UPDATE:
Latest version on top:
Screenshot 4 (it opens the image in a new tab) of the future 43rumors website
After long discussions I choosed to work on the details of the actual design.
Major changes are:
1) The Logo is new. I hope you like it
2) We added a cameradatabase under the header. Every camera has a quick link to news and reviews
3) We choose to keep the three column design but the main-central content with all the post is now 100px larger. The main content has been also moved up by 200px (Less scrolling)
Remember this is only a very Alpha version of the design. Feel free to tell if you like it or not!
Thanks 🙂
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22 Responses
Yes, I like it, clean and simple, good color choice too!
Thanks Arno 🙂
Neat! Clean and nice look.
But do we have keep the adds on both cameradatabase and on the bar under it?
Nice, however I’would make the blue square with a 4:3 aspect ratio…
Yes Gaetano! We are making it right now. It is just a sketch for now. I hope to I can upload the final version as soon as possible. Cheers
Hi
It looks cleaner to the eye, more appealing. Only suggestion would be to add an “About Us” tab somewhere. Maybe I have missed this, but could not find it anywhere on the existing page, or new page. Maybe just a background and intention would be interesting.
I like the logo and the style, but I think you should really try and cut down the clutter at the top of the page, to get to the content sooner. Couldn’t that whole camera database thing with the pictures of the different cameras be set out vertically in the left or right sidebar instead? Could the “Pre-order….” go in between the first and second articles, just to get the first article to the top of the page?
Whatever, good luck with it… I love your site!
Hi Pancake. There is no space for it on the sideabar. the choice is if put it on the top or the bottom. I thought the pre-order text would be fine there because it creates some space netween the menu and the content. Anyway I will try to cut some space and let’s see if it looks better. Thanks!
I thougt that of course the logo was 4:3 😀
The last version is very nice 🙂
Screenshot 3 is my preference, though I agree with the commenter above that keeping the top less cluttered and getting to the content a bit sooner would be better. Stick the cameras maybe in a sidebar someplace.
Um, for me, nothing is wrong with the current design.
Really.
how bout you focus more on postin stuff?
Hi Kevin! It’s Sunday and I am working since 6am on the website redesign. Sorry if I am no Superman! 🙂
It might turn out to be short sighted to explicitly call-out Olympus and Panasonic in the title graphic. There are already other players in the game such as Samsung. You may be forced to redesign quite quickly if this turns out to become a field crowded with players.
@Roberto: Samsung is not part of the four-thirds standard.They have launched an APSc EVIL camera, but nothing to do with 4/3 or m4/3
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/contact/group.html
Oh, 4 is perfect!
Design 4 looks much better! 🙂
Yes, a simpler and cleaner design that looks better.
4 is fine with me too!
“Olympus and Panasonic digital camera news and rumors”
Hmmm… digital is needless to say these days, why not say system camera, then it includes lenses and all the stuff too!
I like #3. My problem with all of them is that the wider center column is forcing horizontal scrolling on my laptop and it is already widescreen
Hi Kymers! No problem. The center column floats (that means it becomes as big as you browser resolution). By reducing the sidebars width in fact you will enjoy a far better experience!
Cheers