Did You Notice Something a Little Different?

☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Aisling Zena wrote: "Has anyone else tried to write a review and found that the preview option is missing with the new layout?"

Been that way before the change."

That option existed before the change, but not for very long, I think.
Why change the location of dates read? >:| Oh, right! To make sure we know that GRT is busy.....

Although I don't mind most of the changes, the grey font color that is being used for some of the group discussion updates and html links on Goodreads, is just too light. It would also be nice if the font size was bigger.

M'rella wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Aisling Zena wrote: "Has anyone else tried to write a review and found that the preview option is missing with the new layout?"

Been that way before the change..."

I literally previewed and posted a review at midday and layout was the old one with the preview option at the bottom. :S

Not for me O.o

☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Not for me O.o"

Hi, I know this isn't the best place for this, but...
YES ANOTHER LEGEND OF THE SEEKER FAN.
I love your username. <3

Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Not for me O.o"

Hi, I know this isn't the best place for this, but...
YES ANOTHER LEGEND OF THE SEEKER FAN.
I love your username. <3"

Um. I bet you won't believe I thought of this name all by myself huh? I thought I was original but...

☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Not for me O.o"

Hi, I know this isn't the best place for this, but...
YES ANOTHER LEGEND OF THE SEE..."

#devastated
You should read Legend of the Seeker though.
It's a good read. ^^

Erin wrote: "I think the main problem people are having is the font"

And the background, which is the main cause of the headache for me a number of other people. They didn't change it but they took away contrast and/or gradients to the site which make it much more glaring.

Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Not for me O.o"

Hi, I know this isn't the best place for this,..."

Thanks for the suggestion, and for the name like. Sorry it just wasn't what you thought. Trust me I felt the same way...

Aisling Zena wrote: "M'rella wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Aisling Zena wrote: "Has anyone else tried to write a review and found that the preview option is missing with the new layout?"

Been that way b..."

Just happened :( It looks too busy now. All bunched up at the top. And I thought GR was on a de-cluttering mission :(
I mean I can live with it, just - what's the purpose of it?

☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Savannah [ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀʀᴅsʜɪᴘ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ] wrote: "☯ DαякєηRнαℓ ❛ ᴰᵃʳᵏ ᴴᵘᶰᵗᵉʳ ❜ wrote: "Not..."

It's all good. ^^

^^

I'm still pissed about the whole thing. Why they effed it all up for no good reason is beyond me. I wish they would have put as much effort into making changes people have been asking for as they did to this hot mess. Or what about polls? They're big on polls. Could have showed us befores and afters on several of the changes they wanted to make and let us decide.
I wonder if they expected all of this negative reaction?
In some respects, I do feel bad for them because I'm sure someone(s) put a lot of time and effort into the changes.

Susan wrote: "I'm still pissed about the whole thing. Why they effed it all up for no good reason is beyond me. I wish they would have put as much effort into making changes people have been asking for as they d..."

Don't forget, someone got paid a lot for it too ;)

https://www.goodreads.com/trivia/work...

Separators are needed between trivia questions. As it is, they all run together visually.

Everything is too bright and blurry. It's a pain to look at the pages without my eyes hurting. Would be nice if we had the option to switch between sites looks.

I still don't know why my screen seems to be so much brighter here than it used to - maybe it's a laptop thing? I think Emily said somewhere that the background didn't get changed, so it might be a perception thing? Whatever it is, it makes it very unpleasant to browse GR for more than a few minutes.
It's actually worse for me on the homepage on the discussion tab (I really miss the actual tabs!). All text is either greenishblue or light grey (or red). Why is the greenishblue text not black? I'd imagine that'd make it easier to read.
And most text on the My Books page is still very very small (book titles, shelf names...). Not consistent with the size of text in discussion threads.

Aisling Zena wrote: "Has anyone else tried to write a review and found that the preview option is missing with the new layout?"

Same :( I could live with the whole change, just please, put the preview option back :(

Sandi wrote: "I still don't know why my screen seems to be so much brighter here than it used to - maybe it's a laptop thing? I think Emily said somewhere that the background didn't get changed, so it might be a..."

Its not just you. Everyone is complaining about the whiteness. And frankly to add onto that the none coloured highlights is putting me off. When it was green I knew there was a link to the page or to somewhere now I don't know! Also, its just a mess. And I can't even see my books page. Still.

At least the regular black text in discussions seems to be less blurry today, so I guess they are working on it. It's a little better, but doesn't solve the stab-me-in-the-eye feeling I get from trying to focus my eyes against the brightness.

Bug.

Under Currently Reading on the main page, at 100% mag it reads normally (everything on the same line where it belongs, e.g. p. 136 of 336 ( 40 %) update status). At 110% mag, the %, but not the number, jumps to the next line. At 120% mag, it reads normally again.

I have to be at 110-120% in order to see anything, so please fix this.

Bug.

On group bookshelves, the column headers are too far left in relation to the column contents.

And I just checked private messages for the first time since the change, and could the text there be possibly any tinier? Has it always been that small in size and I'm just used to the bigger font in discussions now or why is this happening?

Sandi wrote: "And I just checked private messages for the first time since the change, and could the text there be possibly any tinier? Has it always been that small in size and I'm just used to the bigger font ..."

No, it was never that small. At 100% it's unreadable. I've been at 120% mostly since everything became harder to read.

Sandi wrote: "And I just checked private messages for the first time since the change, and could the text there be possibly any tinier? Has it always been that small in size and I'm just used to the bigger font ..."

Is it because the smaller font is more compatible with devices other than pc's? The size is exceptionally small on my laptop.

I am out of here. This whole discussion is pointless if GR still moves things around instead of fixing them. Waste of time.

Susan wrote: "I wish they would address or at least comment on peoples concerns. It's more than fuzzy/broken lettering, which I think they can fix on their end. It's the new fonts, colors, etc. that are creating headaches from eyestrain that should be acknowledged in some way by the staff. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I haven't seen a thing. "

They are responding to feedback in this topic, mostly making minor font/size adjustments and padding changes as well as patching browser specific bugs. Apparently you won't see any more updates until Monday at this point and any reference to modifying the major design elements such as color scheme and layout were vague comments about "design team discussions" at a later date. Since the update Tuesday they have been in emergency response mode triaging everything that broke as a result. Those users hoping for some kind of roll back to the old design, well I I think it's safe to say that ship has probably sailed and sunk.

Is anyone on staff still reading this thread?

It's been crickets for a really long time.

Our goal with these small-but-important changes was to consolidate and refresh our visual styles and lay the groundwork for some design improvements that we’re planning in the future.

Enough to strike fear into the hearts of GR users.

Tal wrote: "Susan wrote: "I wish they would address or at least comment on peoples concerns. It's more than fuzzy/broken lettering, which I think they can fix on their end. It's the new fonts, colors, etc. tha..."

Thanks for the link Tal. More cohesive color palette? Improve usability? Removal of extraneous design elements? They must be joking! And I have yet to see one response to everyone's complaint about eyestrain. I certainly hope they fix the minuscule size in the comment boxes and pms. I need about a 200% zoom to read it. lol
BTW Tal, I was so excited last night I missed the headers! Thanks for that too, sooooo nice along with everything else!

Ipad? Anyone got an Ipad for me?

Susan wrote: "I certainly hope they fix the minuscule size in the comment boxes and pms.."

Comment box text size seems to be fixed for me. How come some users see some change and others don't?

Susan wrote: "BTW Tal, I was so excited last night I missed the headers! Thanks for that too, sooooo nice along with everything else! "

lol. I got more coded at lunch today, another 20 or so elements updated to the retro look, finally all the .greyText is dark enough even on a white background to be readable. Once I have all the text & link colors updated I'll re-create the borders and backgrounds. I came up with a new color palette for myself that I think you may like even more than the old colors.

Tal wrote: "Susan wrote: "BTW Tal, I was so excited last night I missed the headers! Thanks for that too, sooooo nice along with everything else! "

lol. I got more coded at lunch today, another 20 or so eleme..."

Awesome! Looking forward to it! :)

I appear to be one of the few people who doesn't have any problems with the broader changes to the site design as laid out here--it feels more cohesive and a little slicker, and it reminded me I'd been meaning to fiddle with the fonts on my tumblr.

That being said, I do agree that 12px is just a bit too small for larger sections using Lato, eg the messages and profile blurbs--I found 13px to be a great deal more agreeable for such a small difference. I think the size is fine for the shorter interaction and shelf links, but I wouldn't object to those being made slightly larger as well.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Listopia header (City Life) looks terrible - full of tiny holes and gaps - anyone else seeing that? I'm at 110%.

Susan wrote: "I'm still pissed about the whole thing. Why they effed it all up for no good reason is beyond me. I wish they would have put as much effort into making changes people have been asking for as they d..."

Someone had to justify their salary.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Are you saying GR does not have webfonts enabled?"

No, I'm saying other websites that also use webfonts but with different fonts do not have these types of issues.

The changes aren't bad... GR looks more modern and has bigger font. But I did like the colour palette beforehand. I do think I prefer how it was before, even with the smaller font, but maybe it's just a matter of getting used to it.

Gah, now what have they done to the "write review" box? Why in the name of... I don't even know what... would they waste time doing pointless stuff like putting the reading dates over the textfield instead of addressing the myriad issues that are actually causing problems like the still glaringly white background and the fonts giving people eyestrain and headaches? And the huge bold book titles still look a little fuzzy to me, which is really rather irritating when I have to squint at my feed anyway in order to read it. Soft and fuzzy are desirable traits in blankets and stuffed animals - in text you're trying to read? Not so much.

Denise wrote: "Gah, now what have they done to the "write review" box? Why in the name of... I don't even know what... would they waste time doing pointless stuff like putting the reading dates over the textfield..."

And the dropdown boxes for the start and end dates are not aligned, which looks amateurish.

I LOVE it! I love the font! It's not blurry on my Mac but is a little blurry on my parents older computers. But I think the general look is very aesthetically pleasing and the site has had a well needed update!! :) Good job GR team.
You cant please everyone though ;)

Tal wrote: "They are responding to feedback in this topic,"

Well, at least there's that. With 22 pages of comments to read, I'm sure I've got my own work cut out for me for the weekend.

Thank you for sharing, because I wouldn't have seen it otherwise...

..★.•* kittykat *•.★.. wrote: "I LOVE it! I love the font! It's not blurry on my Mac"

Again, Apple user. As a soldier with children, I cannot justify spending thousands on a single computer. Ain't happening.

The new fonts are less easy to read and seem out of focus, the book titles look particularly fuzzy.

It still hurts my eyes for this font, how do I change the font for this website?

Seriously it is too thin and just makes me go dizzy.

Please, can you return the 'preview' feature back to the review page? It's a pain in the butt to save a review un-updated, preview it, edit it & re-save just to make sure I've closed my damn italics properly.

Just because you CAN change things doesn't mean you should change EVERYTHING.

And why, oh why, did you move the dates for the reading to the top of the review?

I can really only kind of go to GR on my tablet. The queasy stomach, headache and eye strain is a bit less bothersome there than on the laptop. But only a bit.

Jan C wrote: "Susan wrote: "I'm still pissed about the whole thing. Why they effed it all up for no good reason is beyond me. I wish they would have put as much effort into making changes people have been asking..."
And now GR members are doing all the work to fix this mess through their feedback. What a big fail of the website technical people at GR.

Okay, since I posted three messages complaining about the changes, I feel I should at least post one giving kudos. Thank you Goodreads for making the background less white. I actually didn't really notice it was a greenish background before, but I really noticed it when it got blinding white! I can now read again without needing sunglasses.

Also, thank you for increasing the font size on reviews, group discussions, etc. that I normally visit. I actually only have to make the screen 125%, which is what I was doing before the change. The font seems to be darker, too, though that may be my imagination.

Things are not perfect, since the font still seems too skinny or the background is still to bright or something. I'm still squinting, and I find it uncomfortable to be here for a long time. But I can stick around for a while at least.

I still think that Classic Coke...er Classic Goodreads---was better, but this now is at least an improvement from the initial disaster.