Open thread for redesign comments
September 15th, 2008, 8:18 am · 2 Comments · posted by Scott Shackford
Today’s the day the new Desert Dispatch launches. It went fairly smoothly, all things considered. We’ll still be tweaking bits and pieces and responding to reader concerns.
If you want to comment here on the redesign, feel free to do so below.
Apologies if you have tried to call the redesign hotline we promoted, only to have it ring busy for you. Our phone lines are intimately connected with our power. We didn’t realize the phone lines were still scrambled until late in the day Friday and we were left in a lurch over the weekend. We’re working to get it taken care of.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
The new design lacks the professional polish that the now old design had. To me, it looks like a high school paper with large text and large graphics. Some design elements need to be incorporated into this new design from the old design. The side bar is too wide and takes much of the space that is needed for the main page. I also miss the old “flag” of the dispatch as the new one seems to have lost its identity as it is too similar to the Daily Press flag; there needs to be some differentiation between the two was they are two completely different communities.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I belive that it is great.But there are those out there that wont like the freedom it give’s us to state are thought’s.Go freedom.