I don't like it. My work uses IE6 (I can't upgrade) and I can't see my profile or anything. Everything on the screen is overlayed. The old version was screwey with IE6 but this is pretty difficult to read. On the old site, as I scrolled further down, the stories moved further away from the left margin, but it was readable. I guess I can't read N4G unless I'm at home :(

I was hoping they brought back the Open Zone ...

this is weird...
I can get use to it though

This is...nice.

just a question, is it normal that my avatar is clipped on the front page?

Decent redesign.

i don't like change nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o!

Looking fresh !

holy shit
I had an old tab open and refreshed it and it was all crazy
caught me off guard
I'd say it is an improvement

a new look, that's a paddlin'
still no open zone, that's a paddlin'
paddling the new n4g... oh you better believe that's a paddlin'

edit: in case people want the old look( well kinda) click on the classic tab on the top far left below your avatar.

I kinda like it, though there are big gaps of empty space near the top. I'm assuming one of them is an ad I'm blocking.

I understand it can take some time to get used to the new look. But this update is about site navigation which I believe is a lot more powerful now. So make sure to also test out the new menu system :)

I don't like the change. I've gotten too many fucked up upgrades to the sites I visit, ESPECIALLY YouTube. Google can't make up their minds with that and N4G isn't doing so well on here.

not bad.

I notice a wii remote and nunchuk and a 360 controller along with 2 arcade machines, no ps love?

This update from a design point of view is extremely cluttered and really hard to see how it is more intuitive then the last update we got.

Feels awkward that the summary is right next to a large image and the comments having a left margin.

GAH I am Lost! where is the wii news? O.o

i can't nvigate on this! X_X

I liked the old one, the one before the last one lmao!

....I like it, but I enjoyed the 5 main stories from the old model...

I don't like it, but what can you do? lol

-----------> Open Zone .Bring it back

Not too shabby.

Is the top advertisement bar going to be removed while logged in again?

Love it, everything seems more "clean"

I rather like this new apperance N4G has. Granted I'm not on here a lot, but I must say that I am rather enjoying what I am saying. Especially how we control our tabs now and which ones we'd like to appear.

Looking good.

its ok, i almost had a seizure though :s

WTF! I be gone for one day then bam the site is completely different. Go back to what it was. I left VGcharts becuz of its stupid buggy new layout and now this site does the same. If this new layout becomes confusing I'm leaving. I mean why fix what's not broken.

I loved the look of the last site, smooth, clean, and uncluttered.

PLEASE DONT PUT ANYMORE AUDIO ADS THAT PLAY AUTOMATICALLY!!!

caps cause it really does piss me off.

For this unexpected change I think we deserve free bubbles.

as long as this site remains to have the classic view too, it's ok.

meh.....its kinda crappy on ps3 browser lol

The new site update looks neat, but after getting used to the other site update in May, I didn't expect yet another re-haul this soon.

I think it's great that User Blogs and User Reviews on the Right Side of the Page are much more visible and people actually see it when they scroll down the page....but it kinda makes the Main Page look a little more cluttered than it used to be.

I like the new tabs at the top of the page like "Preview" and "Reviews" because I don't have to wade through a bunch of other articles trying to find something in particular, and one click will take me to a page of JUST Previews, Reviews, etc...

Overall, a pretty good update. I just hope N4G can settle on one standard layout for a long while in the near future, lol.

its alright, almost got a seizure though :s

It looks disastrous on the PS3 web-browser.

I can't see it

Edit. Found it but WTF is this scribble crap all over the place. Using crappy safari

This horizontally squeezed layout is not a good look.

everyone can flame each other in style.

awesome but i dont like that you have to click comments
to see the featured ones

uhhhhhhh i guess its ok

cool!

the new look is a piece of ass.

i don't like, but i do like warm bacon :')

'Tis amazin' I must sayeth.

Feels weired....

That miss match of little button and controllers etc.... logos and stuff that i see faintly gives me a headache trying to remember if i saw that on xplay or ign logo or on the back of some box... My brain works to hard watching movies , surfin the net playing games, reading lots of stuff' when i see huge jumbles like that my brain pulses, with am i trying to figure something out, did some website get a bigger logo cause they paid so and so off, which brand logos associate with what platform , will i ever get to feel that boomerang ps3 controller to see what it woulda felt like, Who's That PokeMon?!!?... I dunno ... My opinion

Next time bring Open zone back !

Well, I'm quitting N4G for good. After 4 - 5 years, N4G is becoming a playground. I missed that OpenZone tab. I don't even like some so-called news appearing on N4G such as cosplays, hacking news or even some German site stealing videos from YouTube or GTplanet. I probably will make some few approvals on N4G but not everytime.

I will be in other newsboiler site such as 11x2, Techspy and FilmWatch. The people there, in my opinion, are far better.

On topic: nice update to the sites look. Looking forward to mobile version.

I love it...the funny thing is the link for the "source" and person who posted the source are interchanged...I'm finding myself opening up people's profile pages instead of the pics...other than that, site is awesome!

I was surprised.

It's alright, as long as you don't use Tabloid view... a bit cleaner,

Classic is definitely the way to go, shame it doesn't show "Recent Comments" on the left hand side anywhere apart from the homepage/all channels for me.

if it ain't broke, don't fix it, ever heard of that phrase N4G?

implementation of Gamer Zone and Open Zone would be good also...

i dunno why but i don't like the new look , it's annoying >.< ..

the old N4G back? I mean, the one with the open zone? Man, I used to have a blast reading the lines which were left there. Now N4G isn't as remotely funny as it was... -_-

WAAAA DIFFRENT! I HATE DIFFRENT!!!!

I love the new look of the sign.

The only slight annoyance I have is that my avatar in the top-right side of the screen is slightly cut-off..

It's only showing half of my avatar which I find odd.

Wow, that menu where the submit, pending, your avertar is and the search looks horrible, it's everything in squares, in a square?! (the Network, being in it's on distinct square. The tabloids nice though.

Wheres the pending news section I cant find it any where

I noticed no ps3 controller on the radio icon up there too,hope there not turning ''IGN'' on us.

love the color and presentation but don't like the feel of it. Sometimes more is less and this is too much for me.

Thanks for the honest feedback guys. This first stage of the update was first of all to test the new navigation. As for the design and layout, I fully agree that we can do things to make it less noisy. We have already removed the top ad on the home page for all members and we will continue to make improvements. I am confident that in 2-3 weeks we will have a site we all can live with :)

Hate it, too busy, too many unnecessary icons, too many blocks, and harderd to navigate.

My wife calls this site "NAG" LOL!

I would still like to sort the stories by category!?

the new ones okay but i dont see any improvements, ill get used to it!

I LOVE it! Dunno why there's so much complaining here. It's more practical, more functional and far sexier. If it improves everything including functionality, why just because you have to 'learn' a new layout for 10 minutes is it a major issue?

One thing though if i may make a suggestion: Could we get email notifications from things such as replies on our comments and PM's? I can be more efficient and active if i was being informed of it in my email. :)

The new changes are great! Feels alot more like a "proper" website now.

My PC is dead at the moment so I'm forced to use my PS3's browser. I can't read the stories at the top of the list unless I zoom in a lot because the white background of the description doesn't load all the way. Then when I click on a story, what I suspect is the bottom of the page blocks the top. I have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see what has recently been commented on and to see new threads/posts in the forums. Same for everything else that was at the top like blogs and user reviews. It's really annoying, I think it should be changed back.

There is nothing new about this concerning n4g except for the clustered mess that I now have to navigate through to access certain parts of my account. They should do what yahoo does and offer you the option to go back to the classic format. If they really wanted to "wow" me they should have eliminated all of the flame-bait fanboy articles by creating a sort of spam article filter tool that eliminates all of the fluff or fudd articles( you know like the usual suspects, ie: npd, vg sales charts, "this console has sold x amount over that console which sold x amount","this game is going to outsell that game" before either/or game is even released or a demo of at least both games are played, etc..), and in turn just present the core worthy articles(even if it is only about 30% of the articles that are showcased on n4g, lol). They could have at least put a fanboy section on n4g to put all of the "tabloid" type articles like I previously mentioned in that section which in turn would save unbiased people like me the trouble of sifting through the usual garbage articles that I commonly have to sift through n4g to get to the good articles. And when I want a good laugh I will just visit the fanboy section and read some of the outlandish articles coupled with the comedic nonsense comments to get my fill of laughs from time to time, lol. I am being serious, lol.

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Great new look guys

fucking terrible new design, i might be done with this website

good lookin site.

Its really blocky and annoying, hard to read. I see the attempt they were trying here but overall it wasn't very filling to me. I rather it be like Yahoo and have the option to switch to "classic."

Visiting the other newsboiler sites, I really like the old design alot more. Its more functional for me.

Toward that blue backround with all the little things ...i feel bad for the artist that drew that up, it was sorta a cool little louie vitton design , maby might work for a ring around comments or something....., yeah ever since they changed up "psp. Qj. Net" i stoped going , it was annoying when only 8 news articles per page showed up and finding the next page or trying to figure out what page that cool storie was on... This is one of my daily visited sites' i really enjoy this place' maby cause i see more sony owners

as long as they dont screw up the site like VGChartz... i like the change

Keep the good job coming

GG

Looks great!

Comments later reference

I still like the previous one better. If there was one thing I want, it's the Open Zone. That'd be rad.

looks good

It looks like I've lent of my zoom key, it's a mess.

The tabloid view is a good idea, but some of the notices are way too big, what's the point of taking up half the screen with one article? I'm not blind.