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3.96 / 5.00 20,964 ViewsMy biggest problem with the redesign has always been that as an artist, I'm automatically framing my work with super-saturated pinks and a lot of busy detail, which is fine for many pieces but hardly ideal for most. I don't think it's necessary to go completely colorless, as in the store, but a more neutral palette would be less distracting from site content.
That said though, I've totally gotten used to the current site design and nothing bothers me anymore.
I love the newgrounds design, but I think it is time for something more minimalistic. Sites like Reddit offer the extreme basics, while still looking aesthetically pleasing, and I think if newgrounds did their own take of that kind of organized design it would be beneficial. I think you should leave the individual user pages open to customizable backgrounds like youtube does/did.
I miss the all time greatest list on the right and the easily accessible section to see the current flashes with awards (even turd of the week was funny to see) Just my two cents.
I'd prefer it. The site would feel more consistent in a way.
Grey on everything in the background, orange on everything that needs to pop other than the content.
Oi Tom, could you perhaps fill us in on the reply notice situation? I feel completely lost without them and haven't seen it addressed yet. (although I might be blind my vision is pretty bad)
Yeah, as a new user to the site I can say it's kinda bright and distracting. The only place I was more confused when I first got there was 4chan.
Has the point been made somewhere that notifications seem to not be working?
Give us the chance to change it by our settings if we want the old school pre-07 design we can select that skin or if we want the 07 design we choose that one
it would be a great thing Tom to let the users decide their backgrounds.
Would the grayness be only for the backdrop of the site or would the title bars on all the pods also be swapped for gray versions?
At 5/30/13 11:30 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Give us the chance to change it by our settings if we want the old school pre-07 design we can select that skin or if we want the 07 design we choose that one
That would be pretty cool. I want to know what NG looked like back then... :3
At 5/29/13 05:56 PM, squidly wrote: Next redesign should simply make the important buttons larger and the site layout in general less busy.
Without a full redesign I do hope to reduce overall buttons and links. I'd like to completely eliminate the dropdowns in the nav. I have decent alternatives in mind for every category EXCEPT Community, which has a bunch of important stuff that is hard to relocate without adding some secondary nav like we used to have (the nav under the nav).
At 5/29/13 06:11 PM, Elixur wrote: You might be on to something grand. How difficult would it be to allow the user to select the style of layout from their settings? Offering options such as NG Classic, (pre-2007 design) NG Reloaded (2007-2012) or current NG with both color schemes available would satisfy everyone I'm sure, although it's also probably too much unnecessary work and a huge time sink when you could be focusing on other projects.
This sort of thing would be a huge undertaking... Although it would be neat to give people the option of a "Portal" button in the nav, to for OGs who want direct access to the classic Portal.
I must say, I do like the grey styling more.
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At 5/30/13 09:03 AM, ForNoReason wrote: Has the point been made somewhere that notifications seem to not be working?
Waiting on these to get fixed.
At 5/30/13 12:00 PM, Xaotik wrote: Would the grayness be only for the backdrop of the site or would the title bars on all the pods also be swapped for gray versions?
The title bars would be grey.
At 5/30/13 06:42 AM, Patonion wrote: I think you should fix the portal before worrying about how the site looks. everything listed there is under judgement, it makes the whole color coded score system defunct.
The Portal bugs are being worked on by Rob and Goldfish. The site skin came up while implementing some self-hosted ad skins with liljim. The skins would basically integrate best if the site had a consistent color scheme, for both technical and aesthetic reasons.
These skins are important because they are promoting games on NG that increase sign-ups and generate revenue. We have a lot working against us, with most advertisers being afraid to run ads on NG and most of our users running ad block. The skins allow us to test the waters with MMO partnerships but if they prove to be successful they could ultimately replace a lot of our traditional ads with something more attractive, making pages load faster, keeping users on NG, increasing sign-ups, less cookies, etc.
This grey skin is sexy as fuuuuuuuck. Love the slightly blue hue it has. Excellent work.
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Great work Tom,awesome theme,love the colors.
I also wanted to tell you that the review marking system is bugging,I tried to mark reviews from 2 different browsers (Firefox and Chrome) and it didn't send,thanks for fixing it.
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Maybe you should make everything grey skinned :D
It's all so...dark...
and cold..
I don't think the grey makes anything pop, really
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The gray is so cold and dark, looks like a morgue, the colors give life to the site, now everything seems dead and inactive, I preferred the colors...
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I LOVED how each section of the site had its own color theme. I thought it was a really neat and artistic idea, but I never once saw it take away focus from the content; instead, it gave it more of an identity, if that makes sense. The gray makes sense for the store since you're not spending a lot of time there but having it all over the site would be blegh. I prefer the NG orange for the forums.
Would you be completely getting rid of the orange? If so, I don't like that idea.
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Well, black and gold was always NG's thing. As long as there are black and gold details integrated into the grey, I wouldn't have an issue with it at all.
At times, certain pages do look a little too busy. Change is the only constant, lets give grey a go.
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Variation is interesting, but it's inconsistent to be this colour in contrast with the long-lived theme of NG (in my opinion).
I don't mind too much, but an option for what colour we wish to see independently might be an idea.
At 5/30/13 12:32 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 5/29/13 05:56 PM, squidly wrote: Next redesign should simply make the important buttons larger and the site layout in general less busy.Without a full redesign I do hope to reduce overall buttons and links. I'd like to completely eliminate the dropdowns in the nav. I have decent alternatives in mind for every category EXCEPT Community, which has a bunch of important stuff that is hard to relocate without adding some secondary nav like we used to have (the nav under the nav).
Navception.
Here's the thing - I think the Forum and Wiki should be their own tab. Chat is kind of a strange bonus that I guess could be slammed at the top of the Forums page.
Who usually draws out the redesigns? As in, actual site design?
I'd like if something like this were to happen. Gray but not cold gray and not too much.
Probably already been brought up but personally find the linking of the sidebar graphics annoying as I habitually click on the sides of the pages to focus that area for scrolling. Maybe I'm the only one.
I'm new and blah blah, but i dont like it. I think it was fine as it was already.
At 5/30/13 05:01 PM, Ejit wrote: Probably already been brought up but personally find the linking of the sidebar graphics annoying as I habitually click on the sides of the pages to focus that area for scrolling. Maybe I'm the only one.
+1
I agree with what you say about they greyscale making everything else 'pop', I prefer it this way.