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#151  Edited By zameer

I might be crazy or something... but I'm actually digging it.  
 
My only gripe is that I now have to scroll down the "Forums" box but I can live with that I suppose.

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#152  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

I don't understand the hate for the font.

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#153  Edited By Subjugation

Wow, people will cry about anything. I like the new layout. I think it looks pretty slick. Good job. 

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#154  Edited By FesteringNeon

I didn't even notice the new fonts. I do actually like them though! 
I kind of wish the GB logo wasn't floating and there was some sort of backing behind our personal stuff in the upper right hand corner, as mentioned before.

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#155  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

I'm not a big fan of the new font, but I'm sure I would get used to it if it stayed. 

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#156  Edited By Skald

I'd also like the header buttons to be a bit smaller and the search box to be wider. 
 
Other than that, I like what I'm seeing.

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#157  Edited By mracoon

Just to check, is the new nav bar loading slowly for everyone else or is it my connection?

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#158  Edited By PrivateIronTFU
@zameer said:
" I might be crazy or something... but I'm actually digging it.   My only gripe is that I now have to scroll down the "Forums" box but I can live with that I suppose. "
I think they said they're working to fix that.
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#159  Edited By Metzo_Paino

They didn't fix the topic titles which are so dark I have to highlight them to see if i'm interested in the game someone is posting about. :( 
 
The rest looks cool though.

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#160  Edited By Skald
@mracoon: The time it takes for drop-downs to show up, or something else? 
 
Because I'm getting the former.
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#161  Edited By damswedon
@PrivateIronTFU: iIiIiIiIiIiI Also bold words seem to blur together.
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#162  Edited By MKHavoc

Aside from the font, it think the new look is great.

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#163  Edited By T0mF5
@SlashseveN303 said:
" The font and drop down menus are a little bit strange looking. It might just be something I have to get accustomed to though. "
I think the drop down menus look strange because they have sharp edges, while the rest of GiantBomb has rounded edges.
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#164  Edited By niall_sg1

It's nice, but I don't like the font choices. It's either to bold and fat or too small. 

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#165  Edited By wefwefasdf

I was just thinking about Giant Bomb doing an April Fool's prank when the page loaded. Wasn't expecting the change; almost had a heart attack.  
 
I like it!

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#166  Edited By alexisg

OK peeps. Rest assured. Font on the body is going back to Helvetica, Arial. 

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#167  Edited By Azteck
@damswedon said:
" Do the lower-case i's look like capitalised ones to anyone else? iIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiI "
Definitely. But only when it's not in writing mode.
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#168  Edited By banzai_nl

Fuck me sideways, that IS sexy! 

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#169  Edited By xpgamer7

Also has anyone seen the hulu and amazon stuff on screened? Lot of changes happening on the site.

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#170  Edited By Mattalorian

The new font is really, really bad. It's blurry, unconventional, and ugly. I'm not really feeling the new banner, either. It looks good on smaller resolutions, but it's kind of ugly in widescreen. Just my two cents.

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#171  Edited By MrKlorox

I like everything except the font so far.

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#172  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Whoa, I was very surprised to find this upon waking up. It'll take a bit of getting used too but the new Giant Bomb is looking slick.

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#173  Edited By Kyreo
@Azteck said:
" @damswedon said:
" Do the lower-case i's look like capitalised ones to anyone else? iIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiI "
Definitely. But only when it's not in writing mode. "
if you look at them now... they look fine.  I think the font has been changed back.
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#174  Edited By Death_Unicorn

Something about the old style just seemed more homey, while this is slick. Not that that's a bad thing, and I'm sure I'll grow used to it.

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#175  Edited By Aaron_G

I like the new look. Good work guys! :) 

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#176  Edited By Skald

 The forum menu is a bit out of whack on Safari 5.0.4 on Mac OS 10.6.7 
The forum menu is a bit out of whack on Safari 5.0.4 on Mac OS 10.6.7 

I like the way the font looks on the % uploaded screen.
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#177  Edited By Kyreo
@MattyFTM said:
" I'm not a big fan of the new font, but I'm sure I would get used to it if it stayed.  "
It doesn't hurt your eyes at all?  Because I'm getting weird Eye strain from it.  This has never happened to me with Font before.
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#178  Edited By jschmoe

The new layout looks cool, but it's busted for me, similar to @B0nd07 above.  Dave's already on it.

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#179  Edited By bybeach

Looks clean, good job.
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#180  Edited By l3illyl3ob

I like the idea, but I don't like the font.  And something about the color palette doesn't match up with the rest of the site, imo.

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#181  Edited By FateOfNever

I was scared at first, and I may even miss the old layout a little, but, it seems rather nice, so, I'm sure it'll grow on me and before long it will look normal.

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#182  Edited By management

That's it, I'm changing to the white layout.

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#183  Edited By B0nd07
@T0mF5 said:

" @SlashseveN303 said:

" The font and drop down menus are a little bit strange looking. It might just be something I have to get accustomed to though. "
I think the drop down menus look strange because they have sharp edges, while the rest of GiantBomb has rounded edges. "
Same here.
 
@alexisg: Plans to do anything about this or are we stuck with square corners?
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#184  Edited By Hichael

Nice update; I'm liking the buttons. Giantbomb is probably the only website that doesn't piss me off with new web layouts like youtube does.

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#185  Edited By MEATBALL

I think I prefer the old header at a glance. I'm not really seeing what the advantage to it is right now, whereas the improvement was immediately obvious with Alexis's fantastic chat redesign.
 
Also, I'm not sure why, but the text in the header/buttons is defaulting to what looks like Arial Black, which isn't very nice at all, anyone know what I can do to fix that? Running Firefox 4, just checked, it looks much better in Chrome.

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#186  Edited By Cday

The bombcast button needs to be special and my username up at the top is looking a little too chunky.

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#187  Edited By Waerjak

Loving it except for the wonky font. For some reason it really messes with my eyes. Headaches aplenty! :(

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#188  Edited By Branthog

Yeah, I"m pretty sure it's just another example of moron's attempting to be clever on Idiot Day. They wouldn't really launch a new design where the fonts are all super bolded and smushed together. It'll be normal, tomorrow. I wish people would stop doing this shit every year. Clever practical jokes are awesome, but "durr durr durr... daw, I was just kiddin'g, it's April Fools!" stuff is the lowest form of humor. Fart humor is above it.
 
Nobody is going to roll out a real layout on April 1st and they certainly aren't going to roll out a pseudo-2003 style interface. If it was real, they would have tested it in a real web browser and seen how poor the fonts are, how awful the bold smushed "Arial" and "Impact" style fonts are and realized that the bulky "selected" mouseovers and boxes in boxes look is not appealing. The direction design has been heading in is streamlined and light and this is big and chunky in a very retro way. It's either an April Fool's "joke" or it's just a really poorly made decision.

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#189  Edited By banzai_nl

All right, have had a look around. Some critiques from a fellow webdesigner :) 
 

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Here, the 'menu' bit should be bold in my opinion, as it's a header. Also, the left side of the active state is almost blurry, either make it sharp or round it. :) 
 
 
 
 

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Again, here the balance feels a little off. Using appropriate bold text instead of capital letters could calm it down a lot more. :) 
 
 
Last point, I really don't think this new font is going to work for body text. Using it for headers etc should be fine, as long as it's bigger than the current 12px. I prefer using Helvetica or Arial for body font, it's at least the safest choice. :) 
 
To round up, I'm not knocking this new style at all, I love the fresh layer of paint , but I feel like it has only been spread to the header and need to be a little more refined in other spots. Again, new header is awesome. Keep it up designers! 
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#190  Edited By Hailinel

This new font is going to take some getting used too.

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#191  Edited By FluxWaveZ

I hate this font very, very much. I don't like how the GB logo is floating in an empty space at the upper left. Scrolling is slower. 
 
That said, it still looks slick. 

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#192  Edited By Kyreo
@Waerjak said:
" Loving it except for the wonky font. For some reason it really messes with my eyes. Headaches aplenty! :( "
Same here.
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#193  Edited By alexisg
@extremeradical said:
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 The forum menu is a bit out of whack on Safari 5.0.4 on Mac OS 10.6.7 
The forum menu is a bit out of whack on Safari 5.0.4 on Mac OS 10.6.7 
I like the way the font looks on the % uploaded screen. "
This will be fixed momentarily. 
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#194  Edited By Ravenousrattler

ah.............whats happening

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#195  Edited By alistercat

I dont like the new fonts but I like the layout.

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#196  Edited By JoeyRavn
@AlisterCat said:
" I dont like the new fonts but I like the layout. "
Urgh, this. These weren't the fonts they were using the last time I checked :S
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#197  Edited By banzai_nl

Hey look at that, Helvetica's back for the main font <3

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#198  Edited By ShaneDev

My eyes are having quite a time adjusting to the font I hope I eventually get used to it. 
 
EDIT: Oh wait never mind they are changing it.

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#199  Edited By snide

Font and forum stuff is being fixed. Hold tight peeps.

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#200  Edited By NoCookiesForYou

 Overall i like the change, but i really don't like this new font. Messes with my eyes. 
 
EDIT: Nvm