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On behalf of everyone at DVDActive.com we'd like to welcome you to the new site!
Welcome to the new look DVDActive! Some of you more observant types might remember that we announced this redesign way back in May of 2008. Okay, so it’s taken a little longer than we anticipated, but Mal assures me it’s for highly technical reasons that only super-intelligent web developers understand...
Anyway, this is just the first stage of the re-launch, which brings you a wider layout to cater for today’s high resolution displays, along with a dedicated column for high-definition content. In the coming days and weeks we’ll be improving this aspect of the site to allow visitors to customise the way in which they view content on the homepage.
You’ll also notice that our news items and review pages allow for much larger images. Again, future enhancements will bring full resolution screen captures from high-definition titles (where available) and possibly even comparisons between standard and high-definition images.
We also have a number of other features planned for the coming weeks, but we don’t yet have a rollout schedule (see the above note about super-intelligent web developers). Basically, they’ll begin to appear as soon as we prove that they don’t break the site into a million little pieces (or after we nag Mal some more). In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the updated look.
News by Chris Gould
Anyway, this is just the first stage of the re-launch, which brings you a wider layout to cater for today’s high resolution displays, along with a dedicated column for high-definition content. In the coming days and weeks we’ll be improving this aspect of the site to allow visitors to customise the way in which they view content on the homepage.
You’ll also notice that our news items and review pages allow for much larger images. Again, future enhancements will bring full resolution screen captures from high-definition titles (where available) and possibly even comparisons between standard and high-definition images.
We also have a number of other features planned for the coming weeks, but we don’t yet have a rollout schedule (see the above note about super-intelligent web developers). Basically, they’ll begin to appear as soon as we prove that they don’t break the site into a million little pieces (or after we nag Mal some more). In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the updated look.
News by Chris Gould
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Just like with the IMDB update aaa few years back, it'll take me time to get used to the redesign
It looks awesome.
The future is now!
I'm having some major issues with the site running on Safari 3.2.1. I'm basically seeing everything as one awkwardly long column. The large images at the top are also offset and get cut off on the right hand side.
Has the site been optimized for Apple's browser? I can send in screenshots if it might help with fixing it.
Has the site been optimized for Apple's browser? I can send in screenshots if it might help with fixing it.
It has been tested in Safari - I'll get Mal to look into the problem though asap. Sorry about that!
Fantastic!
Tom wrote: It has been tested in Safari - I'll get Mal to look into the problem though asap. Sorry about that!
No sweat! I just wanted to give you the heads up.
FYI it works perfectly fine in Firefox for Mac, and it looks awesome.
Check that - looks perfect in Safari now.
Cheers!
No sweat! I just wanted to give you the heads up.
FYI it works perfectly fine in Firefox for Mac, and it looks awesome.
Check that - looks perfect in Safari now.
Cheers!
Looking pretty damn good!
I like. Except the square ads on the right. They're too big.
Overall it looks very good but I have two points of concern:
1. Depending on your preference it now puts American or British at the top and squeezes the other one into the bottom of the page. Sorry but this looks AWFUL! I appreciate many members many only be interested in American or British but for me I am interested in both equally and I now have to scroll up and down constantly.
The "Worldwide" option (being the opposite of British/America depending which you pick) is also much smaller than the main one.
2. What's with the massive blue bar on the right? It's even wider than the two News columns. Please get rid of it, it just wastes space. All that's in there is one poll, nothing more.
Space is already excessively wasted by not using the entire screen width (an annoying trend used by many sites opting to choose a preference for low resolution users), which is especially annoying on a widescreen monitor.
Otherwise the changes are very good indeed but these two are very annoying, especially the first one!
Quote: Anyway, this is just the first stage of the re-launch, which brings you a wider layout to cater for today’s high resolution displays.
Great news. I take it this is actually still to come? Currently less width is being used.
p.s - What would be perfect is the ability to display British Blu-ray news in one column and American Blu-ray in the other. With American and British DVDs news being at the bottom.
I virtually never buy DVDs any more.
1. Depending on your preference it now puts American or British at the top and squeezes the other one into the bottom of the page. Sorry but this looks AWFUL! I appreciate many members many only be interested in American or British but for me I am interested in both equally and I now have to scroll up and down constantly.
The "Worldwide" option (being the opposite of British/America depending which you pick) is also much smaller than the main one.
2. What's with the massive blue bar on the right? It's even wider than the two News columns. Please get rid of it, it just wastes space. All that's in there is one poll, nothing more.
Space is already excessively wasted by not using the entire screen width (an annoying trend used by many sites opting to choose a preference for low resolution users), which is especially annoying on a widescreen monitor.
Otherwise the changes are very good indeed but these two are very annoying, especially the first one!
Quote: Anyway, this is just the first stage of the re-launch, which brings you a wider layout to cater for today’s high resolution displays.
Great news. I take it this is actually still to come? Currently less width is being used.
p.s - What would be perfect is the ability to display British Blu-ray news in one column and American Blu-ray in the other. With American and British DVDs news being at the bottom.
I virtually never buy DVDs any more.
More content will appear on the right as time progresses.
Spiffy. I completely forgot about your intended re-design
Wow. This is really nice. I especially like the poll.
Terrible! Just terrible!! If it ain´t broken why fix it!! Why change something that work. Hate it when people want to change things just for the reason of the "changing" itself. Not because one can do things better and simpler. Meaning better overview and simpler navigating.
Oh, and all the images are missing on the first page.
One needs to have the option between "Clasic Look" and "2009 Look".
Oh, and all the images are missing on the first page.
One needs to have the option between "Clasic Look" and "2009 Look".
Gromit wrote: Terrible! Just terrible!! If it ain´t broken why fix it!! Why change something that work. Hate it when people want to change things just for the reason of the "changing" itself. Not because one can do things better and simpler. Meaning better overview and simpler navigating.
Oh, and all the images are missing on the first page.
One needs to have the option between "Clasic Look" and "2009 Look".
Glad you like it.
Oh, and all the images are missing on the first page.
One needs to have the option between "Clasic Look" and "2009 Look".
Glad you like it.
Looks really messed up in Safari 4, it's basically completely broken. SCREENSHOT: http://h4xr.org/3l5k
And another screenshot of the comments: http://h4xr.org/3tfh
And another screenshot of the comments: http://h4xr.org/3tfh
I love the new background not as bright!
iamawesomeo wrote: Looks really messed up in Safari 4, it's basically completely broken. SCREENSHOT: http://h4xr.org/3l5k
And another screenshot of the comments: http://h4xr.org/3tfh
You appear to be looking at the old version, I have altered the website to force your browser to load the new version.
And another screenshot of the comments: http://h4xr.org/3tfh
You appear to be looking at the old version, I have altered the website to force your browser to load the new version.
Safari 4 man myself, it's looking good. Just hope we don't have those annoying pull-down adverts when trying to scroll near the home button.
good job.
good job.
Wow, nothing like a new lick of paint!!!
I wish everyone the best with the new site. But we all know its the insightful contributors who make this site what it is, not the bells and whistles.
I wish everyone the best with the new site. But we all know its the insightful contributors who make this site what it is, not the bells and whistles.
I love the new version especially the larger cover art 
Awesome look! Really digging it.
wow, when you said larger images you werent kidding....the dvd covers are like bigger than my screen, i have to scroll to see the whole thing. lol
Freakin' Sweet..
and just think how we see home entertainment has changed...
Vinyl
Cassette Tape
Laser Discs
Beta
VHS
CD
DVD
Bluray
Love the new layout and look.
and just think how we see home entertainment has changed...
Vinyl
Cassette Tape
Laser Discs
Beta
VHS
CD
DVD
Bluray
Love the new layout and look.
I'm loving this too. Great design and layout. I love the customization too. Sometimes a redesign for change's sake is a good thing.
Love it. It's so beautiful! I'm running it on Safari on Mac and it looks stunning!
Excellent job and keep up the great work!
Excellent job and keep up the great work!
Bradavon wrote: Overall it looks very good but I have two points of concern:
1. Depending on your preference it now puts American or British at the top and squeezes the other one into the bottom of the page. Sorry but this looks AWFUL! I appreciate many members many only be interested in American or British but for me I am interested in both equally and I now have to scroll up and down constantly.
As per the article, this is coming (soon hopefully). At the moment it works on geo location or by manual selection, but the idea was to enable people to completely customise the content on the homepage. This has proved trickier than first thought though, so it's not live for the launch.
Quote: 2. What's with the massive blue bar on the right? It's even wider than the two News columns. Please get rid of it, it just wastes space. All that's in there is one poll, nothing more.
Space is already excessively wasted by not using the entire screen width (an annoying trend used by many sites opting to choose a preference for low resolution users), which is especially annoying on a widescreen monitor.
It's done to cater for people using a variety of resolutions. Believe it or not, a large number of people are still on 800x600. As for the blue bit, it will eventually have featured content like the old site, plus some other stuff. It requires a lot of testing and it will be coming soon.
Quote: Great news. I take it this is actually still to come? Currently less width is being used.
It's not. The pages are almost 200 pixels wider.
Quote: p.s - What would be perfect is the ability to display British Blu-ray news in one column and American Blu-ray in the other. With American and British DVDs news being at the bottom.
I virtually never buy DVDs any more.
See above.
1. Depending on your preference it now puts American or British at the top and squeezes the other one into the bottom of the page. Sorry but this looks AWFUL! I appreciate many members many only be interested in American or British but for me I am interested in both equally and I now have to scroll up and down constantly.
As per the article, this is coming (soon hopefully). At the moment it works on geo location or by manual selection, but the idea was to enable people to completely customise the content on the homepage. This has proved trickier than first thought though, so it's not live for the launch.
Quote: 2. What's with the massive blue bar on the right? It's even wider than the two News columns. Please get rid of it, it just wastes space. All that's in there is one poll, nothing more.
Space is already excessively wasted by not using the entire screen width (an annoying trend used by many sites opting to choose a preference for low resolution users), which is especially annoying on a widescreen monitor.
It's done to cater for people using a variety of resolutions. Believe it or not, a large number of people are still on 800x600. As for the blue bit, it will eventually have featured content like the old site, plus some other stuff. It requires a lot of testing and it will be coming soon.
Quote: Great news. I take it this is actually still to come? Currently less width is being used.
It's not. The pages are almost 200 pixels wider.
Quote: p.s - What would be perfect is the ability to display British Blu-ray news in one column and American Blu-ray in the other. With American and British DVDs news being at the bottom.
I virtually never buy DVDs any more.
See above.
Thanks for the update Chris. Just to pick up on a couple of points.
No offence to the web designers or site staff but it's really not good practise to cater to 800x600 still. People are only using it because they don't know any better and/or are too stubborn to change. 1024x768 in 2009 should be the minimum.
I meant it uses less space excluding the blue bar (which "currently" has no real use). I appreciate it's wider with it.
Otherwise, thanks for the feedback. The "this is the first stage" part implies that parts already done.
Quote: It's done to cater for people using a variety of resolutions.
I appreciate this is possibly void as the site's still going through changes but currently it's not designed for widescreen monitors. About 1/3 of the screen width isn't used at all. I don't get why so many sites are opting to do this nowadays. Squeezing it all in when so much of the screen is left unused.
No offence to the web designers or site staff but it's really not good practise to cater to 800x600 still. People are only using it because they don't know any better and/or are too stubborn to change. 1024x768 in 2009 should be the minimum.
I meant it uses less space excluding the blue bar (which "currently" has no real use). I appreciate it's wider with it.
Otherwise, thanks for the feedback. The "this is the first stage" part implies that parts already done.
Quote: It's done to cater for people using a variety of resolutions.
I appreciate this is possibly void as the site's still going through changes but currently it's not designed for widescreen monitors. About 1/3 of the screen width isn't used at all. I don't get why so many sites are opting to do this nowadays. Squeezing it all in when so much of the screen is left unused.
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