bruce_oneal Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 have y'all seen the new look of the houston chronicle? just wondering what you think of it. i have not really had a chance to play around with it too much, but first off i think the color (that hideos orange) sux big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Great. I just got used to the other format. At first glance, it looks like less news on the front page and more fluff. Is that what readers want...more fluff? You're right, the color combo assaults the eyes.I'll complain more once I get to look through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_oneal Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 Great. I just got used to the other format. At first glance, it looks like less news on the front page and more fluff. Is that what readers want...more fluff? You're right, the color combo assaults the eyes.I'll complain more once I get to look through it.it really does look like a lot less news. almost like they were going for a blog look or something... i guess you just have to hunt deeper down for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I looked at it tchron.com this morning and it was the old way and then I look at it agian today and I said what the f**k, at first I thought I typed it in wrong then I noticed that it was just a new look. I will have to get use to this. I had been wanting them to updated for awhile now, but now that it has happened, I miss the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Orange seems to be in vogue with web developers these days. Ever since those little XML and RSS badges started showing up everywhere. Even the New York Times is using orange for the paid version of its web site.I think the new Chron.com looks a lot like KHOU.com. And I totally agree with the above poster who noted that there's a lot less news on the front page now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Are there alot of ads? Or just a bunch of stuff using java on the front page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_oneal Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 Are there alot of ads? Or just a bunch of stuff using java on the front page?click here to check it out ...it is kinda like those myYahoo and myMSN or myAOL home pages. more STUFF and lot less things you really want ...i dunno. when i goto washingtonpost.com or newyorktimes.com i want news ... not fluff and prettiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 click here to check it out ...I know I have seen it. I only ask because my browser never displays ads and only displays stuff that requires java if I allow that site. And considering two of the things using java are from amazon.com and adsonar.com I figure at least half the stuff missing from my page are ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 i don't like it...and i also noticed they changed how viewing the archives works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 I only ask because my browser never displays adsThank you for taking money from my pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Hey I told you that earlier when you said you were putting ads on the site. Every now and then the google ads show up though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Not too many ads. One midway down the page, about the size of the one on this forum, and one at the bottom. I can live with that.It appears they are using the first page to show off all of the different features, blogs, etc. There is a bar across the top that has all of the news departments. Some of the features are nice. Once I get used to the change, I'll probably like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 For the first "Roundtable" discussion: The Grand Parkway! woo-hoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 It is..weird. Too many ads, and such. I don't like the Chronicle much, anyway. I only read it for the comics, weather, and for Real Estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGrayGuy Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Thumbs down on the new format....boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I tried to open the new chron site this morning-slow you say? I gave up, made coffee and put the cat out. I came back to the computer and guess what? Still downloading. I switched it off because knowing the chron, there probably was'nt anything there to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 If you click on the "news" tab you will see a page that looks somewhat familiar to the old format. You have Houston & Texas, Nation, Sports, Business,World, ect.. sections. Overall I like the new format. But I do not like the 1st page full of ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Kind of cheap-looking isn't it? Red..orange..blue..I think they were inspired by the Astros old rainbow uniforms! Their server is pretty slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_oneal Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Kind of cheap-looking isn't it? Red..orange..blue..I think they were inspired by the Astros old rainbow uniforms! Their server is pretty slow. my problem is not so much the ugly colors (i will probably get used to that) but that it seems to be even LESS focused on real news than before --which isn't saying a whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I don't like the colors or the removal of most news from the front page. I do like the new layout (the physical way it's laid out) and the navigation using drop-down menus. There were sections on the old site you could not get to (such as opinion) from within the news articles. I also like the fact that they aren't requiring registration for most parts of the site now.By the way, if you just redirect your Chronicle bookmark from www.chron.com to www.chron.com/news you'll get the listing of all the headlines, similar to the old site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_oneal Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 I don't like the colors or the removal of most news from the front page. I do like the new layout (the physical way it's laid out) and the navigation using drop-down menus. There were sections on the old site you could not get to (such as opinion) from within the news articles. I also like the fact that they aren't requiring registration for most parts of the site now.By the way, if you just redirect your Chronicle bookmark from www.chron.com to www.chron.com/news you'll get the listing of all the headlines, similar to the old site.ok, just checked out the news page and it is a lot better. maybe i will make that my bookmark instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I tried to open the new chron site this morning-slow you say? Their server is pretty slow. oh my...i occasionally have to go to chron.com to check obituaries, and it looks like that won't be happening anytime soon... thank goodness there are alternate ways to check their archives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 They had a note on the site yesterday that the server was down, affecting the page loading. Just what you expect when you switch to a new format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 i've also just discovered that they have 'forums' ... but i do not think they are nearly as nice, or as interesting as the ones here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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