Current Events > Do you like the site redesign?

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I use an iPad. I hate how they have merged the login and sign up into one box. I had to manually type my account name, then press the tab down button and wait over 30 seconds to type in my password.

it does not automatically recognise my saved details.

Most unhealthy design choice.

DrizztLink posted...

Why is this even necessary?

Where are the people clamoring for a site update in general, let alone a site update that's the graphic design version of a blind guy reading a cheese grater?

The site admins basically thought "hey we need to merge the boards for multiplat games" (which is good) but decided that deserved an entire overhaul of how the site looks (which no one asked for)

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DrizztLink posted...

Where are the people clamoring for a site update in general

Probably on the Red Ventures' Board of Directors.

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No, it sucks.

The classic version is at least acceptable, so hopefully if they force this everywhere they keep the classic mode.

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Instead of fixing broken shit like image sizes that are under 4mb but Gamefaqs stating they are larger, instead Allen greenlights pointless shit no one asks for.

At this point I assume Allen spent $$ on the redesign and he can't get his or Red Ventures money back so he's trying to fix it as much as he can instead of reverting it back. Either way, it's been interesting to see how universally hated it is and how Allen is depending on user feedback to fix the mistakes instead of seeing the mistakes himself.

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the topic list not having any borders or background colors is a little strange

but the actual message list looks alright, like i mentioned before. but im still not used to it. the design we have right now is so good, its hard to beat that in my opinion

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If they touch up CE like they did the game boards.. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Looks like the game boards are back to normal. I think SBAllen saw the feedback on multiple forums and realized it was a terrible redesign.

My main complaints, copied from another topic:

I really dislike the new layout. But my biggest complaints:

1 - It looks like professional reviews are gone? That's terrible!
No more contemporary reviews from the likes of Nintendo Power, EGM, GameFan, GamePro, Next Generation, Game Informer, etc?! Why take these away?

2 - In-depth statistics are no longer available for Ratings, Difficulty, and Time to Complete. Previously, we could click to see further data on each, whether line graph or pie chart, like this:

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3 - When going to a game's page, it was nice to immediately see my ratings for it. Now I have to click the Rate This Game button for my old rating to pop up. Annoying.

4 - The Media section is horrible! Where did all of the screenshots go? The layout of thumbnails per page was great... now it's just a row of select screens that you click to get an over-blown up screenshot and then navigate the remaining screens from there, separated by user?! No good at all. Awful. Change it back, please.

5 - Forums on game pages... now you click the multiplatform game (Zombies Ate My Neighbors, for example) and it brings the user to a page for BOTH the SNES and Genesis. Then you click the Forum button and it brings you to ONE of those console's forums for the game. From there, you can select the other console if you want to see the forum for that version of the game. Not only that, but when on the game's home page the SNES and Genesis boxes up top aren't clickable, but then once in the forum page all of a sudden they're now clickable for the user to select between, but with no visual difference. Too confusing and poorly designed. The previous navigation and layout was far better where you can simply click the arrow at the top for a dropdown menu to go between versions if it's a multiplatform game.

GameFAQs is one of the best gaming databases on the net, so why get rid of data? Also had a superior layout to MobyGames, but not now...

EDIT: Oh, and signatures are gone too?! Sheesh this is getting worse all the time...

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Shamrock99 posted...

Looks like the game boards are back to normal. I think SBAllen saw the feedback on multiple forums and realized it was a terrible redesign.

There was a thread on Site Suggestions that hit 500 in like 2 hours

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/7-site-suggestions/79493298

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Eevee-Trainer posted...

There was a thread on Site Suggestions that hit 500 in like 2 hours

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/7-site-suggestions/79493298

Yep, I was in it.

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Imagine working months on this redesign (likely at the request of redventures capital), thinking you ate soliciting feedback but failing to realize its an 8 man echo chamber, and having all your work flushed down the toilet in like 2 hours.

Good job everyone. Good job.

Every time I click on the Switch link at the top, it says that I'm logged out and unauthorized to view the page unless I opt in for the beta. The other links seem to be fine.

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/79493671

we had acted upon the feedback received during that beta time to improve the common complaints we had received, we were fairly confident that it was at a good enough place to continue forward with the rollout as planned.

lmao sure

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Ah, it gets better:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/7-site-suggestions/79493684

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Eevee-Trainer posted...

Ah, it gets better:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/7-site-suggestions/79493684#3

Lol he closed the topic

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Why are they even making these changes? Was the old way confusing or inefficient?

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Why are they even making these changes? Was the old way confusing or inefficient?

Supposedly it is more mobile friendly.

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i dont see it and i dont wanna see it

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