Did You Notice Something a Little Different?

Samy wrote: "Again, most of books names and authors names in Arabic are not shown, you need to solve this issue fast."

Thanks for letting us know Samy, I've reported this to the design team. If possible, could you send through some specific examples (screenshots/links) to support (at) goodreads (dot) com?

Idly asking... How come Merriweather looks crisper and has higher contrast on the Google specimen site at the same size? Both have RGB(white) backgrounds, but apparently here the body-text font isn't black.

Suzy wrote: "Attention Chrome users! From another comment I learned that you can add an extension "Stylish". Then go to userstyles.com and select Goodreads Fix. It does not change back to the old style, but it ..."

Won't work for me. My public library does NOT allow its patrons to mess with the computer settings. Got any OTHER way of fixing it for people like me?

This "fix" may have improved readability of GR blurb, but has made posted reveiws less readable by redusing line spacing

TERRIBLE!! JUST LOOK AT THE TWO PAGE COMPARISONS ABOVE. ONE FLOWS AND ONE IS CHOPPY AND HARD ON THE EYE. PLEASE DON'T "IMPROVE" THE VISUAL ASPECTS OF THE SITE!!!

Don't like the removal of the bars that differentiate sections - now it is just all text that runs together. No"style" at all now.

I noticed before I read this and was very happy with the new look.
Maybe older eyes appreciate the brightness more, but for me it is much easier to read. A much cleaner look overall.

Antigone wrote: "I've examined my feed, my profile page, and read a review. I find the font and format harsh on the eyes. Incredibly primitive style (think: Highlights for Children). As a serious reader, and review..."

Exactly! There is no artistry in this - it looks robotic.

Some of the book covers in my Listopia choices don't show up at all.

Ha-ha! GR is looking at this thread and thinking:

Great. They found add-ons, plug-ins and extensions. That solves it. All is well! Carry on as usual.

And off it goes onto its next f*ck up adventure.

And of course there are low-tech people like me who wouldn't know one of those add-ons et cetera if it bit me. I guess I just put up with this dreck?

Works fine on my Android, but is torture on my computer. I can't even write a review with these fonts :(

Please, please! This is so hard to read for my very old eyes.

M'rella wrote: "Ha-ha! GR is looking at this thread and thinking:

Great. They found add-ons, plug-ins and extensions. That solves it. All is well! Carry on as usual.

And off it goes onto its next f*ck up adventure."

Meanwhile, I'm just waiting for Booklikes to finish importing all my Goodreads data.

Honestly, I understand why people hate it when the font doesn't work properly. When it turns out how it's supposed to look though, I find that I quite like it. Unfortunately, there's no point if Goodreads can't get it to work for everyone :(

*Sigh* Please people, this is why we need font OPTIONS, I say the same as others, I find this font harder to read. Its like someone put the alphabet into one of those machines that compress trash.

It's a little difficult to read but i love it!

Karekon wrote: "*Sigh* Please people, this is why we need font OPTIONS, I say the same as others, I find this font harder to read. Its like someone put the alphabet into one of those machines that compress trash."

Yes, a couple of OPTIONS would be good. Perhaps this new color scheme and font is good for people on SmartDevices, but it's very hard on the eyes on a large monitor. I have a 25in monitor and high-def settings, and this is just a massive bright-white page, very tiring.

Please, couldn't there be an option to put it back the way it was? Standard fonts, softer colors. Choices for SmartDevices and PC/Mac users?

Techies, if you want to see a website with good visual appeal and good fonts, go look at Ravelry dot com. All that work is done by a tech genius, and he's keeping millions of daily users very happy. He doesn't make changes just to 'be more cool', he understands utility and the possibility of a lot of users on a lot of platforms and devices.

DarkChaplain wrote: "Alright, went in and put in the old backgrounds for headers and restored good ol' Georgia:
https://userstyles.org/styles/121968/...

Thanks again, Michael. You've been a great help there."

Goodreads, please look at this. The headers are the main thing that are missing that are bothering me at the moment. The box around profiles and reviews is SO important, and it is something that shouldn't be removed.

I like the reduction in link colors. I like how the new font looks (really I do, no sugarcoating!), but it is indeed not as readable as the previous one.

Lisa.. can you help me.... change the colors to be more like
https://userstyles.org/styles/117781/...
?

the white is starting to hurt my eyes now :(

Thanks Michael and DarkChaplain! Adding the tweaks on top of Stylish is working great. And it got rid of the horrid round icon, yay! :)

Why do I, the end user, have to make changes to a product in order to make it function properly? That's the job of the product designer--Goodreads.

Eddie wrote: "Lisa.. can you help me.... change the colors to be more like
https://userstyles.org/styles/117781/...
?

the white is starting to hurt my eyes now :("

LOVE the dark theme!

I know heather... if Lisa can be ever so nice.. as to combine her functionality.. with the colors from the dark theme... then i will be in heaven :)

Eddie wrote: "I know heather... if Lisa can be ever so nice.. as to combine her functionality.. with the colors from the dark theme... then i will be in heaven :)"

Well... I did this primarily for me, and white text on a dark background is my idea of reading hell. Talk about headaches! ;) I would recommend maybe contacting the dark theme creator and seeing about changing the fonts there?

Helen wrote: "Why do I, the end user, have to make changes to a product in order to make it function properly? That's the job of the product designer--Goodreads."

Because simply, they want to do what they want to do even if the new layout physically hurts the users of the site. They don't care enough to change it back, or create options and someone's, or multiple someone's, egos are on the line. It's hard for management and people in charge to admit mistakes.

I'm guessing they're like politicians, they'll dance around the topic and pretend they've listened when they haven't, over-blowing the fixes they've made when the fixes haven't added up too much at all. Simply changing the site back and starting over is the logical way. But they aren't doing logical.

I encourage everyone here... to use adblock.. till Goodreads starts to take us seriously...

What is adblock? Link please? And can we be selective on which site is blocked?

Please give us a darker blackground this one hurts!

Helen wrote: "Why do I, the end user, have to make changes to a product in order to make it function properly? That's the job of the product designer--Goodreads."

Yes absolutely insane! Here we fixed goodreads, now you fix it!

I am very disheartened that they are responding to some people's posts about random glitches but have said nothing to anyone asking them to change the font and colors back or to something different. They are ignoring the problem completely, that we can see.

The screen shots above are not even accurate and do not fully show the font change within the review.

For the one who did the Stylish theme with the goodreads fix, thank you! I can look at the page now without my eyes crying for mercy. You are my hero.

I feel like the new font color is too washed out and it makes it very difficult to read. The other day my eyes were watering while trying to write a review. I am so excited that GR is working on refreshing their look but I think overall, this look feels more outdated than new and improved. I sincerely hope that you will darken the font. I spend so much time on GR everyday and my eyes hurt from looking at the new colors! Thank you for asking for our feedback.

Penumbra wrote: "What is adblock? Link please? And can we be selective on which site is blocked?"

Hi Pen. Adblock is an extension you can get on Chrome.

CatBookMom wrote: "Techies, if you want to see a website with good visual appeal and good fonts, go look at Ravelry dot com. All that work is done by a tech genius, and he's keeping millions of daily users very happy..."

So true. Thank Bob for Casey and Jess.

Red.Urchin wrote: "CatBookMom wrote: "Techies, if you want to see a website with good visual appeal and good fonts, go look at Ravelry dot com. All that work is done by a tech genius, and he's keeping millions of dai..."

I wish every site could be ravelry. Sometimes in the GR forums, I want to click back to the original post somebody responded to but I can't.

Functionality is a marvelous thing.

@Lisa, Thank you so much for updating the Goodreads fix!

Jesus Christ, now the Kindle program for PC has changed... I feel like I'm in a twilight zone, where those who should understand accessibility just mess everything up.

Priscila wrote: "It's a little difficult to read but i love it!"

Helen wrote: "Why do I, the end user, have to make changes to a product in order to make it function properly? That's the job of the product designer--Goodreads."

Not anymore, apparently.

Can someone who is a GR employee acknowledge the bug I reported in post #2242 on p. 45? It is a two-part bug, one part is a longstanding issue and the second part is new as of the redesign. I am unable to vote on listopias until this bug is fixed.

Hmmm. The size contrast between things like book titles and the body text is still too much. Small things are too small and should be bumped up in size.

I'm having a problem here (use Opera). My friends names still appear in black instead of blue like in the "After" picture.

EDIT: Apparently only in the review of a book the names appear in blue. Could you please make it the same for the normal update feed? Everything written in black seems so boring.

Lisa wrote: "One last update to the Goodreads Fix Stylish style for now: https://userstyles.org/styles/121888/.... Changed more fonts to Georgia, toned down the background color a little, and included..."

Thank you, Lisa! Ugh, my eyes have finally stopped hurting. It's a fucking shame I need a plug-in to continue using a site meant for reading.

Why are we complaining? You know they are not going to do anything....Maybe they did this to get us all mad....or leave,,,or get mad and leave...hummmm

More user friendly on the tabs, and way ahead in the readability, without changes in the style...

Richard wrote: "Hmmm. The size contrast between things like book titles and the body text is still too much. Small things are too small and should be bumped up in size."

No kidding!! Among other awful things that need changed.