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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#1
Posted: 12/8/16 at 9:40am

Wow. For the first time, I feel like I'm not using a mid-2000s discussion board. Lovely new font and lovely color scheme.

Thoughts?

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#2
Posted: 12/8/16 at 9:42am

Ummmmm....didn't even notice.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#3
Posted: 12/8/16 at 9:42am

Looks much better!

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#4
Posted: 12/8/16 at 9:57am

Definitely an improvement. 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#5
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:06am

Love the new design. Minimal, sleek, and contemporary. :)

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#6
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:06am

The board has shifted further left? Looks a little weird, but the typeface choices are much better.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#7
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:09am

I like the new font...

Nice to have the place freshened up...

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#8
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:18am

I love it. I love the font they've chosen. I wonder what it is? 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#9
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:18am

To be honest, when I looked first thing this morning I had to stop and question whether it was really a redesign or a hangover from last night's Hairspray festivities.

Anyway, it's not any worse than it was. The font could be better.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#10
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:19am

They should think about color coding each section to differentiate each section/boards on the site from one another.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#11
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:29am

Scared me for a second! But I love that the navigation bar is on the top of the screen and stays there when you scroll down. I always hated having to look around for it. I mean the actual design is still really busy in general, but it somehow seems cleaner. 



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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#12
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:43am

Love it Rob!

 

Great work!!

 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#13
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:58am

I love how you can click the bar to view artIckes you might have missed. Great work! 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#14
Posted: 12/8/16 at 11:51am

The font though... too bold for my taste...

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#15
Posted: 12/8/16 at 11:54am

I have to be honest, I didn't notice right away. Then again, I sat on my couch in my family home for about a month before I realized we had slip covers on it (that looked nothing like the original fabric).

Otherwise it's fine ..though obviously I am not particular.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#16
Posted: 12/8/16 at 11:56am

The changes are hardly significant and the hyper-busy design certainly is not consistent with current concepts of good design. But if some folks are happy, great.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#17
Posted: 12/8/16 at 12:14pm

Visually it's not drastically different (to me at least), but fingers crossed that it doesn't destroy my browser like the old site did. Already seems markedly better in that sense and I've only been on for 10-15 minutes. Seems overdue but glad it's done.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#18
Posted: 12/8/16 at 12:16pm

The mobile app seems much smoother! 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#19
Posted: 12/8/16 at 12:23pm

LizzieCurry said: "The board has shifted further left? Looks a little weird, but the typeface choices are much better.

 

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This board has been left-leaning for a loooong time. The BWW Redesign of December 2016 

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#20
Posted: 12/8/16 at 3:53pm

It is very bold but it definitely looks a little more polished.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#21
Posted: 12/8/16 at 7:01pm

LOVE this redesign. The mobile version is stunning. Bravo!

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#22
Posted: 12/8/16 at 7:17pm

don't care for the bold font either. oh well.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#23
Posted: 12/8/16 at 10:52pm

How do you view just main news articles or just off broadway articles? The arrows on the homepage that made you view more are gone. Clicking on "more" brings you to a general page with hundreds of articles from around the world. And the off broadway view more link is broken as it redirects to the homepage. Hope this is fixed soon! Hate missing out on news.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#24
Posted: 12/9/16 at 12:09am

I don't drink or take drugs--don't need to--just scroll down here and every column has a life of it's own.

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The BWW Redesign of December 2016#25
Posted: 12/9/16 at 2:17am

I also have the same questions as AntV.

Why was the scroll down and up arrows removed from "Latest News"?

How can we scroll down to older articles now?

The same thing was done to the Off-Broadway "Latest News" a while back, and nothing was done to fix it.

Why write and post new articles if only around the last 10-15 posted are available on the main page?

Please fix this important issue, as it strongly affects one of the most important aspects of the site: getting the latest news.


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