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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Soon - New website design
« on: February 25, 2022, 09:58:08 AM »
Hello Hugo, many thanks for your efforts in designing a new website. I can imagine that this is a huge task and not an easy one. At first glance the new design looked pleasing and fresh to me but - what really counts of course is whether the applications have been improved or not. That's what any change should be about and what really matters for the members of this site. Please take my remarks as constructive hints to consider some details.
Firstly it appears to me that the shown picture in standard size (between thumbnail and fullscreen) is to a certain degree less sharp and clear in the beta-version, what would surely be not acceptable if confirmed by other members. So this should be checked....
The comment overview section on the front page is vital for the community and should therefore be shown to the same extent as hitherto, i.e. some twenty comments should be visible (there are just seven in the beta-version). And all comments on a certain picture should be visible by scrolling down a bit from the photography. Tearing things apart which belong together isn't a good idea to say the least...
Another point is that the ENI numbers should be displayed under Photo details like the IMO numbers and should be clickable as well to show all pictures of a certain inland vessel. The description is an important - and time consuming - part of a posting and the complete description should therefore be visible at once without having to scroll down too much. I'm sure that most members are not only interested in a photograph of a ship but also in the details and history of a certain vessel, so please let the whole description be shown at once like it is with the existing version. In the beta-version every detailed description is squeezed together and cannot be read in context - this is completely unacceptable in my opinion.
On the front page of the new version can be read : THE BEST Ship Information and Shipphotos. So let these information be well presented and seen at the first glance...
A further point is the background colour, it should be balanced and only have a small amount of white to be comfortable for the eyes. The pale blue of the current website version is a very good option which isn't too strenous for the eyes. Please consider this very important health factor as well.
Principally the current website is excellent in my view, so please do not change everything just to make changes. Each and every change should be an improvement to the existing and well proven website and this approach should be taken in consideration permanently because it is the key to a succesful new version of this site.
With the introduction of the beta-version planned for next monday already (or for the 27th of February ?) it looks like no more opinions from members want to be taken into account. I'm quite sure that most members aren't aware of the imminent change to a new version, it seems as if they should not be heard too much. Many members are employed and have little time during the week to consider the new beta-version. Please wait at least another week before deploying the new version to give all members a fair chance to react. Starting the new version hastily and without appropriate coordination with admins and members isn't a good start.
It would be very regrettable if the current succesful website concept would be ended without getting an improved version.
Please make sure that it is possible to return to the current version if the new concept has too many shortcomings and would be a deterioration of what the shipspotting community has now.
Once again many thanks to you and your team for your efforts up to now.
Best regards, Hans
Firstly it appears to me that the shown picture in standard size (between thumbnail and fullscreen) is to a certain degree less sharp and clear in the beta-version, what would surely be not acceptable if confirmed by other members. So this should be checked....
The comment overview section on the front page is vital for the community and should therefore be shown to the same extent as hitherto, i.e. some twenty comments should be visible (there are just seven in the beta-version). And all comments on a certain picture should be visible by scrolling down a bit from the photography. Tearing things apart which belong together isn't a good idea to say the least...
Another point is that the ENI numbers should be displayed under Photo details like the IMO numbers and should be clickable as well to show all pictures of a certain inland vessel. The description is an important - and time consuming - part of a posting and the complete description should therefore be visible at once without having to scroll down too much. I'm sure that most members are not only interested in a photograph of a ship but also in the details and history of a certain vessel, so please let the whole description be shown at once like it is with the existing version. In the beta-version every detailed description is squeezed together and cannot be read in context - this is completely unacceptable in my opinion.
On the front page of the new version can be read : THE BEST Ship Information and Shipphotos. So let these information be well presented and seen at the first glance...
A further point is the background colour, it should be balanced and only have a small amount of white to be comfortable for the eyes. The pale blue of the current website version is a very good option which isn't too strenous for the eyes. Please consider this very important health factor as well.
Principally the current website is excellent in my view, so please do not change everything just to make changes. Each and every change should be an improvement to the existing and well proven website and this approach should be taken in consideration permanently because it is the key to a succesful new version of this site.
With the introduction of the beta-version planned for next monday already (or for the 27th of February ?) it looks like no more opinions from members want to be taken into account. I'm quite sure that most members aren't aware of the imminent change to a new version, it seems as if they should not be heard too much. Many members are employed and have little time during the week to consider the new beta-version. Please wait at least another week before deploying the new version to give all members a fair chance to react. Starting the new version hastily and without appropriate coordination with admins and members isn't a good start.
It would be very regrettable if the current succesful website concept would be ended without getting an improved version.
Please make sure that it is possible to return to the current version if the new concept has too many shortcomings and would be a deterioration of what the shipspotting community has now.
Once again many thanks to you and your team for your efforts up to now.
Best regards, Hans