Thread: AlfaBB Site Redesign - Feedback Please
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Old 06-25-2008, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by papajam View Post
EXACTLY!!
I would wager that if this new look was the original look from the beginning and the original, old look was then introduced as the new look, there'd be just as many complaints.
Nonsense. There is a difference between cheap advertising photos and the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel, yes? Some things have pleasing appearances and others less so, yes? Are you with me so far? OK, good. So that is the point. Many of us find the new look, specifically, the color scheme and the choice of subject matter for the graphical design elements much less attractive than before the change. This is not trivial. I visit this site nearly every day and spend a fair amount of time reading and typing. The old look had a curiously soothing effect. It made me feel like I was in a club room where anyone I have known for years might drop in at any time. The essence of Warm and fuzzy.

Now, as I have tried to explain, I feel like I am in a restroom at a hydraulics supplies distributor or in a seat on an airplane with nothing to read but the god-awful "In Flight" rag. The new look has precisely that sort of ambiance. It is not warm and fuzzy. It is cold, garish, and plastic. I don't want to spend time here anymore. If you don't care - if it seems ok to you and you don't see what the fuss is about, fine. Please keep your snide remarks to yourself. After all, you are no longer commenting on the site, you are now commenting on those of us who are commenting negatively on the site, aren't you? Well?

Anyway, those of us who do care, are distraught. Our favorite club has been torn down and replaced with an Applebys or some such horrid chain installation extruded from the same plastic spigot that plops those garish plastic malls with a Starbucks and a Michael's and a Bed, Bath, and Beyond and the rest of the usual suspects down on every square foot of the United States. Again sorry to be so blunt and rantish, but here is my summation: some people say, "Oh, I kind of like the new look." Other say that they hate it. I haven't heard anyone say that they hated the old look and LOVE the new look. I and others hate the new look and loved the old look. See the difference? This is a net loss. Throw her in reverse!

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