How about free access to the IOC archives which has newspaper clippings, Sports Illustrated covers, ABC/NBC videos, etc.
How about free access to the IOC archives which has newspaper clippings, Sports Illustrated covers, ABC/NBC videos, etc.
erik wrote:
I increased the font size on articles by a couple pixels and jumped up the front page font size another pixel. That should help allay some people's concerns over the font.
Agree with others that the font is unpleasant. Size is still too small and the font does not look good on my Windows 8.1 desktop running IE11. Was forced to open up the "Mary Cain goes Pro" article in Chrome so I could read it.
Thanks for the feedback, Erik. I'm looking forward to those improvements to the menus and search functions. Great job, thus far on rolling this out. Beats healthcare.gov by far!
This gives me another idea...as healthcare.gov had the Obamacare girl, Letsrun.com should have a Letsrun girl on the front page!
[quote]bluemt95 wrote:
Thanks for the feedback, Erik. I'm looking forward to those improvements to the menus and search functions. Great job, thus far on rolling this out.
Beats healthcare.gov by far!
[quote]erik wrote:
webfoot wrote:
erik wrote:I increased the font size on articles by a couple pixels and jumped up the front page font size another pixel. That should help allay some people's concerns over the font.
Agree with others that the font is unpleasant. Size is still too small and the font does not look good on my Windows 8.1 desktop running IE11. Was forced to open up the "Mary Cain goes Pro" article in Chrome so I could read it.
I was looking at other news-oriented websites and the font they use for articles. CNN uses Arial/14px, FoxNews uses Arial/16px.
You are using some google font and 15px (did you just bump this up because it looks larger now). My preference would be to stick with Arial.
The font is a tough choice. I really like how it looks and if it looks bad on IE11, thats a minority of our users. On the feedback we collected, one of the top things people have noted they liked was the font. So we're gonna keep it as the default.
But a number of people have been pretty vocal about not liking the font, so I'm going to code an option soon where people can override with Verdana (the old font) or Arial (popular, obviously).
I just redesigned the mobile menu. I agree with an earlier poster who noted it should be one line. It wasn't a top priority before we launched but it's done now.
Now the Home icon brings you home, the chat icon brings you to the Boards, and the menu itself has the search box in it.
And I added in a little LRC classic motivation on top of it.
Re: current feedback form design.
If by 'current design' you mean the design that was used before the currently displayed new & improved design I vote the new current design is better than the 'current design' that in not currently the current design being displayed.
Thanks I really do like it.
erik wrote:
The font is a tough choice. I really like how it looks and if it looks bad on IE11, thats a minority of our users. On the feedback we collected, one of the top things people have noted they liked was the font. So we're gonna keep it as the default.
But a number of people have been pretty vocal about not liking the font, so I'm going to code an option soon where people can override with Verdana (the old font) or Arial (popular, obviously).
It's definitely better a bit larger, that is easier to read now. But the font just looks a little dense, to me. But it's definitely better than it was.
Cheers
Awesome
Just don't change the message board
Well, you essentially pointed out that they are delusionally obsessed with doping to the point of complete ineffectiveness.
A resource page teaching runners and fans how to support anti doping -- something like over the last ten years might have, just might have helped these orgs prevent the budget reductions they are current suffering.
erik wrote:
The font is a tough choice. I really like how it looks and if it looks bad on IE11, thats a minority of our users. On the feedback we collected, one of the top things people have noted they liked was the font. So we're gonna keep it as the default.
But a number of people have been pretty vocal about not liking the font, so I'm going to code an option soon where people can override with Verdana (the old font) or Arial (popular, obviously).
Fair enough, although there is a reason 99% of news websites use arial. Ability to override your font will solve the issue for me. Please do the same for the message board makeover.
Overall the new website is awesome, loved being able to read about regionals yesterday on my windows8 phone.
I still don't like the logo. It looks like you came up with it in about 2 minutes. In 1995.
The layout of the front page is much better though.
erik wrote:
I just redesigned the mobile menu.
I see the home/LRC icon, the chat icon and the menu to the right. In the middle there is just blank on my iPhone 5 but when I click on the blank, it expands the nexs/about letsrun/search menu. It's the same as the menu button. Doesn't really make sense to me.
Other than that - Great! Can't wait for the mobile redesign of the message boards.
Does that mean no more coverage of cycling? I will have to go back to reading cyclingnews and velonews.
Would it be possible to enlarge the links to the different pages of a thread? Using Chrome on an Android 3,7 inch phone, I am forced to zoom to maximum in order to be able to hit the link.