Sneaky Preview of New Look MSE masthead

Former_MSE_James

amy_lou wrote: »

I agree, I think it could afford to be a little bit "taller". And maybe a little more of a gap on the bottom of all the tabs- at the moment the "p" in Transport and the "y" in Family are touching the bottom of the tab and it looks a little cramped.

Could you tell me what browser and what operating system you are using? we've tried to get it working in every browser but there are always a few that slip through the net!

cheers

lingojingo

I prefer the old pic of you, but really like the new lay out and the the tabs

free4440273

Very nice indeed, and nice pic Martin.

aliasojo

Well I'm clearly in the minority because I feel it's more cluttered. The old coloured tabs are much easier to see than the same colour grey tabs with coloured writing imo.

The old green is a calmer shade than the new one.

There's no spacing at the top and it looks too squashed.

Sorry, the new one just looks like the busy front page of a kid's comic to me.

The only improvement imo is the fact the tabs highlight when you hover.

mineallmine

- the navigation tabs now seem to blend in more with the rest of the page - there isnt so much of a demarkation (if thats the word) - makes it a bit tricky at first glance to see they are navigation tabs.

- sorry the photo does look like a line up. I prefer your whats it all about photo on the right hand side

- i can see 2 search tools - perhaps thats because this is a test page? prefer the one at the top right hand corner.

- i find the 2 boxes both showing opportunities to sign up for the newsletter on the home page a bit cluttery and duplicating. Why not just have the one on the right hand side?

Nice to see things being freshened up. Keep up the good work. :A

aliasojo

amy_lou wrote: »

I agree, I think it could afford to be a little bit "taller". And maybe a little more of a gap on the bottom of all the tabs- at the moment the "p" in Transport and the "y" in Family are touching the bottom of the tab and it looks a little cramped.

Same here. I.E 8 / XP

sheldon08

amy_lou wrote: »

I agree, I think it could afford to be a little bit "taller". And maybe a little more of a gap on the bottom of all the tabs- at the moment the "p" in Transport and the "y" in Family are touching the bottom of the tab and it looks a little cramped.

It doesn't on mine, I'm using Chrome.


Agree that a graduated colour would be better on the masthead.

LandyAndy

aliasojo wrote: »

Well I'm clearly in the minority because I feel it's more cluttered. The old coloured tabs are much easier to see than the same colour grey tabs with coloured writing imo.

The old green is a calmer shade than the new one.

There's no spacing at the top and it looks too squashed.

Sorry, the new one just looks like the busy front page of a kid's comic to me.

The only improvement imo is the fact the tabs highlight when you hover.

My feeling too.

It looks a bit 'cheap' - rather than moneysaving:cool:.

fermi

amy_lou wrote: »

I agree, I think it could afford to be a little bit "taller". And maybe a little more of a gap on the bottom of all the tabs- at the moment the "p" in Transport and the "y" in Family are touching the bottom of the tab and it looks a little cramped.

Not for me. As said, maybe your browser?



That is using Firefox 3.6 RC1 on Linux.

Errata

Much calmer. Still don't like the apostrophe, even though I'm fairly fanatical about them being in the right place.