New ESPN.com homepage

#1

Post by brandnewlow » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 8:52 PM UTC

1. I punched ESPN.com into my browser. 2. I'm greeted by the most confusing interstitial ad I've seen in a while. I did not like how it messed with the reality of what I thought I was looking at. 3. Then I got a popup. 4. Then the new site loaded incredibly slowly and crashed my browser.

Won't be going back there for a while.

New ESPN.com homepage
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Re: New ESPN.com homepage

#2

Post by makaimc » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 9:15 PM UTC

The new site seems to be even slower than the old one, which was a slug in its own right.

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#3

Post by jonknee » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 9:56 PM UTC

I'm happy. They got rid of the auto-playing video side bar.

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#4

Post by johns » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:09 PM UTC

makaimc wrote: post #2

The new site seems to be even slower than the old one, which was a slug in its own right.

Possible due to higher traffic from people checking out the new site. Personally, I like it, especially compared to the old site (though I think they could do without one of the page-wide ads).

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#5

Post by scorxn » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:13 PM UTC

The background fade looks like hell at ~1600px wide and doesn't even matte to the correct color on the right. Guess color correction took a backseat to ad planning.

Re: New ESPN.com homepage

#6

Post by sjs382 » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:25 PM UTC

I love it. MAJOR improvement on the old version, even though I prefer sites like this to be aligned left.

I always keep my browser at 1024 wide so the fixed size is perfect for me.

They got rid of the flash sections that cycle through headlines, which was a major peeve of mine. I couldn't right click them to open in new tabs.

Re: New ESPN.com homepage

#7

Post by streblo » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:28 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #3

I'm happy. They got rid of the auto-playing video side bar.

Thank god they did, I avoided ESPN.com like the plague just because of their annoying auto playing videos.

Re: New ESPN.com homepage

#8

Post by redorb » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:33 PM UTC

Good update, atleast a step in the right direction; the auto play was annoying... although it now looks like ford owns the page - guess they have a "look like you own the page" ad package...

- espn.com comes in at 213 objects, 200 images - and If I'm correct I have 1.3mb in size - this is horrible I used

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

Re: New ESPN.com homepage

#9

Post by indraneel24 » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:33 PM UTC

Not that great, but an improvement in its own right.

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#10

Post by ibsulon » Mon, Jan 05, 2009, 10:37 PM UTC

I've been using the beta for a while. It's changed a lot from the original implementation. I still hate how the two pulldown menus are right next to each other - try reaching "nfl" on the list of sports with the mouse coming from the top of the screen - it's an exercise in frustration.