Sooo how is everyone liking the new ENWorld?

[AdmundfortGeographer]

To be fair, the amount of news isn't even remotely linked to the format.

So true. It feels like there is a faming of D20 news lately. Maybe that is but another consequence of the developments in the industry lately . . . everyone is announcing little or producing less, therefor nothing to report.

 

[Seeker95]

Front Page News

My only complaint regarding the new ENW is with the front page news. Specifically,

1. Dating.
I wish the news was arranged by date. I can understand "sticky-ing" a specific story to the top left, but after that, I feel stories should be listed in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom, ordered-by-date, newest-to-oldest format. I visit daily. Having to scroll down the page to find the new news is odd, and sometimes it gets missed when I am popping in for a quick "is there anything new" look.

2. Bylines 1.
I seriously could not care less who posted a story. And if I am going to see who the scoop was, I would rather see it at the end of the box blurb.

3. Bylines 2.
I would suggest replacing the current byline location with a story-source tag instead. If a story is about a WotC release, put WotC there. If the story is about a Green Ronin announcement, say Green Ronin. Very few stories we see on EN are not publisher-related. Those that are, are obviously so.

 

[Merkuri]

3. Bylines 2.
I would suggest replacing the current byline location with a story-source tag instead. If a story is about a WotC release, put WotC there. If the story is about a Green Ronin announcement, say Green Ronin. Very few stories we see on EN are not publisher-related. Those that are, are obviously so.

That's a good idea. I always expected that second line after the title to be a topic or publisher related instead of the person who wrote the scoop.

 

[Arnwyn]

Everything Seeker95 said (I can't believe it's not in date order).

Of course, with that said, I like the news layout of the temp page more than ENW2's page. Heh.

 

[Chadarius]

Arnwyn. I too like the temp page better. Less is so much more. Just think of the bandwidth savings. I say add more news links and slap the EN world logo on that temp page and call it a web site! If you offered that temp page as an option, I would use it all the time by the way.

 

[Chadarius]

Arnwyn. I too like the temp page better. Less is so much more. Just think of the bandwidth savings. I say add more news links and slap the EN world logo on that temp page and call it a web site! If you offered that temp page as an option, I would use it all the time by the way.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

All in all, I like the new site - the wiki, the blogs, and the Social Groups are all very useful.

The only downside is that the site often seems to break down when I try to load a page - for me, this is much more noticeable than with the old site (since I'm living in Europe, I rarely experience the site as its busiest hours of the day...).

 

[Dark Mistress]

I like how it is much faster than the old site. Don't care overly for the new front page, not a major deal i just liked the old one better.

My big dislike and this one bugs me a lot. The new reviews, I really don't like how they are not broken up by company anymore. That was hands down the biggest reason i came to ENworld for reviews. I could hit all the companies I was a fan of and check all their latest products quickly and easily.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Sometimes, it's the "subtle" stuff.

For example, I just posted a link to a website in plain-text - instead of just showing the address, it showed the web site title instead.

Of course, that's also a kind of "security" risk - if someone doesn't bother to check what he clicks on, he might go to his fake bank account website or far worse and likely, he will get rickrolled!

 

[ki11erDM]

Just popping back in and saying: The front page and news is kicking some good butt now days. I really like the new downloads part

Thanks for your hard work!