Takes a little bit to get used to, but I really like it. The scroll bar at the top of the screen organizes the latest articles far more efficiently, and the latest news box is easier to see - much larger and towards the right and center of the page. Definite improvement over the last page.
Why the hell is the space taken by forum live feed so big?.
I really like Beta 3, nearly as the original but if the space taken by the feed is reduced and more content maybe from the top stories (I read much from Tom's guide and I enter it from here).
In addition, you should increase the number of topics in featured topics 4 pages X 3 may be even better if it was 5 X 3.
It's just an opinion, not only mine but my friends as well.
I really like Beta 3, nearly as the original but if the space taken by the feed is reduced and more content maybe from the top stories (I read much from Tom's guide and I enter it from here).
In addition, you should increase the number of topics in featured topics 4 pages X 3 may be even better if it was 5 X 3.
It's just an opinion, not only mine but my friends as well.
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Thanks for fixing the Latest Articles and Featured Articles sections. I'd still prefer the Featured Atricles near the top. Given it's new size, it'd fit nicely where the Ads space is just beneath the Latest Articles horizontal scroll bar. But that's just me.
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1. make the images of the main articles bigger to make them stand out from others.
2. this version is fine, but do include an option to switch to the older version for people who dont like this.
3. hating the excessive scrolling.
2. this version is fine, but do include an option to switch to the older version for people who dont like this.
3. hating the excessive scrolling.
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Still like the original. I am trying to get used to the new layout but for some reason your old layout still seems to work the best. I feel like the change was just for the sake of changing. Was there really a need to change the outline?
My first impression. I really like it. I was a little confused that there was a change but looking over the home page I felt I understood where everything was. The previous home page I didn't feel it was laid out as well, and I had a hard time getting around or finding what I was looking for. This seems a little more organized, easy on the eyes.
I highly dislike this 'New and improved version'. It looks to cluttered. I ESPECIALLY do not like what has been done with 'Latest News'. There is far to much spacing between article titles and the red text big news articles were better. This is a lot harder to understand. Why change something if it doesn't need changing? It was fine before...if every one is used to it why confuse us all?
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I'm a long-term Tom's fan, and I kind of like the new layout. It's "different", but in a way it makes sense in that it has a format similar to the one other blog/info sites seem to be using (or moving to).
I do have a few suggestions, though....
The one thing I've always wanted to see in any site like this is a customizable home page. To explain: Tom's has grown over the years to include a virtual smorgasbord of info from a variety of areas. Right now I have to bookmark and/or RSS feed the various sites in, and it takes time to find things that interest me.
What other larger sites let you do is customize the home page to include areas and/or topics of interest. In this case, I think a revised version of the "old" layout would be best, only let ME pick what sections I want to add below the latest news area.
Maybe I would like to add CPU's & 'Motherboards', "Video Cards", and "Software Downloads". That combines my three favorite sections from two different sites (Tom's Hardware and Tom's Guide).
Even better would be the ability to add sections that are based on a topic tag (in addition to sections that are direct reflections of existing sections elsewhere on the site).
Finally, the one thing I've never seen but would LOVE to have is the ability to customize the "latest news" stream based on both topics of interest as well as EXCLUSIONS. I like the latest news section because it gives me a chance to browse a lot of items. However, there are some topic areas that I'm just not interested in. It would be very nice to say what topic tags I'd like to exclude from the news stream (I'm not very interested in Linux, so for me that would be a good exclusion).
So, my "dream" layout would be some kind of 'latest news' section at the top where I can customize the stream, along with a layout of customizable sections below that where I can assign my own criteria for a section (based on existing content sections from the various Tom's sites, or by topic tag).
Either way, though, this new layout is acceptable, and also consistent with other sites I visit (Lifehacker went through a similar format change last year, and it turned out okay).
Just my 2 cents; either way, though, I'm still a fan.
I do have a few suggestions, though....
The one thing I've always wanted to see in any site like this is a customizable home page. To explain: Tom's has grown over the years to include a virtual smorgasbord of info from a variety of areas. Right now I have to bookmark and/or RSS feed the various sites in, and it takes time to find things that interest me.
What other larger sites let you do is customize the home page to include areas and/or topics of interest. In this case, I think a revised version of the "old" layout would be best, only let ME pick what sections I want to add below the latest news area.
Maybe I would like to add CPU's & 'Motherboards', "Video Cards", and "Software Downloads". That combines my three favorite sections from two different sites (Tom's Hardware and Tom's Guide).
Even better would be the ability to add sections that are based on a topic tag (in addition to sections that are direct reflections of existing sections elsewhere on the site).
Finally, the one thing I've never seen but would LOVE to have is the ability to customize the "latest news" stream based on both topics of interest as well as EXCLUSIONS. I like the latest news section because it gives me a chance to browse a lot of items. However, there are some topic areas that I'm just not interested in. It would be very nice to say what topic tags I'd like to exclude from the news stream (I'm not very interested in Linux, so for me that would be a good exclusion).
So, my "dream" layout would be some kind of 'latest news' section at the top where I can customize the stream, along with a layout of customizable sections below that where I can assign my own criteria for a section (based on existing content sections from the various Tom's sites, or by topic tag).
Either way, though, this new layout is acceptable, and also consistent with other sites I visit (Lifehacker went through a similar format change last year, and it turned out okay).
Just my 2 cents; either way, though, I'm still a fan.
I may be part of a minority here but, I really hate the new layout. The Articles section now has a idiotic horizontal scroll. The Top Stories/Featured Topics sections seem like an afterthought while the Forum Live Feed, which I REALLY don't care about, takes up more space than any of the content sections I actually DO care about on Tom's hardware.
IF given a choice I'd take the old page.
IF given a choice I'd take the old page.
the "Latest News" display settings are not working. If I select to display 30 Items, it will show thirty items until i refresh the page and then it goes back to 20 items, but it shows 30 as selected in the drop down box.
Using Firefox 5.0
The option doesn't even show up in IE8 nor can I log in. gives no error message or anything using IE8.
Using Firefox 5.0
The option doesn't even show up in IE8 nor can I log in. gives no error message or anything using IE8.
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pretty good, easy to read and find what your looking for. I was just so use to the old one lolz I'll just have to get use to this one.
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I got to say as some one who has been coming to this site every day for like 7 years i like the articles in the middle of the page i signed up to leave this message. But the rest of the page looks great just slide the links to the middle and my brain will be haapy again thank you.
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