Sorry, it's just….UGH! I hate pages that force themselves into teeny tiny little fixed pixel dimmensions inside my browser window. I have a 24" screen and I want to make use of it. When the page only wants to take up a 3rd of the available real estate, it's just annoying.
Might have to bust out greasemonkey/stylish and figure out how to script it back to normal if it stays like this.
Sorry guys, just my opinion.
I'm liking the new layout. I don't have a 24" screen, so I can't comment much. It looks nice on a 19" screen for me!
Congratulations scotty on taking the site out of beta.
I don't hate the new look but the older one was kinder to my 30" monitor. However, I appreciate the developer issues and OzBargain is far from alone in employing a narrow central column - I can count on one hand the number of my favourite sites that make full use of the screen width.
Would it be possible to create a layout optimised for say 1600 pixel width that registered users could set in their preferences? I think that would be a good option for the increasing number of people with 20"+ monitors. But not having that option won't keep me away ;)
The only other thing I would mention is that while I'm a fan of minimalism, the almost complete lack of colour is a little austere. Do you think you might look at that in future?
Thanks for your hard work scotty and I look forward to seeing the OzBargain community grow.
Would it be possible to create a layout optimised for say 1600 pixel width that registered users could set in their preferences?
Hmm. Okay. Maybe when I see "OzBargain to support fluid layout for people with big monitors and maximise every window" on those online petition site :)
I'll keep that in my todo list.
The only other thing I would mention is that while I’m a fan of minimalism, the almost complete lack of colour is a little austere. Do you think you might look at that in future?
The site has certainly taken an orange theme. I think a website "full of multiple colours" might be confusing so I guess you mean OzBargain lacks different shading (as currently most things have white background).
I am still tinkering with the theme and will definitely touch up with different shades here and there although the overall colour theme will stay the same.
I’ll keep that in my todo list.
Cheers :)
I guess you mean OzBargain lacks different shading (as
currently most things have white background).
Yep. It's particularly pronounced for me because of the vast amount of white on the screen, but is probably less distinct on smaller monitors.
No need to do anything drastic. A full colour title header is all I would suggest (i.e. have the orange box around Oz extend all the way to the right, or something along those lines).
I like it now.
I was wondering if it's possible to have a "favorites" thingy where you click and it ads the deal to your favorites in your account? Kinda like what youtube have in terms of favorites/
I usually uss multiple computers and often dont remember which/where the deal is. >.<
Good idea.
it looks good. keep it up.
sometimes the world doesn't revolve around your monitor, so I think that's normal.
I think I will make it into fluid layout by default but it will only look best at 1024px width — no guarantee on other window sizes. Unfortunately I am typing this comment on my Eee PC as I left my notebook in the office. With fixed width, at least you still have a sane main content area.
Is it possible when clicking on an external link, it will open a new tab or new window rather than navigate out from ozbargain webpage?
Because everytime i need to hit back or click on my history to get back to ozbargain webpage …
You can try Ctrl-Click to open it in a new window/tab. Alternatively, you can now set this behaviour as default under your user preference. See this forum thread for details:
@yamumma — Actually I doubt the old layout will look nice on a 24" screen with 1920 pixels across. As much as I like fluid layouts, I also realised that a website only looks best on the developers' screen.
By the way, if you happen to have a 24" LCD monitor, may I suggest that you don't maximise the browser window? You have so much screen real estate you can fit extra widgets on the screen to "multi-task". I too have a wide screen, but I always keep my Firefox/IE window at 1024 pixels wide.