Boards

the "top" threads that appear back to the last posted ones as opposed to the most popular ones :(

and they look a bit squashed.

otherwise, fucking rad designs.

i do agree with fitzcarraldo about the top threads on the community page being the most recent ones, not the most popular. but clearly it's a minor thing. actual site and the functions are cool.

thx

didn't use my idea for next thread buttons, but I'll let that go, and continue to send dead pigeons to you in the post until my demands are met.

it looks alot more like a website as apose to a really expensive blog nice one.

the font being a little bigger in threads makes it look a bit special needs mind, but I think I'd get use to it and to be honest I'm kinda special needs anyway...

but the new site really is looking ace. seriously, well done.

I prefer the simplistic table you're using for the main Social, Music, etc front pages already, mainly because the Thread subject, Posted by, the number of replies and the Last poster are all the same size font and in a unobtrusive line... it's easy to scan and find the threads you want.
In the new design, the post starter and the last post usernames are much too small, as are the dates and times. Again, it doesn't scan well. The font looks a bit over baring on the eyes too.

I'd suggest a revamp of the current board layout rather than this new format, at the end of the day the rest of the site looks pretty enough but the boards need to be easy on the eye and simple! Think just how many hours a day/week/year you have eyes fixed on these pages...

So far this is the only thing bugging me, the rest of the site looks alright (bit too fussy and in yer face for me, but that's WEB 2.0 4 U)

but a little more whitespace wouldn't go amiss on the front page. The information seems a bit too dense.

I think there needs to be at least a small gap above the word 'recent' in the left column.

Artist links in the reviews and features seem a very tiny bit too brightly coloured.

I find the font on the board pages a little over-bold but I'm sure others will disagree.

I'm not a designer so this is all just gut feeling.

well done tom___

the news and shit below is a bit hard to decipher in such a small space. maybe a different colour background for each section?
Actually fuck that, whatever, it's fine.

;)

- Overall I like it, a lot. Good work.
- I don't think that the right hand column works that well. It's too inconsistent across the different sections. If you're going to include a quick reference column, it has to be a constant across the whole site. At the moment things move around and there's not really any logic as to what appears in this area. The changing positions of the adverts, in particular, is a real, real bugbear of mine.
- It would be nice to have a site footer like you've got at the moment containing the T&Cs, staff contacts etc.

Front Page---
- Is there any reason why the 'recommended' albums tab doesn't work properly? If it's a placeholder, ignore this.
- In the 'News' column, some of the text is tucking under the images.
- I'm not sure that I like the fact that the Album reviews are treated differently to 'In Depth', 'News' and 'Live Reviews'. It makes the formatting a little jumpy, and it sets up a strange hierarchy. The treatment of 'DiScover' is a little at odds with the way that the rest of the new content is handled.
- Are the 'In Photos' articles meant to be 'News'?

Section pages---
Great, apart from the gripe about the right hand column (see above)

Articles---
the introduction of the new column to the inside right is very confusing. Sometimes it has Relevant articles at the top, sometimes it has other articles in the series (eg on the DiScover pages). It just doean't really sit within the rest of the site, plus the jump to full width below it is a formatting no-no.

Gig listings---
Where's this information coming from? Is it LastFM? As a promoter, it's be nice to know. Also, I'd like it if today's best gigs were on the front page somewhere.

Forums---
- Awesome, seriously. The tabs are great. The My Posts, amazing, and the boards themselves, so, so, much better.
- If I'm going to be picky, I'd like the first post in a thread to be 'boxed in' rather than floating around.

Um, think that's it!

front page is a lot better.

please tell me it's been tested in IE6?

http://test.drownedinsound.com/profile/collection

still looks pretty rubbish IMO.. if it looked less like this

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/80/dis1a.png

and more like the quilt in the record reviews

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5372/dis2z.png

more information on the page and less white space? just a late suggestion..

ACE.

Well done! I particularly like the tabbing along the top, bit like something I wanted to do on the Motel once but didn't have the know-how.

I'm using the latest release of Firefox and the footer with the drowning man is lovely, but it feels a bit big and too much like blank/redundant space to these eyes. Perhaps it could be shrunk a little (unless this is intentional)? x