Welcome to the new MacDailyNews!
Lots of changes. In fact, everything is new. Things should seem snappier, too!
What you see today is a base to build upon. We intentionally made the site similar to the old one to ease the transition. We can now add new features easier and more cleanly in the future.
Many, many thanks to our developer Crowd Favorite and our website host WordPress.com VIP!
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So, poke around, go get your usernames (the switch to WordPress requires new logins to be created unless you already have a WordPress account – click “Register” above the yellow bar, top right or just click here), subscribe to email updates if you like (left column, right above the Joy of Tech link), and, of course, let us know what you think.
Welcome!
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We are aware that some browsers are showing headlines in the default Times font. This is not as intended and we are investigating potential fixes.
Thank you for your patience!
Looking GOOOOOD
I agree, long overdue.
I’ll tell you what’s overdue: Being able to actually reply to posts! Look, I’m replying to you, and I didn’t need to use an “@”!
——RM
@LordRobin: Pretty cool. 😛
Agreed.
The site is nice, I like WordPress.
What makes the site more practical is precisely the WordPress hosting. Now, we have many different ways of tracking our comments and responses, plus I’m sure, it became much easier for MDN to post new articles from various devices.
The look is close enough to the original not to be a major disruption to the traditionalist users, not to mention the host seems to be much faster and more agile than the old one.
If we could only know which specific HTML tags are allowed and/or disallowed…
This?
and this?
this
maybe thisOthers?
underline
small, big!
firstsecondthird
code textsubscript or superscript
More?
And how about…
this?
Did it work? 🙂
I like the new design a lot! Easier to read, faster and modern.
Congrats!
Can you use WordPress to make whine?
(I’m sure we’ll find out soon…)
So, whoop-de-doo! Why can’t I use my original log in for this site?
Great improvement. Nice layout. And, yes, it’s snappier! 😉
I like how on the Mobile version you can arrow back and forth between stories. Nice.
Not thrilled with the font. A Times-like font just doesn’t work here.
It’s a sans-serif font, genius: Lucida. Times is a serif font. Not even close. Just proves some people will blame anything just to take a dump on something different.
Uh, I’m pretty sure melgross was referring to the *headline* font, which is indeed a “Times-like” serif font – I had very much the same reaction.
Just proves some people will attack anyone, just to take a dump on someone with a different opinion. 😛
I don’t see any Times or other serifed font. All sans serif on my browser
I have Times font headlines, too. At least on my work computer, Safari 5.0.3 on XP.
I agree the font could be slightly larger. It looks small even on my 27-inch screen.
The problem is that the style sheet only declares one typeface per header element (h1, h2, etc.), instead of a series of faces. So if the user doesn’t have that typeface then the default is used.
Normally developers specify a number of typefaces, separated by a comma, so that people who don’t have the main typeface can still be served with something similar they are more likely to have. Example: The body copy for this article has a style declaration that specifies Lucida Grande first, then Helvetica, then Arial, then “sans-serif” for the worst case scenario. So if users don’t have Lucida Grande (i.e. most Windows users) they will see Helvetica. If they the don’t have Helvetica they’ll see Arial, etc.
Additionally the site is attempting to use Myriad Pro for article headers, which to my knowledge is not installed by default on any system. It does come with Adobe Illustrator, though, so most designers will have it.
The site is in Myriad Pro for me (designer) and I love that.
Hope it’s faster
Darn, had to change my user name from Jax44.
Was aJax44 taken? 😉
Yes, but it may have been me on the mobile site. Have to check it out
WordPress.com, probably already millions of usernames taken.
Go to you profile and change your display name. You can make it whatever you want, which means you get your old name back… But it also means your identity can be jacked too.
With all due respect, at first blush, I like the previous format. It was easier to read, a bit more compact, and quicker to scan through the different topics.
And what happened to the verified username function?
Yeah, I sorta gotta agree with each of those issues.
Let me be the first to say that losing my 3 letter handle because WordDress requires 4 character handles blows chunks.
Not supporting existing 3 character handles blows chunks.
Yeah, I’m hating the fact that my name was already taken.
Agreed. Can’t use my old name, and had to use this stupid one ;-p
Ahhh, yes – just saw (or was it just added) the note about “display name”. Score!
Outside of the font selection, I like it! (Maybe I just need to get my eyes adjusted to it)
Hafta get used to the new fonts
And yet, even though my name was taken (Darkness) it let me post a message using that name. Something is broken here methinks…
I hafta get used to the new fonts..
got my username back….but I WANT MY CAPITAL LETTERS. When I Registered, I put in iPhoneEnvy……wordpress changed it to all lowercase…… losers…..
Go back to your account and change how your name is displayed. Lowercase is just for registration.
I hafta get used to the fonts..
LOL! takes awhile apparently for messages to be updated in the discussion forums here lol… mind my previous “tests” ehehe
I thought I wasn’t allowed to use my name “Wha’ because it’s three characters, but apparently it worked.
I was wondering when MDN would drop your old CMS and get with WordPress. They work basically the same, except word-press is open which means more plugins and options.
Wow! The text doesn’t look like total crap anymore! I like it!
Wow – much needed improvement. WordPress is a much better engine than that crap you had before.
So. Previous threads with multiple pages seem to now be truncated deleting the end postings previously there.
Looks like it just put them on one running page like MDN used to do.
And the ‘Recent Articles’ are at the bottom again.
Sweet!
I like the one running page. But an article is missing the latest postings. Perhaps some items were lost in the transition to the new format.
I like the look of this site much better. Now, please get rid of the FLASH ads!!!
The new font is not as legible as the old… have to increase size greatly to easily read… it is quicker, I give it a 6 out of 10
MUCH cleaner…it felt soooo cramped before….and for the first time ever…when i clicked, it opened! only site i go to that used to take seconds to open…and i’m sure change will cause a few ppl momentary disorientation, loss of sense of balance, and a true sense of loss when they have to get a new user name,..i guess we all get into grooves..
Looking forward to faster loading times
Very nice!
Actually I liked the old format better. Too bad the “MDN take” didn’t go away.
I love the new format, and I’m thrilled the “MDN take” didn’t go away. 😉
Here on out, Wha is now correctu (hehehe) (Wha was taken)
Change your display name.
Can’t log in.
This is great, what took so long?
Nice and clean.
Nice!
Fresh….nice look!
So. Do I understand we have to RE-register on WordPress? That’s never good.
So far, so good. Got to keep my handle when I signed up with WordPress.
Okay, changed it back under Display Profile.
MDN, Steve Jobs would strongly disagree with your choice of type, which is ass backwards. Steve’s big on typefaces and calligraphy in general. I know this because I saw with my own eyes.
You should have chosen sans serif bold for the large headline font and a serif font on the main article text for easier reading.
Don’t mean to be a party pooper but it looks weak.
Really? Apparently Steve hasn’t passed along his preferences to the Apple web publishing team, because the Apple site is exclusively sans-serif.
MDN isn’t printing a book; they’re publishing short stories for reading on a computer display or handheld device. This is new media – “traditional” typography “rules” don’t necessarily apply.
When MDN first popped up, it looked very pale. The light blue headers are much harder to see. The serif font is also much harder to read. A friend told me years ago that Arial is the easiest font to read. He was head of engineering for a large computer manufacturer.
This is definitely a step backwards in readability.
Arial is a bad, cheap, bastardised copy of Helvetica. It is ugly, poorly designed and the only reason it is used so much is because Microsoft was too cheap to license Helvetica for Windows and bought Arial instead, inflicting it on the unsuspecting innocent masses of Windows sufferers. Ironically enough, Apple had to concede defeat and bundle it as well with their own browsers, in order to be able to render all those web pages designed by Windows drones.
Apparently, the headline font is Myriad Pro (used throughout Apple’s own site), and text is Lucida Grande. Neither is serif.
You are correct. Sans serif for reading is a bad choice. Have you EVER seen a newspaper with it? No!
Nice, I used to only stop by periodically but was always turned off by the overall design of the site. This is a big improvement. I’ll be by more often now.
Roberto sez, hey MDN: nice improvement. The site is readable now without having to Command+ every page twice.
Sweet.
wordpress, this is a pain
I. Love. WordPress.
The iPhone app is El Morte.
It’s working…!
Other than losing my first original username…. 🙁
You just have to go to your WordPress account and put your old name where it says “display name” or something like that.
You lost my Org Log in info I had to make a new username and no Caps? Other than that I like the new layout. WFT is a wordpress F’n Blog? why must I pay for it? Gez
Nice! Love the new look and feel…
I too like the look and feel of the new software. Happy to see we can stack comments, which makes it far easier to follow a thread.
Look! MDN is clowning on KingMel!!
nice update
Nice improvement. Looking forward to a new and better app
Nice
Font is too small… Could you make it a bit bigger? Otherwise, very nice.
Not liking the font…
I think it looks much cleaner and more professional. There was a short period earlier this evening when the ads weren’t displaying yet, and that was absolutely gorgeous. Still, this is a much needed improvement. The mobile site looks nice too, I’m eager to see how the new app looks.
Haters gonna hate.
do we have to blog now?
Looks good. I think you have the best mac site out there. Content always current and enjoy your sarcastic takes and pretty much always agree with you! Keep up the good work and thank you.
Wow. WordPress! Amazing.
Fix the icon for the home screen. It’s currently a lined sheet of paper.
everything is really spread out. -.5 on the line spacing please.
So sad to see you ditch ExpressionEngine. Us EE developers think that going WP is a real sell out. I know you had performance problems, but that is as much a function of your previous developer and hosting service as anything.
I like the new look, but your teaser content for each article is too brief.
And back to EE, I run dozens of EE sites off of Mac Minis and OS X Server, and get far better performance (50ms load time averages on complex queries) than off of any of the commercial hosting services out there. Hope WP works out for you, if not, we’d always welcome you back to the EE fold!
Long live EE on the Mac Mini!
I am still checking it out!
JWSC, ecrabb:
You can change the font to whatever you like in Safari Preferences>Appearance: Standard Font
I can get use to this.
Can I go back and edit my mistakkes?
Can I FINALLY type AT&T?
I’ll find out after I post this.
There doesn’t seem to be a way to edit my own posts like you can on the tfttf.com message boards.
But I can type AT&T!!!
AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T AT&T
Can’t use my name if I register (even without spaces)
Can’t use spaces in my old name.
So . . . is it okay that I don’t register?
Okay, I just posted something and it didn’t show up. What am I doing wrong?
Never mind, there was just a 7 minute delay before it showed up.
It seems to go against everything MDN stands for as Apple fans to have those horribly ugly text google ads on the site. They make the site look like crap (far below Apple standards) and they support the evil empire. Seems like a conflict when managing the MDN brand.
I like the new layout, and it seems more modern, yet I think you guys should really consider how you do advertisements and revamp. Try to innovate like Apple does so well. It seems the current ad format was the path of least resistance to the sacrifice of appearance and experience. Unfortunate.
Testing.. couldn’t register, log in, or change password.
WordPress. Nice choice
Looks clearer. Nice.
F— WordPress for stealing my MDN login.
I had a previous WordPress acct., so I could register with MDN using my original handle: Spark. So, yes, I am disappointed. I also don’t understand how many of you have capital letters and spaces in your names. WordPress would allow anything but lower case I tried to re-register. What did I miss?
That should say “couldn’t register”.
PS- I do appreciate the load times. Much snappier! And I like that additional articles appear (once again) below the article, so no more going back to the home page to continue. Good move.
Hey! I got my name back! Just had to update my WordPress profile. Amazing what a little investigation will turn up.
WordPress for the win, well done!
” MacDailyNews iOS app has been removed from the App Store for retooling. It will return to the App Store ASAP.”
PLEASE include font sizes in the app other than small and smaller.
Check the posts.
Looks nice…
Me Like 🙂
And it Loads way Faster
Thanks
Isn’t wordpress owned by Microsoft ?
The visited hyperlink color needs to go back to red like it was on the old site. The dark blue is just to close to the lighter blue. We need a greater contrast between unread articles and read articles so we can quickly see which articles we’ve read and which are new and unread. Thanks!
Test
Oh, I love it. BUT: I miss the shares on the mobile version! As a proud shareholder (MDN: you made me become a shareholder!) I love to see how they go, mostly up. Could you fix this, please? Oliver from Berlin
Hmm, old username & pass don’t work.
Lame MDN, simply lame.
Help!
My old registration will not work. (*sigh* why???)
I tried re-registering but it asks for a “blog address” at wordpress.com. I dunno what to put there… as this site is “MacDailyNews.com”
HELP!
I would like to re-register… but alas i cannot!
Lemme get registered and I’ll give my comments of the site..
Just enter anything you want in the “blog address” field. It will then ask you if you want to sign up to have your own “blog.” Just say NO. And you will be able to proceed with registering (the blog address field disappears). You should be able to get your previously used name, unless someone else has taken it.
Yeah Thanks.. Actually I found a “tiny” link for “just register a user name” and used that.
But Now I have the annoying WORDPRESS toolbar/dashboard at the top of the screen. I don’t care about wordpress.. I just wanna read MacDaily without it. How do you turn off the annoying WORDPRESS dashboard off?
*Sheesh* Registering for the site is more annoying than it’s worth…
As a web designer, I can say this is a step in the right direction. Less obfuscation, more readability, faster loading, … And as others have already pointed out: now you only have to get rid of the Flash ads 😉
Nice layout and presentation. Job well done, MDN!!
Now, we all can sit back and wait for “Zune Tang” to post his or her 1st post on the new MDN 🙂
Very nice, and a serif typeface! Times-Roman? it made me want to cry with gratitude! Now do all the text the same way and then you will really be a grown-up!
Now, I have to check out the mobile version of this new MDN…
Where are the ads? Nothing to complain about 🙁
I like the new look, cuz the other one was pretty dull and boring. I say you should move the comments box at the top of the page after the article. That way, we dont have to spend a long time scrolling down to comment. Just a heads up!
Cool!
The first time I looked, the font size was too small, as also noted by a few others, but after I registered, it seems to have increased and is more legible now. Was this updated, or was this me increasing the font size previously by command + and not returning to normal?
Even line spacing seems to be better now, not too spaced out like before.
Snappier !
A nice upgrade to MDN. The layout is cleaner, tidier. The pages load quicker. It feels like a nice spring clean.
In terms of fonts and layout, I use the Stylish extension (in Firefox originally but now in Chrome) to specify my own fonts for the articles and comments. Works a treat 🙂
In case no one had reported it, READ articles are no longer marked with red text indicating they’ve been read.
Using iPhone 3GS
Hopefully that can be easily fixed.
Great … now I’m all discombobulated !?!?
If it isn’t broke don’t fix it.
Nice – and I already had my username registered with WordPress.
Whoops!
… ‘kin funny.
New look. New year. Yet AAPL keeps going Up!
Buy AAPL stocks. 2011 = $422 is a no brainer!!
2015 = $828 Yes 🙂
Very displeased that all usernames got lost without notice and we were forced to register with WordPress. And now we have a silly WordPress banner at the top.
Apart from that, looking good, MDN!
They’re not lost . They are still available as display screen names – edit your profile and choose your old screen name – it is filed with your email address somewhere in WordPress …
Nice! Love the new look! My Safari runs snappier too! 😀
Finally have Facebook and Twitter sharing features. It’s about time.
The iOS app does not work…
The new format, in my opinion, reduces eye strain while being easier to read. More white space is good! I hope the download speeds increase.
i love the new font!
So if I accidentally chose to create my blogging site when I registered, can I somehow delete it?
I’d prefer not to have my name blue.
This is horrible. I just threw up in my mouth, and to take away the pain of the appearance I am gargling with it.
OK, look, I came here expecting free breakfast. Where is it, dammit? I guess I’ll have to go over to the Dell web site instead. Sheesh…
Not liking this.
Love the new layout!
Liking it!
But is it snappy?
Very well done!
Looks great. Much easier to read 🙂
way better!! crappy font display on Safari is history!
Thanks MDN! Even works on my crappy Dell at work running IE!
Congratulations on the new site and on choosing one of the greatest CMSs available. I hope you’re as pleased with WP as I and my colleagues have been.
As a WP user (on my Mac OS X Server, naturally), I’d be really interested in the MDN list of plug-ins (we’re talking open-source, after all). Do you have any reason NOT to publish that list? (Maybe on a static WP page?) It would publicise plug-ins you believe to be useful, thereby helping improve ‘WP ecosphere.’
For example, a transport blog I host uses a font size PI (WP-chgFontSize) and a mobile device PI (WPtouch). I’m always interested in knowing if there are better ways to achieve the same. In the case of the WPtouch, it allows visitors to swap between the desktop and mobile versions of the site by clicking on a link. I don’t see any similar link on the MDN site, which is a surprise. Likewise, what back-end PIs do you like/use, for things like statistics, etc.; have you found any good calendaring PIs for things like your iCal’d postings? Enquiring minds want to improve their own blogs. 😉
Even a list of the functions of the plug-ins you decided to use/investigate (in easy-to-use WP Extend search terms, of course) would be helpful to other Mac and WP server admins.
Just thinking out loud…. 😉
Congrats again on the new look and the speed improvements. 😀
I like the changes. Nice work!
spade, yes, it was pretty obvious that I was referring to the headline font. But some people aren’t smart enough to understand simple things, as they’re so much in a hurry to defend their love.
Was known as John Gee. My new WordPress identity, John Gee 2.0.
Change is hard… but the new site looks great!
clean!
Article font too small.
Now, if you can just get your advertisers to stop using flash…
There should be no email required for posting a comment.
I have no desire to be spammed just so MDN can make a few more bucks selling it.
No one needs to know any of my personal info, just for the ‘privilege’ of making a comment on a site for Apple news.
:coolfrown:
Looks good. I don’t mind losing the name dd as my new name is now my blogging name on WordPress. Dare I say it — MDN is an inspiration to my writing. Pointing out the flaws and faults of analysts who would rather bash Apple for page hits than actually writing well-formed opinions. I don’t mind that some of these guys prefer other companies, but there’s no need to lie about Apple in an attempt to inflate your own position.
Taking them to task… 😀
Article font a little too small
Looks like the Dashboard Widget died too.
We have not been updating the Dashboard Widget for quite some time. Please use Safari to create a Web Clipping if you’d like to see MacDailyNews on your Dashboard.
More info: Using Safari to create a Web Clipping
Thanks! For now I’ve bookmarked the RSS feed but I will check that out.
Looks great
As many problems the app had… It’s better than this.
Don’t like the new style.
Faster on Chrome
Faster on Firefox
no so fast on Safari
Seems to me like a classic case of people fixing something that wasn’t broke.
nice job guys –
I have to say: as someone who reads this site almost exclusively on the iPhone, this is a vast improvement.
Minor things easily fixed:
1) The ad at the top is chopped off on the right.
2) your radio buttons for opting into notifications have some debris in the top corners. Clean it up so the look perfectly round
3) please please please change the color of the MDN Takes’s font to clearly differentiate it from the body copy. This issue should not have carried over from the previous design.
4) make this text entry field separately scrollable or dynamically sized to accommodate larger entries.
Really good work overall
No explanations for asterisks next to Name & Mail fields in comments section
Skip to comments link does not take you to comments.
Failed to publish my previous comment as it will probably fail to publish this one.
This is supposed to be an improvement?
Did MDN get bought by Gawker Media?
http://www.macdailynews.com is still pointing to the old site. Don’t forget to update all your DNS entries.
Think I got my “display name” ironed out. Testing.
Isn’t it strange that I see no additional articles since the new format announcement. What’s up?
Issues noted above occurred when using Mobile version with iPhone Safari. Another problem with Mobile version: only first page of comments is displayed with no “newer comments” link available. That’s why I thought my comments didn’t get published. I couldn’t view them until I turned off the Mobile version. Overall a surprisingly inept implementation of a site whose editors I respect.
I’d like to see “Older Comments” and “Newer Comments” links at the top of the page as well. Even “first page” and “last page” links added would be helpful as well. Sometimes I just want to get where I’m going. My 2¢! 🙂
Nice.
Love it! Much cleaner than before. Good move!
Still not sure . . . I may have a bone to pick on this . . .
I just want to see how well my logo looks on MDN, laughing at all those Android and Window fanbois’ ignorance.
New design is a nice update, but the site still seems slow.
Very nice! It looks a bit better and loads MUCH faster on the Windblows machine I’m relegated to at work. Even using Safari on Windows, pulling up the old site was an excuse to go get some coffee and see if it loaded by the time I got back. This is much, much snappier
Just got back from Egypt . . . so far they’re only eating Schnauzers, so it’s not too bad . . .
Looks nice. Are the emoticons gone, and is the html coding the same?
Of course, there were piles and piles of burning Nook e-readers everywhere, but that’s to be expected, I suppose . . .
Testing: At last reply threads and avatars. This is the modern world.
MUCH better MDN! digging it.
Loads so shnappee™ after all these years!
All you clueless fontards…if you don’t like san serif then go to your browser appearance settings and change it.
This is a test of the emergency smiley system:
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😀
😉
;-D
😛
(^_^)
😀
:kiss:
😆
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>:-(
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Hmm. Used to be, when you clicked on one of the supporting articles along the left side, they opened in a new tab/window. That appears to be broken. Not a good thing.
With adblock and the new fonts, this new design is almost OK.
The frickin wordpress registration is a royal pain in the ass, however.
Goodbye happy chaotic internet, hello regulated, rectal-exam, passwords for meaningless news sites, fascist world.
Annoying because its all so UNNECESSARY.
SMILEYS ON WORDPRESS:
Using Smilies
I like this change, since I’m already with WordPress.
Welcome to the new MacDailyNews everyone!
I think the site looks very streamlined……very easily readable!
Looks Sharp!
cool. Waiting to see if the app is betta
Someone jacked my username.
It looks like I was able to change my display name to what it should be…
Although I’m glad to have my identity back, I can also see a huge potential for trolls to spoof other posters.
Fonts? Hum? In my iPad/Safari I have Times. On my MBP with Safari I have a non-serif font which isn’t lucida or arial. I say that because if it were lucida or arial it would display as that on my iPad. It must be a downloadable font. I like the look of that.
Good going MDN.
I don’t like how someone else can have their comments displayed as your name.
Some comments:
1) Main text font should be larger (Lucida is fine, it’s just a tic too smal to comfortable reading).
2) Headlines look weak — bold them.
3) “www.macdailynews.com” instead of just “macdailynews.com” takes one to a crappy old corpse of the page with messed up layout.
It appears item 3 in your list is just a DNS caching issue. http://www.macdailynews.com now redirects via a 301 header redirect to macdailynews.com. You should see a change in the behavior over the next day or so most likely. Best to change bookmarks anyway, though.
Ok this was posted at 9 PM Feb 9th…
And it is well over 12 hours later– What no news on the 10th?
Just saying–You revamped the site– some good some not so good.
Now on with the news, eh?
MDN use ‘floating posts’ from time to time in order that they remain at the top of the list. This is so that people will read them first. THIS is a floating post. Read just below it on the home page and you’ll find LOTS of new news for the 10th, and ongoing…
“Other than losing my first original username…. :-(”
Yeah, me too. Oh well, just had to add a couple numbers.
The same thing happened to me.
Just go to your profile, and change your display name to drop the numbers.
I hope more objective reporting of stories are in these new plans also!
MDN doesn’t report the news. They never have.
MDN is a news aggregator, and an outlet to express opinion.
not bad……….
Not sure my logged in comment was posted. Testing now.
Interesting. Some registered names show up as blue links and some are simply black followed by the “dot” signifying registration.
Are the names that show up in blue associated with blogs?
Worst part is “Newer Comments” or “Older Comments”—Oh, that’s REALLY useful *sarcasm.*
The page numbers that USED to be available at the top and bottom are sadly missed. One could remember a specific page a post was on, or quickly tell the scope of how many pages the topic’s responses ran for an article (giving an idea of how hot the topic was). Page numbers are far more useful for that or when going back to find someone’s post. These 2 ambiguous options just don’t cut it. I think that’s my #1 gripe, the rest I can live with. It has a few plusses, like replies under the posts.
“Worst part is “Newer Comments” or “Older Comments”—Oh, that’s REALLY useful”
It’s a matter of coding. Let’s home the coder restores the numbering.
Remembering the page a post is on won’t work now, as the system allows you to post below another post you are replying to, so a numbering system won’t help.
Hmm, not familiar with WordPress, so setting this up has been …. interesting.
So, I hope the old Micro Me’s first post on the new MDN works.
@islandgirl45
My question exactly. I can’t figure our how to remove the link to my registered name.
…. and of course, I should have hit ‘reply’, not posted a separate comment. Learning, learning.
I’ll be waiting for the brand new MDN for iPhone.
Great job.
“…the brand new MDN for iPhone”
With lots of BUG FIXES PLEASE!
Looks better.
Damn! My original name was taken 🙁
Works great and looks great!!
I like the new look, but really miss the really miss the title change to red after I’ve opened the article. The slightly different blue is ok, but the difference is not big enough to quickly review what I’ve read and what I have not read. Please put the red back.
One of my posts got censored today!
I feel home again already.
Ah~~~~~
8)
Welcome back! 🙂
New site is cool. I was wondering why the iSO App was broken.
for the most part, I don’t get it.
why restrict your layout to 800×600 or 1024×768 monitors? the site still feels dated to me. quicker, yes. thank you. but compared to many other sites out there, you’re a single strip down the middle of my browser window with tons of white space on either side.
make the leap – go to a new layout.., one not limited by decade old hardware/layout designs. there is no ‘ease of transition’ required. don’t worry MDN, we’ll all adapt as long as the content is good.
Looks nice, MDN. Good work.
@ MDN
Could the stock quotes be a little bigger? They’re awfully small on the iPad.
I had a presence as “Zeke” here and on many Apple investment forums. Now when I attempt to register I find that my name is already in use. THANKS A LOT! Am I pissed? You bet!
OK, my apologies. I discovered the fix.
you’ll get over it.
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3.
You may not need an app. The site looks quite nice with Mobile Safari.
How the hell do you get the new site to show up in mobile safari? All I can see is the old site.
PS – Your wordmark looks far better typeset in Helvetica (iOS version) than it does here.
I won’t be coming here much longer. The typeface is NOT a reader face.
Very cool, except I had to create a new username, and of course the one I was using was already taken…..
What difference? Purddier ads?
Well, just for you MDN, I have signed up for a WP act.
Not bad.
Fresher, cleaner looking. However, slightly less readable. The font color needs to be a darker gray, or maybe even black.
Mixed feelings about having to open a WordPress account to be able to post comments.
Site looks good and is much quicker. Good move.
Hurray no more double underline ads!
Really nice update, looks a lot cleaner. A few little design issues here and there (need a bit of space between the Apple Store ads and the Comments header, things like that), but all in all, really good.
This is how most website updates should be done: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, just give it a fresh lick of paint instead.
Too much flash crap… Im all for ads, but can’t you clean them up a bit. Your site is becoming Times Square, and scrolling up and down on my macbook air is totally sketchy at best. You are better than this MacDailyNews.
Been following you guys for a long time. Old site was nice. This is even nicer. Good job.
Nice. Snappier too! Resisted the urge to ninja FredMertz, but bet he was already signed up anyway!
I like the design and functionality, but I really wish MDN would dump the giant list of Apple links. It takes up so much real estate and for what? Does anyone reading MDN suddenly think “Oh yeah I need to buy a 17-inch MacBook Pro — thank god there’s a link here!”
I’m all for affiliate links, but how about one nice-looking square ad above the poll? The whole site would look so much better without that giant block of blue links.
PS: No idea how to log in on this site. Register links to creating a new blog? Lame.
Anyone besides me unable to view the new site in Safari? I’ve managed to load the new page only twice and when I click an article I get a 404 page. Then the site reverts to the old site with only yesterday’s news. I’m using my phone to post.
Funny, I can see it fine in safari on a desktop, but not in mobile safari…
Looking really good!
It is snappy. A friendlier font would help.
Glad to see the update but I will miss the push notifications until the app returns.
Who the HELL took Bunsen Honeydew?!
Oh, one thing I have noticed is that the website doesn’t seem to work with Top Sites in Safari anymore, y’know, the blue star thing that let’s you know when the site’s been updated. I find it very useful, so it would be nice if that was working again.
I appreciate the effort to improve the site. One huge suggestion: Increase the font size. It’s simply too small to read comfortably.
Pages #s for comments would be good.
Can I write in bold?
Cool! 🙂
Well done
Snappilicious!
Great improvement.
Congratulations, everything is more neater !
The comments are so much better this way. Love it.
Congratulations, this design is more neater !
How come I don’t see my comment after I log out of my WordPress account ?
Here’s another test to see if I’ve removed the link to my name.
Yessss…. Good
Good!! Nice work!
Booo, I want the MDN iPhone app working again!
A little bit more of a warning would have been nice on the iPad app. I lost rough two days worth Mac news, I though android and window had won and taken over the world. Never been so scared in my life.
When will the MDN app work again?
eh, i wasn’t too attached to my old user name. hello new user name.
I should go.
I love it!!! good job mdn!!
I was worried you would fill it with dynamic html!!
but nope it looks great! 😀
I really LOVE the new look. Easier to read and cleaner looking. Great job!
Not a bad effort, but when I read a topic, then hit the back button it takes me back to the top of the News, not back to where I was in the list of news items. WTF? l also want item’s I’ve already read to be listed in red colour the way it was before so I can see at a glance where I was up to and what I’ve already read.
Quote: “l also want item’s I’ve already read to be listed in red colour the way it was before so I can see at a glance where I was up to and what I’ve already read.”
Agreed. And this is very easily done with a handful of stylesheet changes by the site’s developer. Definitely low-hanging fruit, so perhaps this will happen sooner rather than later.
Sorely miss the notifications from your app, please finish this ASAP!
Here in Sweden your news feed start in the afternoon. Every plopp in my pocket brings my working day closer to its end 😉
THIS SUCKS!!! Since when did wordpress have the right to steal my screen name from me? It’s not possible that every single one of us has has our unique screen names pre-registered on wordpress, so that mean when MDN switched, all the registered accounts were handed over to wordpress. Now those of us users who have been visiting MDN for YEARS are jacked. This pisses me off ROYAL!