Brownstoner's New Look
For those of you just tuning in, we put up a new site design over the weekend. The major change is that we removed the left-hand column and enlarged the size of the editorial column by about 25%. We’ve already gotten an email from Bob Marvin, who may have a year or two on our…
For those of you just tuning in, we put up a new site design over the weekend. The major change is that we removed the left-hand column and enlarged the size of the editorial column by about 25%. We’ve already gotten an email from Bob Marvin, who may have a year or two on our average reader, expressing his pleasure at the fact that he no longer needs a magnifying glass to read the text. We’ve also gotten an email or two from people who don’t like the new look. We’re interested to hear everyone’s feedback. Nothing’s set in stone so please let us know what you like and what you don’t, keeping in mind, of course, that it can take a few days to get used to a new design. (We’re not entirely sold yet on the Arial font – maybe we should go with the font we use on Brooklyn Record.) How many of you remember what the site looked like a year ago?
Update: Vote on which header you prefer by clicking here.
I like the text towards the center also. Where’s the “search by subject” section?
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Wow, I think it’s great, keep up the hard work here, and don’t think it’s going by unnoticed.
I always felt the old site was the most elegant, minimalist presententation of text and vastly prefer it to the new format. The new format looks so ordinary.
I really miss the look and feel of the old site; why are you messing with your “brand?” It had a really nice aesthetic quality – This seems corporate and boring.
But not to worry – I’ll adjust…
This font is not great. It’s so circa 1984.
I liked having some space on the left hand side so that my eyes could read the center of the page. I dont mind the font or the new look but can we move over the main text a bit to the right?
LOL–I can see myself hunched over my computer with a magnifying glass. Actually, I’m not quite THAT feeble, but I now can hit “Command +” a couple of times to enlarge the text w/o running out of space on the right 🙂
It’s nice, but I’m not a huge fan of Arial.