Did You Notice Something a Little Different?

You went to the trouble to change the stars from red to orange, but it's not even the same orange that you use on the My Books > Stats page.

You have two different shades of orange. (Or maybe the stars are now pale red?) You have two different shades of brown (the progress bar and the notifications boxette). You have both teal and hunter green going on several pages, PLUS the still ugly green of the Ugly Green Button.

Yet in places where you do need two different colors, or something distinguishing one thing from another, you don't have it. (In Group bookshelves, the book title that was shelved and the "about" link are both teal and look like one solid group of text.)

In some places there is solid bold black text, which is a hyperlink, but there's no way to know it's a link until you mouseover it.

The changes were obvious as soon as I loaded the main page for he first time. The layout and fonts are modern and I think it has improved the readability of the site. I don't know what browser people are using that are complaining about the fonts being hard to read but with Firefox I love it.

I'd suggest anyone having issues try zooming the page 10 to 20%. That could help.

Great update to a great site.

Who Moved My Cheese?
Fonts are not-so-good but the other changes are nice.
Change happens. Accept them.

Normally I'm up for change but this is actually hurting my eyes. I've been on here for about 10 minutes and my head is starting to hurt.

Lobstergirl wrote: "You went to the trouble to change the stars from red to orange, but it's not even the same orange that you use on the My Books > Stats page.

You have two different shades of orange. (Or maybe the ..."

Yes, the color scheme is all over the place.

Kyle wrote: "I'd suggest anyone having issues try zooming the page 10 to 20%. That could help. "

The problem is that 10 to 20% is necessary for some pages, but overkill for other pages. Depending on where I'm going, I am constantly raising and lowering my browser magnification. Why does it need to be that complicated !! If you constantly are doing that it is poor design.

I definitely liked it better before. The new font is harder for me to read.

I'm not sure about this change. I'm not really having issues reading it, though it does appear to bother my eyes after a time. I see this being an issue on days when I am home and on the computer more than I was today. I do prefer the old background, this is pretty harsh and contributes to the strain.

Writing reviews or comments though is very difficult. The type is so much smaller! I hope this changes - soon!

I don't mind the font changes - but I wish they were a bit bigger in the comment box. The font there appears pretty small.

I also noticed that when a moderator puts out a notice to the members of the group - that notice no longer has a link back to the home page of the group. I will miss that.

Thanks

I like it. I like that I can see the new post easier because of contrasting colors. I am always glad for inprovements and updates.Thank you Goodreads.

I'll add my voice to the comments of those who had already mentioned that the new font is really difficult to read and it hurts the eyes. I'm short-sighted and wear glasses, and these thin new blurry letters are really, really difficult to read. Could you please give us an option to switch back to at least the previous font version? Thank you.

It's so nice,
but for other languages like Persian (and other right to left languages), your default font is 'Times New Romance' that isn't readable at all!
I offer open source fonts like 'Mirza' :
http://freeupload.ir/yy9me26smwtf/mir...
Tnx

I did notice the difference. I especially like the Bolded Black titles. So much easier for 69-year-old eyes.

Hate the font. It makes me a little sick looking at it for some reason.

♥ Sandi wrote: "I don't mind the font changes - but I wish they were a bit bigger in the comment box. The font there appears pretty small.

I also noticed that when a moderator puts out a notice to the members of..."

Ditto on both points.

I hate it, absolutely hate it. I had no problems at all with the old layout, but the new font is incredibly hard for me to read. It's far too small and cramped. Can we have the option to have the old layout? This new one is hurting my eyes.

While I can appreciate the desire to update the website, this is mostly a miss for me.

I have looked at this extensively with both a Kindle HDX 7 and a new Kindle Fire 8. The font style, size, and width is a vision problem for me (it looks blurry) and as a GR Librarian, that's distressing. I spend a significant amount of time on the website. Better readability can be achieved with double spacing between sentences, especially when an A is the first letter of the new sentence.

The turquoise link color is also a big minus, imho. Also blurry looking.

Hopefully the staff can make more improvements to the fonts and go back to the darker link colors. Many people use tablets these days and I hope the staff spends a good amount of time using the site with cells and tablets.

Added after about 20 minutes... I had to increase my tablet font to large, but this still looks very blurry. Guess I will just have to post what I read, then get the heck off of this website. This is a shame. I loved GR.

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I love the new font. Doesn't hurt my eyes a bit and they're nearly 50 years old!

Beautiful! It looks so much better.

Of course I love it. It's so refreshing, especially for my eyes and my feeling ^^.

The new font is terrible and blurry! It was so bad that I thought there was a technical issue with my browser. The old font looked much sleeker. Please change it back. Or at least give us an option to view GR with the old font.

I like it.

Es lindo. Pero me gustaba mas como estaba antes.

The new font is harder on the eyes. I'm not sure if it's because the letters are thinner, or if you have changed from black to dark gray. I was very happy with the old version.

Background is very bright.

I don't mind the changes so much, but it is harder to read. For me the biggest difficulty is size of font and contrast. I'm not fond of the new font, but I'd be fine with it if it were bigger and darker so it was easier to see. Some of the new "enhancements" have actually lessened the contrast, making text harder to see.

Might I suggest using http://wave.webaim.org/ and http://webaim.org/resources/contrastc... as you continue working on the updates?

I love the new font. I really don't know what some people are complaining about. It looks beautiful to me.

I still don't like the update. The fonrt remains slightly blurry and harder to read. As far as my two cents are concerned why change something that was already doing very well I will never comprehend.

Everyone I know on the site HATES the font = the readability is terrible! And it is too bright - definitely hurts the eyes!!!!

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I don't know what all the fuss is about. I love the new font. Doesn't hurt my eyes a bit and they're nearly 50 years old!"

Well everyone is different. Just because you don't have a negative reaction to it, doesn't necessarily mean others are the same. I think that when it comes down to it, they should change it back, as it is physically affecting people. It's not just that they dislike it!

No thanks. I want the old format back please. :(

I can't see the letters well enough to type a comment so I'm text speaking. This font is ducking awful. I was probably just auto correct bombed, but I can't ducking see if I was or not. Oh no! What if every time I type duck, it changes to duck, and I'll never ducking know it! I say duck a lot. I'm ducking pissed. This font is ducking bullshot.

Its okay but the font could be so much better. Its like really small.

The changes don't seem that drastic. I'm not entirely sure why so many people are freaking out. It didn't bother me before, but I'm totally good with the changes. It'll just take us all a little bit to acclimate.

The sans serif italic is problematic. Harder to read.

I like the new font - somehow it makes reading through the site better and is cooler / 'funner'.

Hi Emily & GR.
Reading in desktop on my Kindle (I don't like mobile sites) and - I don't know why - but I do find this new style much harder to read. I'm not seeing missing or blurred letters, but it does make my head ache, and I have to keep looking away in between reading.

GR ismy favourite place on the web (it's all about books, what's not to like) and I'm not going anywhere... but I personally would much rather the old font and colour scheme be used as it was much easier to look at. Sorry I can't be more specific as to why. It isn't just an "I don't like change" thing though, it really is much harder on my head and eyes.

ETA: I'm checking in on my laptop now and I still am finding it difficult. I have to squint at the screen and keep looking away. I'm not sure if it's the brightness? I love thee teal colour - but it's really hard to read/see. I feel like ,my eyes are constantly trying to refocus on the text to read it (all of it, not just the teal). I am so sorry to be negative. :(

I like it, it's more modern-looking now and I find it aesthetically pleasing. People have always difficulties in adapting to changes, give it a few days. It's about the books not the looks :)

I absolutely love the updates! The website looks so much cleaner and more professional. The new fonts are great, too, very readable and aesthetic. Very well done!

Since out opinions are split, isn't it better if Goodreads gives us an option?

I liked the old way better,this new version might not be good for people like me who have to wear glasses, looks like I might be cutting back on how long I'm on Goodreads.

Besides the blurry font, did you also change the background? I am blinded by this brightness.

The update didn't do anything, it looks like yesterday. :(

The new version honestly quite hurts my eyes. I do not think I will spend even half the time I do now on the site if this is the only version available.

Hate, Hate, Hate it!!!!!!!!
The new fonts and colors are wicked for my eyes. I'm 58 and use readers to see the computer screen. Before I used my browser's zoom function to make the font bigger if needed. PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK TO THE OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty much okay with everything, except how my profile page looks. It's too white, and too intense on the eyes. Every different section like my shelves, qoutes, updates looks as if it's been blended together

I love it. It's so soothing and cute... I love the colors... They are brilliant!!! <3

Lovely!

I'd like to be able to see more colour, perhaps a nice mild green/blue palette rather than links on a white & beige background, GR as it is looks like a raw html page.

Thank god you removed the tacky, dates gradients!

I've changed the size to 125%, which helps a bit. Now if I could figure out how to make the print black instead of grey, maybe I could actually read it....

The new font....while very nice, is a little too small. I understand the font was changed to improve visibility but uh...yea I can barely see some of it sooo....make it a little bigger please? looks like its size 10 or something.

This is what enhanced readability is supposed to look like? Interesting. I've never seen a LESS readable website. The font might not be as blurry as it originally was, but it's still as ugly, and so are the colors. You didn't simplify, you didn't modernize. You just made a mess of everything. Definitely not going to spend as much time on Goodreads as I used to.