Phoronix Redesign is live!

[David]

Recently we've been working on some underlying CMS improvements and restructuring to improve the user experience at Phoronix. Over the past two weeks specifically we've made some great improvements and decided to push it out to the public a bit earlier than planned. About 5 minutes ago we just launched it live, so ladies and gentlemen refresh your caches! As always, your feedback is greatly appreciated.

--Phoronix Team

[Malikith]

Looks good, I like it. I'd have to say its a improvement.

[1c3d0g]

It's beautiful, especially the new logo.

/me likes...

[petercruickshank]

I sure
was
surprised
at the
new
design!

I found
it
unusual
at
first,
but I
guess
some
cultures
like to
read
a narrow
column
of text
vertically,
so I guess
I can't
complain.

[thoemy]

I would like to have the preview of the news back because I'm not really interested in most of the reviews posted. Many news weren't longer than the preview text, there was no need to click on them. Now you have to click on every one.

Imho the preview text of the articles is too long. Displaying a short summary and an indicator that there is more should be enough for most people to see if they are interested or not. It also doesn't look nice to cram the long text into a small column.

I also don't like the 4 columns layout. The third and fourth columns share too much information. The third column also looks to much like the google ads. If you would display the news together with the reviews/articles and remove the third column completely, I would be happy .

And maybe it's a good idea to separate hardware reviews and the other articles posted.

[Michael]

I would like to have the preview of the news back because I'm not really interested in most of the reviews posted. Many news weren't longer than the preview text, there was no need to click on them. Now you have to click on every one.

Imho the preview text of the articles is too long. Displaying a short summary and an indicator that there is more should be enough for most people to see if they are interested or not. It also doesn't look nice to cram the long text into a small column.

I also don't like the 4 columns layout. The third and fourth columns share too much information. The third column also looks to much like the google ads. If you would display the news together with the reviews/articles and remove the third column completely, I would be happy .

And maybe it's a good idea to separate hardware reviews and the other articles posted.

Here's a hint for something I did just for people hesitant to change:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=old_home

[thoemy]

Here's a hint for something I did just for people hesitant to change:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=old_home

It's not the old home .

I'm not reluctant to change just because I want something back. I want it back because I think it was better.

[joshuapurcell]

Nice changes... definitely like the new banner and overall layout. I'm not sure which I'll use more though... home or old_home, but we'll see after a week or so.

[niniendowarrior]

Over all, I like the redesign. I do think it's a tad bit cluttered. That's a lot to squeeze in the home page. I suggest doing a tabs sort of organization (e.g. tabs named "Latest Articles" "Phoronix News" "Phoronix Reviews" "Popular In The Forums") That way, you have ample space to talk about each stuff without jamming it all down readers throats.

I also think these two sections are a bit redundant...

[David]

Over all, I like the redesign. I do think it's a tad bit cluttered. That's a lot to squeeze in the home page. I suggest doing a tabs sort of organization (e.g. tabs named "Latest Articles" "Phoronix News" "Phoronix Reviews" "Popular In The Forums") That way, you have ample space to talk about each stuff without jamming it all down readers throats.

I also think these two sections are a bit redundant...

We are still discussing whether or not to use tabs, but it does seem like a cleaner option.

We haven't tweaked the redundant sections yet but it's on our list.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Keep it comin'!