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Our brand-new hotness
As Steve Jobs would say, "boom." Download Squad readers with keen eyes have taken notice; we've gotten our first full redesign in our history.It's green, it's hot and we luvs it. You can quickly jump to points of interest from the top of the page, we got rid of some nagging limitations of our original design and, just for kicks, we threw the extra $10 for the new logo. Maybe AOL read Adam's "So you wanna be a web developer?" post, ya think?
In all seriousness, big thanks to Erik and Victor who managed to make this all happen. We really hope you love our new design just as much as we do, so tell us what you think!
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsDaKingstaOct 29th 2008 9:57PM
I think you guys did a great job with it! The sidebar is soooo much easier to read!
The only thing I'm not too big on is the funky header with the bars.
DaKingstaOct 29th 2008 10:33PM
Oh, and the link to Erik is broken (missing an "i" in twitter)
Brent SchmidtOct 29th 2008 10:06PM
Really enjoy the new layout... and the icon thingy in the web addy... brain fart right now for the actual name, lol. A lot easier on the eyes and just... clean. Good job guys.
Stephen.4Oct 29th 2008 10:07PM
Love it, it badly needed updated.
Looks a bit like TUAW's new layout though, the top piece at least with the arrows. Not sure if they were there before, but did you guys get the same people to do it? (With the hot post at the top, and the side bar...)
MarkOct 29th 2008 10:08PM
I like it, but what happened to the games link?
Nick MunsonOct 29th 2008 10:19PM
At first, it caught me by surprise. Now, though, I'm starting to like it.
MysteriusOct 30th 2008 1:11AM
I was caught off guard, too, but when I realized this was a redesign, I felt excited, so it must be good. :)
Keith DsouzaOct 30th 2008 12:32AM
Nice Redesign, better navigation in the sidebar.
However the green, well looks odd on a white background for the main post area, could do with a change.
Other than that excellent re-design.
kamron_1Oct 29th 2008 10:24PM
Very nicely done, and serving a lot of information without looking too busy.
ntw1103Oct 29th 2008 10:26PM
haha, I saw the change, and the first thing I did was go the search box and typed: "WAHHHHHH what happened to the layout!!!!!!!" nothing came up.
I thought that was kinda strange, a new design and no mention of it in any posts... so I searched the same term over and over and over again, (so that if someone looks up top searches.....)
I really like the layout on the right side, it is a lot better, I am not sure about the green though....
Chris ThomsonOct 29th 2008 10:27PM
The new design looks fantastic! One question: has the RSS header tag been removed because of scrapers (I noticed the big "rss terms" section at the bottom of the feed), or just because it was forgotten? :)
JamesOct 29th 2008 10:33PM
Nice, but the article title font sucks - really hard to read serif fonts on screen and it jars with the content font
Garth BraithwaiteOct 29th 2008 11:33PM
Congrats, looks great.
ZachOct 30th 2008 5:59AM
I like the design, but your new logo looks like a messed up rss icon. Otherwise it is a great makeover.
chrisarozOct 29th 2008 10:34PM
Very nice.
I have to admit though, the very first thing I did was look around to see who the "sponsor" was that paid to take over for a day...
Brian WatermanOct 29th 2008 10:35PM
I like it. Engadget and other Weblogs, Inc. sites should all opt for redesigns as well.
IvanOct 29th 2008 10:36PM
Looks great guys. May want to recheck the "padding-right" on your image in this post though, the text is right on the image, which is a little bit hard to separate visually.
kingkool68Oct 29th 2008 10:37PM
Downloadsquad is teh hotness!
LawrenceOct 29th 2008 10:53PM
Everything is great!!!
Well, my comment is the 'green' background colour. It would be better if the colour was a little bit dark green colour. So your white main context can be contrasted out. (Maybe I am just being to picky on colours.....)
NirmalOct 29th 2008 11:15PM
Superb redesign, I was wondering why DS was not going for a redesign like many other top blogs did recently.
Great work guys.