At 5/26/23 09:16 PM, GraywulfDaDolf wrote:

At 5/22/23 09:56 PM, NightfallGloam wrote: I'm liking the new update to the playlists so far, provides a good chunk of relevant information for us desktop users, though I have noticed it takes its time to load on my laptop even after everything else has already loaded in, like, roughly 5 seconds afterwards (OS is Linux Mint 21.1 and I use Firefox if that info helps)... Actually I just checked again and it seems to be loading much faster now, must've just been my internet at the time or the bug was already fixed.
Although, I was wondering if playlists without thumbnail art could default to taking thumbnails from content inside the playlists similar to how other websites tend to do it?
I definitely would enjoy seeing the addition of skeuomorphic borders around submissions in the various portals, as long as it isn't anything too distracting I think it would add a nice touch to the Newgrounds experience. Themes would also be fun too!

Linux Mint 21.1 on Firefox, can confirm it shows up a second after the layout stuff. I thought it was because I'm using a Core 2 Duo P7550, but I now see what's up. (Yeah, I refuse to let this thing die.)

At 5/26/23 09:41 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/26/23 09:16 PM, GraywulfDaDolf wrote:

At 5/22/23 09:56 PM, NightfallGloam wrote: I'm liking the new update to the playlists so far, provides a good chunk of relevant information for us desktop users, though I have noticed it takes its time to load on my laptop even after everything else has already loaded in, like, roughly 5 seconds afterwards (OS is Linux Mint 21.1 and I use Firefox if that info helps)... Actually I just checked again and it seems to be loading much faster now, must've just been my internet at the time or the bug was already fixed.
Although, I was wondering if playlists without thumbnail art could default to taking thumbnails from content inside the playlists similar to how other websites tend to do it?
I definitely would enjoy seeing the addition of skeuomorphic borders around submissions in the various portals, as long as it isn't anything too distracting I think it would add a nice touch to the Newgrounds experience. Themes would also be fun too!

Linux Mint 21.1 on Firefox, can confirm it shows up a second after the layout stuff. I thought it was because I'm using a Core 2 Duo P7550, but I now see what's up. (Yeah, I refuse to let this thing die.)

The rich content links were updated earlier this year, where they load in secondary from the initial page load - it makes the initial page load faster but results in you seeing that delay before they fill in. Usually it's snappy but has the potential to lag.

At 5/26/23 10:18 PM, GraywulfDaDolf wrote:

At 5/26/23 09:41 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 5/26/23 09:16 PM, GraywulfDaDolf wrote:

At 5/22/23 09:56 PM, NightfallGloam wrote: I'm liking the new update to the playlists so far, provides a good chunk of relevant information for us desktop users, though I have noticed it takes its time to load on my laptop even after everything else has already loaded in, like, roughly 5 seconds afterwards (OS is Linux Mint 21.1 and I use Firefox if that info helps)... Actually I just checked again and it seems to be loading much faster now, must've just been my internet at the time or the bug was already fixed.
Although, I was wondering if playlists without thumbnail art could default to taking thumbnails from content inside the playlists similar to how other websites tend to do it?
I definitely would enjoy seeing the addition of skeuomorphic borders around submissions in the various portals, as long as it isn't anything too distracting I think it would add a nice touch to the Newgrounds experience. Themes would also be fun too!

Linux Mint 21.1 on Firefox, can confirm it shows up a second after the layout stuff. I thought it was because I'm using a Core 2 Duo P7550, but I now see what's up. (Yeah, I refuse to let this thing die.)

The rich content links were updated earlier this year, where they load in secondary from the initial page load - it makes the initial page load faster but results in you seeing that delay before they fill in. Usually it's snappy but has the potential to lag.

That's actually an ingenious idea! I never really thought about doing that (mainly because I have a fear of PHP and JS).

At 5/22/23 10:20 AM, TomFulp wrote: What do you think of that mockup? It’s a shift back towards a more skeuomorphic design, something that was frowned on this past decade but is maybe primed for a come-back. I enjoyed all the feedback I got on Saturday’s post because it’s a reminder you are out there and reading this, so please don’t hesitate to weigh in on this idea now!

At 5/28/23 10:01 AM, Whirlguy wrote: Skeuomorphism is a tricky one. Now that we're in the post-Flash era and Newgrounds' design has adjusted to a more minimalist HTML5/mobile friendly style for a few years, maybe it's time to bring back elements of older designs? The mockups I've seen so far look very cool but it does raise some questions too. 

One of my concerns is how the current layout will be affected. JamesLee's game section in particular puts a lot of bloat between the actual thumbnails. This type of spacing will mean less thumbnails can fit in the same amount of space and it also looks like the actual thumbnail needs to be smaller in order for this to work. It appears preferable to change out the surrounding graphics for something more compact. I'm also thinking pages might load slower because of all the extra assets but I guess it all depends on how it is done.

Another concern would be that you can't just apply these changes to one portal alone. Changing the aesthetic of a single portal would look inconsistent with the rest of the site, so all portals would have to undergo similar changes. I personally think this will be detrimental to the Art Portal in particular, which looks especially good these days! The Audio Portal would probably benefit the most from this, since there's a lot of unused space there to begin with.

I'm also assuming this new design would have to conform to a specific timeframe? Let's take the 80's as an example: movies, games, audio and art would respectively be videotapes, cartridges, casettes and posters with little thumbtacks in the corners. This type of conformity would be more consistent than taking a 1940's filmreel and putting it next to an audio CD for instance. But if the site decides to adhere to such a theme, wouldn't that mean the rest of the site's design would have to follow? And if it does, isn't that changing NG's entire branding? "Newgrounds: A place where you post retro stuff."

I'm probably just overthinking it here but I thought I'd share my thoughts on the matter.