2 and the rest in text.
  
  Very much like the Product Coverage section. The old search was terrible. Now I can just click on whatever product I want.
  
  Also layout at the top looks bad in Mozilla/Firefox and removing the logo link to Home was a bad idea. The Home link at the end of an article took you to the home of the corresponding tab from the top not the home page so I would always just click on the anandtech logo.
  
  If you change the way the reviews are laid out it will make all the difference in the world about this new site.
  Despite new good things, overall site change is negative for me.

• davegod - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  My 2p
  
  - On the RHS toolbar, swap News and Blog headlines so news is at the top. Its the regular AT'ers who will be interested in the blog, they wont need it listed prominently.
  
  - In my IE, the search is immediately under the LHS nav links, but in my Firefox it's far below, so not visable without scrolling down.
  
  - maybe have Latest Reviews longer, maybe latest 5/6? tbh I'd much prefer it Latest Articles ;)
  
  - Anandtech Product Coverage looks a bit like a space filler, though useful navigation tool. imo let the bigger Lastest Articles fill this and put Product Coverage either somewhere in an advanced search or on a seperate page linked to on left navbar.
  
  - no offence, but "Welcome, from United Kingdom it's 6:49 PM EDT on July 5, 2004" is a bit "how you like my home page!!!". I know where I am, and the date/time is in the corner of my screen. Hide it at the bottom, if anywhere.
  
  - if the ads were hosted at anandtech.com, I might see them ;)
  
  - maybe rearrange the tabs so theyre grouped more systematically, e.g.
  mobos / cpu / memory / video / storage / casescooling / displays / systems
  mobile / linux / mac / digicams/ multimedia / IT comp / trade shows / guides
  
  
  Sorry I'm harsh, but you asked :)

• justbrowzing - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  I'd second most of those negative comments already posted about the site changes, esp. about screen scrolling. The old layout was clear and intuitive and frankly had more visual authority (for one powder blue is not a particularly authoritative color)--you knew what was where and what was new. Just change the crt in the old logo to an lcd. The idea of a category/component list at the bottom of the homepage is sound (though then why still the tabs up top?) but the execution recalls the wretched Pricegrabber homepage (is "more" really a category?)
  
  That said, the complaints clearly come from dedicated readers, incl. this one.
  
  BTW, happy belated birthday; I'm shocked 1)that you're only 22 & the site is 7 years old and 2) that you're already complaining about feeling old! At almost twice your age I can assure you that you're still a baby! Enjoy; you'll look back on that remark and shake your head in disbelief when you get this far.

• Adam K. - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  I must agree that the resolution is too small. But the new colors are really really nice, Anand. I am looking forward to seeing something in the Mac section!
  

• thermal - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  I prefer the old design as well.
  
  I typically use AT by reading down the list of recent articles, opening any I am interested in until I come to articles I have seen on my last visit. The article images were a great way of easily identifying where the new articles end.
  
  I don't think file size should be a big issue as I would immage the high majority of readers have broadband. For me the new design will be slower to use.

• PhatMhat - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  i liked the old layout better becuase it was more visably organized. you had all the pictures on the left then all the summaries then all the news, all in nice columns.

• Alex - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  Anand,
  
  I been going to this site for a while. The old old design, the design before the one you just changed was just perfect because I got used to it. For the people here, it makes them feel at home and changing the layout puts them in a distance. So what I would suggest, don't change this design unless technology denies it.

• steve - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  not enough content on the home page... i liked it before better.