Sneaky Preview of New Look MSE masthead

katsu

I use firefox. The font etc works for me.

- I don't like the two-tone green with the harsh change of shades. I think it should be one shade at the top, not two, or graduated like the current version.

I find the pink on deals and vouchers title bar is too bright, not easy enough on the eye when you look at such a bid amount of the colour on the top of the deals page.
- I personally dislike that on the top of the pages, the tabs have no punctuation, so they say "utilities phones" not "utilities & phones" or "utilities, phones". It feels incorrect gramatically. Have you looked at it with an &?

+ Getting rid of your halo is a definite good idea.
+ Feels fresher and brighter.

katsu

flopseeebuneee wrote: »

don't do away with the dressed-up Martins though!

Totally agree - dressed up Martin FTW

I also agree with the other poster you look friendlier on the current photo.

kippers

I like it and love the colours too

bylromarha

I'd never really noticed Martins ready brek glow on the current header!

juno

I like it, but the green is horrible

thisisace

Sorry. I'm not keen on the new one:

• The photo looks like you're glaring at me ! :eek:

• The two-tone green looks like either a mistake or an amateur template on Wordpress or something. :rolleyes:

• The slogan "Free to use .. etc" is now bigger than Martin's name which people have heard of.

mjm3346

Prefer the new one although while in Sainsbury's today noticed they have changed the design of their "be good to yourself" range, not unlike the new MSE design.

http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/food/healthylifestyle/hot_topics/articles/be_good+_to_yourself_in_the_new_year.htm?from=http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/food/foodandfeatures/default.htm?WT.svl=2&WT.seg_1=nav_secondary

Gaia

like the tabs and the photo of you is much better - any chance you can graduate the green banner at the top please, also the moneysavingexpert.com logo is a bit clearer on the old masthead

beanielou

Only thing for me is that the original forum clicky was easier to see(as has been said),other than that think its just fine.

russell07

Looks great. My initial comments would be - the layout of the individual pages is good - the way it shows the section heading and the sections sub-tabs straight away and the breadcrumb to follow your progress into the site. I think these should be replicated on the home page too to keep the pages uniform. the home page at the moment seems to be less polished than the sub-pages, and I think it should be the other way round. i'm just struggling to think what you'd put at the top of the home page, but I think it needs something... Minor point though otherwise excellent.

Another quick thought - have you considered a "drop down" menu for each section (i.e. showing the tabs from each sections "home page" - to help speed up navigation? You may have decided against it for browser compatibility purposes...