   "www2 only" content
  I've seen a few users posting with thier text rigged so that it only shows up on the www2 website.  For any who don't understand, an example:<select between the tags>THIS TEXT SHOWS UP ON THE WWW2 SITE BUT ON THE MAIN SITE ONLY SHOWS UP WHEN SELECTED.</select between the tags>This is presumably an attempt at protesting the new design and/or colour scheme of the site.  If I catch anyone else doing this, I'll start issuing suspensions.We're all very aware that some of you aren't happy with the new design, and especially with the fact that the new colour scheme is quite bright.  The staff are working to fix all the problems with the new design and are still tweaking the current theme.  They're also working to provide a darker theme for the new design which will be made available to all users.  In the meantime the old design is being provided at the www2.gamedev.net address to provide you with an alternative.Your concerns are being taken into consideration and you've been provided with an alternative in the meantime, so don't disrupt things for those who want to use the new site.  When Nessy first posted it in a lounge thread it was somewhat clever, but posting in the other forums in this way is disruptive behavior.Oh, and I don't want to start seeing content rigged not to show on the www2 site either. [wink]   
  If people doing this (or anyone else) feel so strongly about it, why don't they help out instead of causing trouble? :rolleyes:New Challenge : GDNet Black;  For crying out loud, the new design is no longer bright. It's a neutral grey. So you're just whinging because it's change. I visit the forums as much as anyone else and it's fine.If you don't like it, that's fine but stop complaining. This is a site for intelligent, smart people (many of them IT professionals) and complaining about what colour the background is just moronic.   ;  Oh, cheese. . . does this apply to graphics, too? Oscinis, I consider your link extremely themist and I am very offended.Theme Neutral Link;Quote:Original post by d000hgIf you don't like it, that's fine but stop complaining.If you do have complaints, you can submit suggestions (not just complaining, you need a suggestion) to newdesign@gamedev.net.For those who understand CSS, you can submit your own styles for consideration.You can also give your feedback in one of the threads on the subject; I'd personally suggest the announcement one. I tend to agree with those who are saying the complaining is getting a bit childish.  We know you aren't happy with it, you don't have to keep telling us that; give us suggestions of how to improve it instead!   ;  Grrr.submit your own stylesannouncement one;  Something strange is going on with the home page on www2. It doesn't show the news items but it does show the option to add one.I hope the www2 will continue working in the future, I really favor the old design.Oh and I'm not complaining here, I actually like the fact that I can still visit gamedev using the oldskool color scheme.   ;Quote:Original post by WanMasterSomething strange is going on with the home page on www2. It doesn't show the news items but it does show the option to add one.Hrm, I seem to remember some things (IOTD for example) on the front page didn't work properly for us when we were helping test the new layout at the www2 address, I'm not sure if they've all been fixed now.  Thanks for pointing it out though.;  LOL! I got caught ;)   ;Quote:Original post by d000hgFor crying out loud, the new design is no longer bright. It's a neutral grey. [...]Actually, neutral gray would be the middle value of each color component, which for a 0..255 scale of (R,G,B) would mean (127,127,127) which is nowhere near the color of the background in the new system. It is much, much darker than it was at the time of the switch, but it still isn't to a level that is comfortable to read on my bright CRT.Also, it seems they've changed the forum layout on the new site since I've last seen it, and it now looks much less professional IMO with so many desaturated blues that (as far as I can tell) vary only in brightness. The dark bars between posts makes it look like there is a typo in the CSS to set the background color which made it be interpreted incorrectly by the browser as a very light color.For an example of something close to 'neutral gray', see  Inane Ravings. I don't think the new layout should look like that by any means, but it's good example of a medium brigtness page.   