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Something is different…

Originally published by "dbarker" on 2008-08-15 17:51:00Z

…but I just can’t put my finger on it.

We redesigned, finally. If you only ever read Gadgetopia through RSS, stop by the actual URL and take a look.

Comment by "Benxamin" on 2008-08-15 06:14:00Z

A new birthday suit... I like it!

Comment by "Tomas" on 2008-08-15 08:05:00Z

Loving it. Very Web 4.5.

Comment by "Justin" on 2008-08-15 10:24:00Z

VERY nice new look here, I was hoping there'd be something new :)

Comment by "manu" on 2008-08-15 10:28:00Z

Nice, that's a definite improvement. However, am I the only one who can't click on the comment count to bring the comment page? I have to use the permalink to get there, which is okay but a bit counter-intuitive.

Comment by "Alejandro" on 2008-08-15 10:50:00Z

Very nice and simple design. I am amazed it came before Blend's redesign. Blogging business must be really good. J/K!

Comment by "Alejandro" on 2008-08-15 10:55:00Z

"Search Gadgetopia" seems to be NOT working.

Comment by "Dave" on 2008-08-15 12:26:00Z

Nicely done! I'm with Manu though; the click to comments is missing. That was a late addition to the last version of the site, wasn't it?

Comment by "Tim" on 2008-08-15 13:43:00Z

WoW -- that's all i got.

Comment by "cmadler" on 2008-08-15 14:10:00Z

I don't know if it relates to the switchover (I'm guessing yes), but my feed reader got flooded with republishing posts going back to May 22 (http://gadgetopia.blendinteractive.com/post/6404). Also, there are about four character spaces at the far right of the comment entry box which can't be seen.

Comment by "cmadler" on 2008-08-15 14:23:00Z

Also, the right column doesn't start until below the bottom of the left column. FYI, IE 6.0 (required by my employer, damnit!) at 1024x768.

Comment by "Deane" on 2008-08-15 15:23:00Z

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I have linked the comment count, and search is working again. It's not pretty, but it's working.

Comment by "Brade" on 2008-08-15 17:45:00Z

I likes! Only thing I'd change is making your comments look different from the rest of ours.

Comment by "Benjamin" on 2008-08-15 17:46:00Z

Love it, Deane. Excellent work. Looking forward to many more years of great CMS content (et al).

Comment by "Chris_" on 2008-08-15 06:31:00Z

Excellent! I was definitely hoping that it was going to look good after all the hype! Seems smooth and a lot more intuitive than the last design that was up. (I'm still partial to the design you had 2 years ago ;) )

Comment by "Deane" on 2008-08-15 07:03:00Z

>Only thing I'd change is making your comments look different from the rest of ours. That idea is under heavy consideration. Not hi-lighting *my* comments specifically, but rather hi-lighting the comments of the author of the original post...which is usually me, I guess.

Comment by "gfox" on 2008-08-15 07:15:00Z

Just a note about old posts. It seems posts that contained images contain broken image links: [http://gadgetopia.com/post/6464](http://gadgetopia.com/post/6464) The image that is supposed to be at [http://www.gadgetopia.com/images/optibike.jpg](http://www.gadgetopia.com/images/optibike.jpg) results in a 404

Comment by "BryanSD" on 2008-08-15 08:28:00Z

Deane...very nice. I like the layout as it makes very good use of the space even with a 1024 width. Good job...

Comment by "Mark" on 2008-08-15 08:45:00Z

It's nice it just seems "empty" I guess is the right word. Plus that is one of the biggest footers I have ever seen. Can I go back to the RSS feed now? ;-)

Comment by "spugbrap" on 2008-08-15 08:58:00Z

I like the look overall; the color scheme is nice, the fonts are clear and readable, and the page isn't cluttered. I do have one gripe, though. The rich media ads in the right sidebar seemed to bring my machine to a crawl for 30-45 seconds once I gave focus to this tab. I was trying to go through a week without adblock plus, but that kind of thing makes it difficult to resist. I'm not *certain* that the ads on this page were solely responsible for the slowness, though. I might have some other process running that decided to wake up around the same time that I switched tabs. Oh well, I read gadgetopia through google reader at least 90% of the time, anyway, so as long as the feed didn't suddenly sprout flash ads, I'll be content. :)

Comment by "Dan Hudlow" on 2008-08-16 17:29:00Z

I like it, and I like the new logo a lot better, but I'm not crazy about the link styling. Yellow highlights already have a meaning on the web: a searched-for phrase. I think blue or red or black *underlined* links are just more clear and intuitive and consistent.