News Reporting Poll, Take 2

[Morrus]

OK, you've had a little time to get used to the new "style" of news reporting, so I thought I'd post another poll. Originally people voted about 55% in favour, 32% didn't like it and 13% didn't care one way or the other; however this was on the first day of the new style, and I'm wondering if opinions have changed since then. So, here's the new poll.

 

[Kugar]

I think the front page is MUCH more enjoyable to read now.

Thanks Morrus.

 

[Wildcard]

While I can definitely see the merits of both methods or reporting, I prefer the old method. It made it a lot easier to quickly peruse the news to find items of interest.

 

[Jhyrryl]

Difficult to Search

While I can definitely see the merits of both methods or reporting, I prefer the old method. It made it a lot easier to quickly peruse the news to find items of interest.

I have to agree with Wildcard. The first time through it's okay to read, if I'm in the mood to read, but if I'm trying to find a particular link I saw the day before, it's a real pain.

 

[derverdammte]

I'm good with it. Once you tweaked the basic organization and layout a little bit, I found it much better. It's not as accesible as the old style, but there's more personality to it (which is good).

 

[houlette]

I like the new news style, but I agree that it *is* more difficult to scan. How about putting key points in boldface (or something similar)? Or, if you were willing to use some simple hidden markup codes in the text, you could have a simple script pull a digest version out that could go in the archives.

Ryan

 

[Beazel]

Finding items of interest

As I type this I am the 9th "bad" vote to 45 "good" so nothing is going to change. However, I <u>will</u> state that my reason is the same as those above me -- I have trouble scanning for items of interest in the new format. It takes me longer to read the site, and makes me less likely to want to visit when I know how long it takes to read all this now.

--Bob

 

[greymarch]

Every time I try to vote, it gives me the following message:

"The action you have attempted could not be performed as your session appears to be invalid. Click the below link to attempt this action again with a new session."

I am logged in correctly when I try to vote.

Since I am having trouble voting, I will express my opinion here:

I do not like the new opinion related form of news on your website. I get enough opinions each day from work, the news, my family, my friends, etc. I just want the hard-core facts and news related to d20, and specifically D&D.

The free-form style also makes it more difficult to pick out the stuff I want to read versus the stuff I dont want to read. I prefer listings of information, as you did previously.

 

[JDRay]

Or, if you were willing to use some simple hidden markup codes in the text, you could have a simple script pull a digest version out that could go in the archives.

Hey, now there's an idea!

I, too, like the new style. It's much more personable. I tire quickly of information that's presented in "soundbytes," preferring to read complete sentances with something akin to punctuation used. On the other hand, I seem to tire of subjects where the author drones on for pages about little or nothing of interest. You seem to have found a decent middle ground.

It would be good, though, to have the ability to scan (do a search?) through the news history, only looking through topic phrases for paragraphs. I wonder how hard that would be to implement...

 

[Raelcreve]

New Format

~M~

New is easier to read.

Old is easier to find stuff.

News site with archives: should have both.

Suggestion:
Use a mix of new and old. Use the old style of grouped by subject, as in a table with links on the main page. In the linked pages use the new style for ease of reading.

It is html after all.

And it's your site, if you want to plaster your opinion on it, that is your business (and right).

I love you man.
~R~