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• mino - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Actually this style of over-linked and unuseable homepage was the reason why I stopped wisiting THG. I hope you will change it back (or to something better), since this way I will visit this site ONLY for big reviews after BIG releases from manufactures => 90% of content ignored.
  
  Verdict: Generally disapointed.

• [POO]steamer - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Got to go with the crowd here Anand. The old layout allowed me to easily revisit reviews I had read days before, something I find myself doing frequently to make sure Ive got my facts straight. Your blog isnt nearly as important to me as is the news so maybe you should think about placing it below. The Product Coverage page, though dog-ass ugly, is a great idea. None of your changes will cause me to abandon visiting your site, but you asked for our opinion so....
  
  
  

• Sufian - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  I'm not fond of the new design, but if you guys are keeping it how about a "select design" type feature for users to switch between the old and new one?

• tfranzese - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Definately like the old much more. CSS is not the defacto standard btw.

• Crassus - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Generally agree with #53, BUT:
  For my taste, the new logo is *way* too dark in the background, the old one was somehow better colour-wise.
  The blog, product picks and news should swap places - but I guess the revenue is high the higher up the product picks are :c)
  Completely agree with the comments made about the review section (way too small) and the product coverage box. That one looked to me at first glance a bit like a tombstone.
  The ads: is it really neccessary to have 10(!) at the front page? All flashing and blinking and moving and stuff?
  Last rant: I'm not usually into conspiracy theories, but is this "Greetings from ..." somehow transferred back to AT or to Ad providers? Personally I never needed a webpage to figure out where I am so there must be some other use for it I wonder?
  Anyway, you did a good job over the past couple of years and that won't hopefully change with the site update.
  If you really value the comments of your readers and don't follow a "eat or die" policy - I hope you will rework the new design.

• mista_chewey - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  it looks good but i wonder why there are digital camera reviews here
  but why are there only two articles are are in in "latest reviews"?
  that kinda makes it hard for to look at all the recent articles

• Mintaka - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Bring back the recent news articles on the front page, this was one of the things that brought me to the site so much!

• Santiago - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Hi anand,
  Everything looks very sharp and i like it, but i do really as many others say: the old layout is quite better, although keeping the speed load time is fine, just think about us who are still connecting via dial-up, so sad but true. thanks.

• S - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  The fast load is good, but I strongly prefer the old layout.

• Captante - Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - link

  Faster load times are good... otherwise I liked the old layout a lot better... I agree with what seems to be the majority of users here that there isn't enough content on the main page anymore.