akihabaranews : AkihabaraNews 2009... Design Tests

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 05:05 by Magu, Tokyo
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Hi there,

Well, I like the update of news. Would definately like to see you keeping focus on Japanese things as they are far more interesting than anything European producers make.
I would like some changes/enhancements:
1. Clean the page up and make text a bit bigger. The title are now (since the recent change) in bold, right? They are difficult to read. The green color of the links can sometimes be difficult to read. Maybe the color should be a bit darker?
Have a look at this excellent post:
http://informationarchitects.jp/100e2r/

Good ideas about design. Less IS more!

2.
I would like to see a better comments system. Add gravatar support. make comments bigger and more a part of the post . That way, it will be more fun interacting with your site.

3. Keep up the good work. You are a source for many tech sites. Take advantage of the fact that you are in Japan and can get news about things that other sites only read about.


Ce tout.

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 05:07 by Magu, Tokyo
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Yep, definately make the commets bigger. They are difficult to read. Especially with this color. Darker please. At least #333.

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 05:47 by Chris, Student, Switzerland
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Hi

I'm really eager to see the update next year. There are something which I think really need improvement. The comment system needs a total overhaul. It's just not that convenient.
In addition please focus on News from Akihabara / Japan. There are some many sites which blog about all the European stuff, which honestly is not even slightly comparable to the great gizmos found in Japan. So I vote for more Japanese news.

Kind Regards

Chris

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 05:48 by Alexandra, newsmaker, Moscow
Home Page: http://www.nomobile.ru
Well.... If THIS is your new design I'm not sure I like it. Big headlines take too much space on my display and scrolling becomes boring.

There are no big pictures in many posts so I need to open new window - not lovely...

IMHO: Original akihabara was perfect!

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 06:00 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
Home Page: http://www.akihabaranews.com
Do not worry Alexandra, the 2009 design will be OH so different, we now just fooling around with the CSS

Posted on Tue Oct 28, 08:06 by from_Poland, Web designer, owner, Poland
Home Page: http://arcadia.pl
Sometimes better is the greatest enemy od GOOD. Eerything what WAS was perfect. Font size, colors, pictures, girls
I do not see ANY good changes on recent pages. I hope we will have our good akihabaranews back.

Posted on Wed Oct 29, 06:48 by yo, US
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The old original design (until Sept. 2005) showed complete text of each article on the front page, instead of short snippets. See example here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050830042450/http://www.akihabaranews.com/

Posted on Wed Oct 29, 09:01 by Magu, Tokyo
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Well, Polish guy...
Everything is NOT perfect. The font size is too small.
I know that may be cool in Poland but not outside.
It's also nice to validate your sites.

Posted on Wed Oct 29, 10:00 by Bret, Musician, Australia
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Hey,
Firstly i'd just like to say i really enjoy your site, its awesome!
More videos! The galleries you guys post are fantastic, but more videos please
Thanks....

Posted on Wed Oct 29, 10:12 by fz22gq, Software Engineer, Tokyo
Home Page: http://www.neilduckett.com
The comments system ALWAYS signs me out .... it's frustrating!

Apart from that, no real changes, happy with what i see ..... but looking forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve.

Posted on Sat Nov 01, 10:50 by jalien
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I like to see major improvement in Image viewing...

When there are multiple images of any article, it is pain to browse all the images.

The image viewing should be simple ....something like amazon image viewing or better than that.

Posted on Sun Nov 02, 11:43 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
Home Page: http://www.akihabaranews.com
Jalien > Yep this will be changed

Posted on Wed Nov 05, 09:14 by Mariana, Designer
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Hnn I dont found RSS link from here.
It will be a good thing =)
(OK! Sorry, sorry for my bad bad english...)