I like it. I wish it was wider. I don't like when sites aren't dynamic in width. I don't care for the menu though.
One thing I wish they would set up would be a way to link to the newest comic for you. So if you've missed a few weeks, it would take you to the comic following the last you viewed. I don't like going to the latest comic, then going backwards. When they do storylines, it gets screwed up.
I miss the big fat nav buttons. They were friendly and cartoony.
But now look down at the bottom! They have a 'First' button. Like that makes any damn sense. It takes you ALL THE WAY BACK to 1998! The uninformed might think that this is some continuity aid, starting when the strip was drawn by another, less skilled artist... Useless.
bitch, bitch, bitch. if people listened to their fans nothing would ever change there's been no time to live with the design yet. to me it seems a lot more functional and faster loading--i never liked PA spending so much time loading up the site graphics when all i wanted to see was the comic. the more subdued colors also aid when reading tycho's long winded ramblings... but like i said, can't really form a decent opinion until we've lived with it a while longer.
I do wish they did something with the controller plugs like Vig referenced. I'm in favor the change. I also read somewhere else that they used Ruby on Rails to redesign it, which is suppose to improve performance.
After living with it a few days it has grown on me. I like the colors and the layout. Over all I like it, it works better than before. It would be nice to see some finishing touches/graphics put in place where it looks like they left in the default templete graphics.
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Kind of like the new colors... but I don't know, its not doing much for me.
One thing I wish they would set up would be a way to link to the newest comic for you. So if you've missed a few weeks, it would take you to the comic following the last you viewed. I don't like going to the latest comic, then going backwards. When they do storylines, it gets screwed up.
But now look down at the bottom! They have a 'First' button. Like that makes any damn sense. It takes you ALL THE WAY BACK to 1998! The uninformed might think that this is some continuity aid, starting when the strip was drawn by another, less skilled artist... Useless.
/jzero