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Queen By-Tor
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 13 2006 Location: Xanadu Status: Offline Points: 16111 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 01:46 |
Oh - just checked out the front page and saw what you were talking about, M@X. Looks good! I think that some of the covers are going to need to be updated so that they don't look so... er... grotesque , but it looks good otherwise.
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 02:04 |
This is an interesting new feature, and it has both a good side and a bad side. It is indeed more attractive for those new to prog or new to ProgArchives. However, I have been using PA for about three years now and I have come to understand the ways of various types of reviewers. This is why I don't feel like consuming a lot of time reading random reviews which attract me by visual means. I always look at the new reviews and pick the ones which are written by reviewers I trust and/or written on albums I'm interested in. Becase of this reading habit of mine, it's tiring now for me to look at the upper right corner for the album name and at the lowwer left corner for the reviewer name, in order to decide whether I'm going to read this review or not. Before, it was easier: the band, album and reviewer names were all at the beginning of the review. Edited by Swan Song - February 11 2009 at 02:05 |
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3068 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 04:20 |
I agree with Swan Song here. The band, album and reviewer name in the beginning of the review looks better and gives you the info you need faster. The new feature where artist and album name is seperated is great though. A much needed and wanted feature.
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Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 05:16 |
I'm with UMUR, put the info back at the beginning of the review. IMO.
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LinusW
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 27 2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 10665 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 05:46 |
Yes. |
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kenethlevine
Special Collaborator Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 8940 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 08:51 |
I agree with Finn
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M@X
Forum & Site Admin Group Co-founder, Admin & Webmaster Joined: January 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4028 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 09:57 |
Ok guys, thanks for the comments, greatly appreciated.
I'll work this out today to add the header of the review back with the Reviewer name + Album/Artist Name |
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Prog On !
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M@X
Forum & Site Admin Group Co-founder, Admin & Webmaster Joined: January 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4028 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:45 |
What do you think now guys ?
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Prog On !
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:52 |
I'd say the front page looks great.
My only complaint would be not having the reviewer's avatar visible (as we used to have) on at least the actual album's page. I often try to scroll to certain individuals' review of a given album, and having the avatar present always made it quick and easy to locate. Other than that- great job. |
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Queen By-Tor
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 13 2006 Location: Xanadu Status: Offline Points: 16111 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:54 |
Looks good! Although to be nitpicky I think it would look better if the artist name was a bit bigger and maybe it said "By" behind it, so "By Ayreon" or something of the like. And maybe have the overall rating of the album a bit larger. I do like that the review count is next to the rating now though!
My opinion, anyways |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 12:56 |
Oh M@X, there's also this.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55499 I hope I'm not being perceived as disgruntled. |
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3068 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:05 |
I think the frontpage reviews look really good now. I have to agree with Epignosis that I miss the avatars on the album reviews page though.
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:17 |
M@X answered this, but I think he did so in the wrong thread (since my thread was about displaying the ratings of the albums in the top 20 for each subgenre).
Here is what he said about avatars:
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M@X
Forum & Site Admin Group Co-founder, Admin & Webmaster Joined: January 29 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4028 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:19 |
I will try to find a way to load the avatar without affecting the loading times of the main content.
I'll try to load the avatar after the page is loaded.. To be continued... |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32524 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:21 |
Don't go to any trouble, buddy. It's not that big a deal to me, especially if it's a bandwidth issue. I'm far more interested in the "ratings at a glance" feature. |
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Easy Livin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:49 |
Thanks M@x, good to see the heading back.
As suggested, the inclusion of the word "by" between the title and the artist would be good.
Personally, I would not want to see reviewer avatars on the album pages, they confuse things. Leave the avatars to the forum.
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Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 14:49 |
I think the avatars on the front page are really a nice touch, but if there's a loading speed issue I can understand that.
Otherwise lookin' good.
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UMUR
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3068 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 15:37 |
Avatars on the frontpage isnīt a good idea IMO. They take away your attention from the cover of the album. Avatars on the albums individual page is another issue completely. That feature is great IMO and as Epignosis pointed out it helps you to quickly find a review by a certain reviewer. I forgot to mention that I really enjoy the new popular artists feature on the frontpage. Great work. |
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Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 16:27 |
I like the Avatars but they can be smaller than the album. Some of the ones there now are HUGE!
As far as review layouts go, I really thought the old layout was perfect. |
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Henry Plainview
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715 |
Posted: February 11 2009 at 16:34 |
I like the update, however, there needs to be a way to edit the album art, especially with this new display. Some of them have horrible resolution, and while I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be willing to spend two seconds fixing it for the artists they like, there is no way for them to.
M@X, are there any plans to change in the near future the way reviews are displayed on album pages? I liked the old way much more, the new one marginalizes normal members' reviews too much.
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