Comments on: Our new site design

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:13:43 +0000

We've made several changes in response to readers' feedback. On the mobile version, we removed the side borders and slightly shrank the text sizes so as to get more text onto a screen and reduce the need for scrolling. For access to the blogroll as before, just follow the "blogroll" link in the right-hand column of the front page. Let us know what you think, and thanks to all who have responded via comments, email, and social media.

By: cecil

cecil — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:44:23 +0000

It could be black on black for all I care (blind, visual appearance doesn’ impact me as long as it speaks through my screen reader)… I do however like the comments button as the last entry for an article since I can skip to the next header (screen reader function) and go back up to check comments missing all the social media controls. Congratulations on still leaving headers as actual headers!

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:37:07 +0000

I have already bitched thru FB about the links going away.

By: Mark Phaedrus

Mark Phaedrus — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:22:29 +0000

Speaking as one of the holdouts still reading Overlawyered on a desktop PC, and given the modern prevalence of widescreen monitors, the decision to constrain the content column to a fixed maximum width seems terribly hard to justify. If I maximize Overlawyered, nearly three-fourths of my screen is blank.

By: MattS

MattS — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:07:51 +0000

@Boblipton,

They are labeled, inside the boxes in a light grey color.

By: Boblipton

Boblipton — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:15:06 +0000

I think the new set-up looks good, but seems…. emptier. It feels wasteful. Since I still don’t have a cellphone, I read Overlawyered on my PC and tablet..

One suggestion: the spaces into which commenters are supposed to put their names, addresses and websites should be labeled.

Bob

By: wrt

wrt — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:05:41 +0000

Would read overlawyered even if it were in Goudy Stout font with a lime green background, but I agree the larger font makes it a bit harder to read on the phone..maybe listing links to headlines only or smaller font would help…the great content, commentary and comments will have people coming back regardless…

By: Rusty Bill

Rusty Bill — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:59:06 +0000

In reply to ras.

Agreed. The comment button should be at the point where a comment is likely to be initiated – at the end of a post. Sort of like the “Reply” buttons here…

By: Rusty Bill

Rusty Bill — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:57:23 +0000

In reply to ras. Not responding to your non-response... :)

By: ras

ras — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:53:51 +0000

In reply to ras. Oops, that wasn't supposed to be a reply to Rusty Bill, just a general comment.