I went there this morning, and I see the site had a makeover.
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Yep. It was down last night while they were making the change and I had a “crap, they nuked it” moment.
Not sure how I feel about the changes. It looked pretty crappy before, but it was functional and easy to use.
Not sure how I feel about the changes. It looked pretty crappy before, but it was functional and easy to use.
I have to hit more buttons to get to the same places it only took one or two. But... sigh... changes for the sake of changes, just like everything else on the interwebs.
Just took a look and I agree that it was simpler to use before.
But we’ll get the hang of the new one. Using the search start typing in the brand and they pop up right away.
What a complete absolute mess. Whoever did the redesign is a complete slobbering moron, an idiot, a disgrace to the species.
What wasn't broke is now limping.
Getting rid of the alphabetical brand search menu is a cretinous, moronic, ignorant choice.
It's been prettied up while rendered demanding and brainless. It is a BIMBO site.
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What wasn't broke is now limping.
Getting rid of the alphabetical brand search menu is a cretinous, moronic, ignorant choice.
It's been prettied up while rendered demanding and brainless. It is a BIMBO site.
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I wonder if you old geeser found the copy paste buttons or typed a gazillion times Useless.
I liked the old layout, it was what it should do, no need for flashy designs...
Naw, I just willed it into existence. Can't you?
BTW, learn to spell. It's geezer, not geeser.
I couldn't agree more.
I rather liked the alphabet search line across the top.
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Nah, everyone hates it.
Some millennial web design doofus convinced TR.com management this was a good idea, and made a lot of money off of it. Of course it would be made worse, how could it happen any other way? Still, I'll need several more cups of coffee before I can launch into a Bill Hicks-esque rant about this. I just don't have the energy at the moment. Where's the goddamn espresso machine anyway?
If the update improves standings in search engines then it's worth it.
It's not a GUI based site, it's an info database. That was obviously lost upon whomever was in charge of the redesign and now that information is harder, not easier to access.
Another example of nuance and purpose being lost in this objective-less contemporary time.
Another example of nuance and purpose being lost in this objective-less contemporary time.
Yep. This right here. My most used browsing function on the old site was the alphabetical brand link.
And it doesn’t even look THAT good. I mean, the old one looked like web design circa 2002, but the new one only advanced us as far as 2010 or so.
I don’t like this change. Does that put me in geezer (or geeser) category? They made a movie called “40 yr old virgin”. Maybe the movie about my life could be called “40 yr old geezer?”
It now looks like one of those websites you shouldn’t trust. Poo brown just doesn’t work with that layout.
Pipesmagazine’s brown is much classier.
Pipesmagazine’s brown is much classier.
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