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    NotebookReview Debuts a Brand New Look and Feel Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by TechnologyGuide staff, Oct 2, 2010.

  1. TechnologyGuide staff

    TechnologyGuide staff Notebook Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Today, NotebookReview launches a new design and format that is easier to navigate, a lot more graphical and better equipped to present the information you need to make a smart buying decision.

    Read the full content of this Article: NotebookReview Debuts a Brand New Look and Feel

     
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    TechnologyGuide staff, Oct 2, 2010
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  2. Koshinn

    Koshinn Notebook Deity

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    Looks good, but can you stop with the pseudo-popups? I mean seriously, that's completely unprofessional and frankly extremely annoying. On a smart phone, it can make the site almost unusable.
     
    Koshinn, Oct 2, 2010
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  3. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    I like the new look. Makes this site looks less dated.
     
    AznImports602, Oct 2, 2010
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  4. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    It's refreshing, very pleasing to eyes. I earlier had a minor problem login to the site but it was only a minor glitch.
     
    ellalan, Oct 2, 2010
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  5. jprakash

    jprakash Administrator

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    Please post here if you notice any layout or page not found issues.
     
    jprakash, Oct 2, 2010
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  6. Jerry Jackson

    Jerry Jackson Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    I'll second what Prakash said. Feel free to post comments, praise, criticism, or glitches that you notice, here in this discussion thread.

    We're still working to make everything look and function the way it should. Ah, the fun of switching to a new site design.
     
    Jerry Jackson, Oct 2, 2010
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  7. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Looks good in Internet Explorer 8, but the layout is completely thrown off in Opera 10.62.
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 2, 2010
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  8. jprakash

    jprakash Administrator

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    We will try to apply a fix for Opera Browser very soon.
     
    jprakash, Oct 2, 2010
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  9. thundernet

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    I am using firefox and I don't see any difference with before.I have set it to "new NBR style" and there is no difference.Am I missing something?Am i doing something wrong?
     
    thundernet, Oct 2, 2010
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  10. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm using FF as well but it works for me. Looks great, btw
     
    abaddon4180, Oct 2, 2010
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  11. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    They are referring to the notebook review home page.
     
    booboo12, Oct 2, 2010
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  12. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    New layout looks great. Tried both FF and Chrome.

    In the forum I loved it when we had new topics listed on the left. Can we get that back?
     
    Phil, Oct 2, 2010
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  13. thundernet

    thundernet Notebook Deity

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    Thanks :) .I can see it now.
     
    thundernet, Oct 2, 2010
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  14. jprakash

    jprakash Administrator

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    try to clear your cookies

     
    jprakash, Oct 2, 2010
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  15. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    This seems to be a glitch: small size fonts no longer work in signatures. For example the two lines in my signature were previously smaller.
     
    Phil, Oct 3, 2010
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  16. Primes

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    looks great, nice work guys.
     
    Primes, Oct 3, 2010
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  17. emc_2

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    Looks nice but... Its a little confusing finding the most recent reviews. Also is there a layout option to switch to the old layout?
     
    emc_2, Oct 4, 2010
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  18. ellalan

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    Quick link missing.
     
    ellalan, Oct 5, 2010
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  19. trentbg

    trentbg Notebook Consultant

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    Don't like it, it is very confusing, I liked to have the reviews right there when I open it, not a million other information all over the place.
     
    trentbg, Oct 5, 2010
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    I agree. The look is modern but the layout is clumsy :p
    I liked the old layout better.
     
    cavedog, Oct 6, 2010
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    I hate it. I hated when the Digital Camera review switched. I thought the reason why NBR didn't switch when the brothers switched was they were smarter than those, but obviously I was wrong.

    I think the new style sacrifices speed and better organization for just "look and feel", which I don't care. It takes more time to see what I would like to see, and it's less well organized. ANd actually the style is not really modern or anything, like a couple of years old behind the frontier of design.
     
    mamber-m, Oct 6, 2010
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  22. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you shut down the RSS feed? :(
     
    akadoublej, Oct 11, 2010
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  23. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I notice this as well.
     
    Kevin, Oct 12, 2010
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  24. talin

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    Sorry NBR, I'm just not digging the new look. The front page is cluttered and difficult to navigate. Plus I noticed it takes longer to load than before. And please don't tell me it just takes time to get used to it. :rolleyes:
     
    talin, Oct 15, 2010
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  25. Likvid

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    This site has alot of errors in the code and does not work very good with the Opera browser.
     
    Likvid, Mar 11, 2011
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    10-15-2010, 07:30 Pm [​IMG]
     
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