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!
Please note that the MacDailyNews iOS app has been removed from the App Store for retooling. The MacDailyNews app will not work for the time being. It will return to the App Store ASAP. You cannot use the app until an update becomes available. Meanwhile, please use Mobile Safari to visit the site.
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!
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