OK, lets see who's paying attention.
Who likes the new Motherless layout?
I'll be one to say that as of right now I am not a Fan.
I remember when it came out, I was like "Nope" and switched to the Old Version. I recently cleared my Cache and Cookie and when I came back it went to the New Version. Instead of switching I decided to give it a go, and think about what like and don't like.
First. I feel that the Community aspect of the site is being pushed played. Comments are now at the bottom instead of to the side. When it comes to YouTube I ignore comments. But here at Motherless I feel it adds to the experience. I used to be a user of Adultspace way back when it was trying to be an adult "MySpace" but the community there fell apart. When I checked on the site some last year, Adultspace had become a pay per access hookup site. The lesson here is if we want to make the best of Motherless we need to communicate constructively with Admins.
Back to the new layout, Spacing feels weird too. Like everything feels really spaced apart but by making Images and Thumb nails smaller. Just not accustomed to that yet.
Speaking of spacing, its a standard thing, Facebook has it, YouTube has it. but with the Content in the Middle I have like 15% of the screen empty to either side. Really who still has a Square monitor? It's time Site developers start using that wide screen real estate.
The Shouts section is new, and it's interesting, yet, repetitive. content has a Shout Button, which in essence you hit it and it says "Hey, look at this, I think its cool." thing is, for everyone who hits it, seems the same content gets repeated as you scroll down.
Also looking in groups there are navigation buttons Home, Left and Right. this is great. Ways to Invite Friends to a group. Also a couple of cool new features.
I will continue to explore the new version. We should expect that the old version will eventually go away. It doesn't make sense to maintain to different code base. As a programmer my self I know this. Maybe it's an aspect of my age, but I'm going to verbal with constructive criticism.
You guy chime in what do you think of the New Site layout version?
