VentureBeat: Welcome to VentureBeat’s new design
Justin Smith
· 6 months ago
Congrats on the launch of the new design!
Guest
· 6 months ago
Looks nice, really nice!
Tathagata C
· 6 months ago
Looks much better than the previous one, which was starting to look a little dated. Loads much faster too. Always wondered why your site used to load painfully slowly. Great job done!
Ujjwal Gupta
· 6 months ago
I liked the previous design better, but that maybe just because I am so used to it. Specifically, I liked that the snippets for every blog were much longer so I didn't had to click on all.
nike
· 6 months ago
Well, I personally preferred the previous format, but all things change. Some for the better, some worse.
Matt Marshall
· 6 months ago
What did you like about previous format? The other big change which I didn't mention in the post is the move to article abstracts on the front page, instead of the full story. That's where we really can't please everyone. Some readers told us they didn't like having to scroll through long pages of full posts. Others like being able to scroll through everything without clicking through.
Ujjwal Gupta
· 6 months ago
I am on the boat with being able to scroll through everything without clicking. It was a hell lot easier to read everything and just ignore.
Merl
· 6 months ago
Looks good, nice job!
nike
· 6 months ago
I prefer content on one page, I know that is old school but I am an information CONSUMER and sponge. I DO like the article abstracts, which makes it easier to pick through what I want to read at all. I continue to read VB mostly via a reader application, and that seems to remain the same. But in general, I don't like having to click around in page headers and "next page, next page" to get to more content.
Good thing is, it is the SAME GREAT CONTENT!
Michael Richardson
· 6 months ago
This is really nice. I have to admit I was sometimes confused, when 1/2 way down a scroll, whether I was on VentureBeat or TechCrunch: This is a nice differentiator, and nice improvement.
rkorba
· 6 months ago
Very clean -- but then, like the NYT blogs or (since they did some of this in more cluttered way) Techcrunch, *must* have previous and next post cues on full-text pages. Also, since VB is the zenith of real writing, let's not truncate at random points, but have the full lede before the jump? Kudos so far!
facebook-698891076
· 6 months ago
Loads like lightning, Matt!
Matt Marshall
· 6 months ago
About bloody time! This site has loaded like a snail for years. Besides kudos to Nclud for design and implementation, got to say thanks too to Martin Goldman, who helped with server stuff. We'll have more to say about that experience later, once we monitor stuff.
Ujjwal Gupta
· 6 months ago
I never had a problem, but again it just might be my internet connection. I loved complete posts on the front page. :-(
Aaron Brazell
· 6 months ago
Well done design. Nclud is an amazing shop and did great work. Let's talk this week about the Product Mgr stuff. Might have ideas.
Jacob Mullins
· 6 months ago
Congrats guys on the redesign, looks really GREAT!!
nickgonzalez
· 6 months ago
Looks nice Matt.
Matt Marshall
· 6 months ago
Great to see the majority of folks are happy with this. @Aaron, owe you a big thanks too for the advice. Appreciated!
Karl M
· 6 months ago
Have to agree with previous posters - the snippets are too short now.
Dirt
· 6 months ago
I preferred the old design. All the content on one page reduced clicking. But it does load faster now. Less convenient tho
rohit
· 6 months ago
ah - a fresh design - much better (and faster it seems) -- pay attention to the jump points though --
and when's the iPhone (or Android or Palm) venturebeat reader coming? a la NYT reader - clean design, text-full on loading etc etc....
rohit
Ade
· 6 months ago
I don't care about not having enough to read. I'm just happy it loads faster. Funny cause anytime I'm on here I distract myself by looking at the status bar.
For non geeks like myself would you guys explain how you had the load problems and how you were able to solve it.
Facebook User
· 6 months ago
Do like the redesign. I loved not having to click through, but this does make sense for the growing beats and the business. Good stuff overall though, very clean.
Will Robertson
· 6 months ago
Looks pretty nice! I like the minimal feel to it. Compared to a site like TechCrunch (which is crazy busy), this is nice and calm.
mashable
· 6 months ago
I love this new design - it's incredibly hard to make a blog look this clean and simple. Congrats Matt and team!
@brandlessons
· 6 months ago
This is SO clean and concise. Great sense of usability. God job guys!
@brandlessons
· 6 months ago
Very clean and great sense of usability. Good job guys!
Dan Roycroft
· 6 months ago
I was always a big fan of the one-page idea on VB and liked the fact I could load it up once and just read through it like a newspaper. Perhaps in the future you can consider some sort of personalized settings both in terms of what sections get displayed and how they are displayed.
All Comments
Good thing is, it is the SAME GREAT CONTENT!
and when's the iPhone (or Android or Palm) venturebeat reader coming? a la NYT reader - clean design, text-full on loading etc etc....
rohit
For non geeks like myself would you guys explain how you had the load problems and how you were able to solve it.
Great content. Love the site.