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• notoriousformula - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  sucks big time, slow page display.. hate the blue anandtech logo.. gone more commercial.. and I don't wanna read somebody's weblog?(no offence!) PUT the reviews and NEWS first!!
  
  
  

• Rayvn - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Personally, I preferred the old design, but I'll like this design alot more if you implement two things...
  
  1. The logo should link to the front page. I think this was just an accidental omission.
  
  2. The news/reviews layout on the front page is now rather hard to use. What I was suggest, as an alternative, is to return to the old style of review listings, and, when a viewer first visits the website, have a redirect page ask for low speed or high speed connection and implement a cookie so that in the future when the redirect page checks the cookie it will automatically go to the full layout with news on the page, or, if the person selects low speed, to the current setup (with slightly revised review section of course).

• ArtOf_War - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  how come there are Linux and MAC tabs, and no Windows tab, you could post reviews and configuration guides there dude

• Oxonium - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  I also don't care for the new page. I've been reading this site for almost 6 years now and I just don't like this. My suggestions:
  
  1. Move the news to the top of the RHS where Anand's Blog is. If you're going to use the slogan "Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News", the the News should be at the top.
  
  2. I miss having the News on one page. It was a lot easier to scroll through and read than having to click from page to page. Maybe it doesn't have to be on the front page but a page of just the News would be nice.
  
  2. Remove the Anand's Blog section. As already mentioned, there is a link on the LHS so this section is redundant.
  
  3. Move the Anand's Picks below the news or remove the section all together. If I'm looking for a deal, I'll check the Hot Deals section of the forums.
  
  4. Remove the AnandTech Product Coverage. It's unnecessarily redundant with the tabs at the top. Plus it makes the site look cluttered with too much text. Removing this section would free more space for more articles to be posted on the front page, which again is more in line with the "Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News".
  
  Sorry if I'm being too critical but this seems like change for change's sake. And that's not always a good thing.

• Eug - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  I don't mind the new site, but it does seem a bit busy with all the Product Coverage links. And, although busy, those links don't really describe what you should expect if you click on them. I personally had thought they were going to be ads.
  
  I do like the new tabs. I should point out though that the iMac for the Macintosh tab has been discontinued already. ;)

• Phillip Doede - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  This seems like a definite step back from the previous layout. When I first saw the new design late last night I thought it was partially beta or something, I was shocked to learn that this is the finished product.
  
  I don’t get it…..personally I don't see how this is a step forward in aspect.

• dtravis - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  I like the new site. I was sure though there would be many that would not like it. It was the same when the Forms were changed too, so many complained and complained. The only issue I had was clicking on the Anandtech logo when on the Forms to get back to the main site. You fixed that so I like it. Otherwise it's first rate.
  
  

• Vecter - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  Well the new site is different. I will give it a week of use to really make any judgement. I do not feel it is too confusing, I can already find the news, look at the current reviews, and actually have buttons at the top for sections that were not there before. I will agree though that there are just too many adds, maybe the number is fine its just they all are animated, it brings back the memories of using the good ole BLINK tag :) I am sure we all remember that.
  
  Obvioulsy being all CSS there are tweaks to be made, good job getting it to this point. Again with time getting used to it, I am sure it will be fine.

• Seek & Destroy - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  The new front page doesn't look like a front page. Everything is a mess I don't even know what I'm looking at.
  
  2 big thumbs down.

• Regs - Monday, July 5, 2004 - link

  Everybody seems to like the old one better because they were use to it. But in time Me and others will get the hang of it.
  
  I like the improved navigation. Maybe A little cluttered.