Anyone checked Yahoo! Sports today?

[RonMexico]

Wow, worst redesign ever.

[Pistons < Spurs]

I kinda like it.

[Bookit]

It gives me a headache.

[Doug Collins]

Looks like a bastardized version of espn.com and foxsports.com...terrible.

[dave]

holy crap its horrible
the only reason i went to yahoo was because of it's simple design

[angel_luv]

holy crap its horrible
the only reason i went to yahoo was because of it's simple design


Same here.

[stretch]

its not that bad. just a little more "modern" looking i guess. i havent had any problems with it yet. it seems just as simple as it used to be, just more colors and bigger pictures. kinda similar to the ESPN design, but still a little simpler to navigate.

oh well, what's new... a douchebag like RonMexico (who tries to get sympathy by telling his roomate to "make me sound pathetic") starting threads to bitch about anything and everything possible. i have never known someone that bitches as much as that dude.

[RonMexico]

the fact that they tried to rip off ESPN makes it worse - the simple design was the best.

you can't easily navigate among sports like you used to. when the terrible design affects functionality, then it's bad.

[Spurminator]

One of the sports sites needs to have the balls to just go with a Drudge Report layout.

[timvp]

holy crap its horrible
the only reason i went to yahoo was because of it's simple design

:tu

I loved the old design. :cry

[Kori Ellis]

Wow, I think it sucks.

I liked it when it was simple.

[1Parker1]

holy crap its horrible
the only reason i went to yahoo was because of it's simple design

:tu Yup. It's too confusing to figure out the stories this way.

[Pistons < Spurs]

What screen resolution are all of you (those who don't like it) using?

I'm running 1600x1200 and it looks great. Everything is accessible.

My brothers computer is 1024X768 and on his system, I agree that it looks like shit. The large pictures take up most of the screen, and you have to scroll down a whole page to access anything.

[dave]

i got 1280x1024 which should be enough
and it still looks like shit

[Pistons < Spurs]

I wouldn't even try to use it if I was less than 1280x1024, but clearly the ideal setup is gonna be 1600x1200.

Kinda weird. While I don't think sites need to be made to accommodate 800x600 anymore, I do think a standard of 1024x768 is more appropriate. Not everyone will be able to view it at is optimum level this way due to hardware restraints. I guess they think everyone has a 21 inch monitor and a SLI setup!

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1662/resolutionkc6.jpg

[RonMexico]

Even with the resolution adjustments (I've always been at 1280X1024), it's too clogged and congested... basically, they tried to copy the terrible designs of ESPN and the others and have alienated the fans of the simple design. It isn't just the layout, it's the color schemes (what's this baby blue for links???) and they've shrunk all the headlines to the top right, basically throwing them away.

Not only that, when you were in the NBA page before, you could switch to any of the other sports with the toolbar at the top. Now, you have to go back to the main page to switch sports. It's just a sign of poor user testing and design and a rushed implementation - you shouldn't lose features in an "upgrade."

Not surprisingly, they haven't put up a poll asking if the users like the new look... I've already wrote 3 emails to customer service. Maybe I can get all those people who signed the petition to have that guy kicked of Grey's Anatomy in on this too.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Not only that, when you were in the NBA page before, you could switch to any of the other sports with the toolbar at the top. Now, you have to go back to the main page to switch sports. It's just a sign of poor user testing and design and a rushed implementation - you shouldn't lose features in an "upgrade."


No you don't. If you hover your mouse over "Sports Home" it gives you a drop down menu to choose any of the other sports pages. You do not have to go back to the main page. I think it gives more features this way, and a less cluttered look.

Also you can hover your mouse over "Fantasy Sports" for a drop down that shows all of your teams without having to go to a new page.

I personally love the look. But everyone has different tastes. I think they were going for the Vista look which has become popular on sites all over the place.

[StylisticS]

I think it will take some getting use to. But I think it will grow on all of us.

[RonMexico]

Well, they can always incorporate these new features into a classic, text-based look like they had before. I'm not saying the features are poor (didn't know about that hover feature - thanks... I was too frustrated to give it much of a shot), but I think the design, layout, color scheme, and emphasis on photos (loads more slowly) are way off-base.

[dallaskd]

kinda like foxsports. not to bad. espn still the best site on the web.

[dave]

kinda like foxsports. not to bad. espn still the best site on the web.
except for the part where they make you pay to read everything

[dallaskd]

espn is gay unless your an insider. and for the free trial you have to give them your credit card number then they send you crap mail and email.

[dallaskd]

I wouldn't even try to use it if I was less than 1280x1024, but clearly the ideal setup is gonna be 1600x1200.

Kinda weird. While I don't think sites need to be made to accommodate 800x600 anymore, I do think a standard of 1024x768 is more appropriate. Not everyone will be able to view it at is optimum level this way due to hardware restraints. I guess they think everyone has a 21 inch monitor and a SLI setup!

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/1662/resolutionkc6.jpg

yeah i hate sites(like msn) where they only use the middle of the page and the rest is white.

[dallaskd]

they havnt changed the look of their fantasy sports.

[Flopper]

It's stupid and they should change it back.

[trueD]

No you don't. If you hover your mouse over "Sports Home" it gives you a drop down menu to choose any of the other sports pages. You do not have to go back to the main page. I think it gives more features this way, and a less cluttered look.

Also you can hover your mouse over "Fantasy Sports" for a drop down that shows all of your teams without having to go to a new page.

I personally love the look. But everyone has different tastes. I think they were going for the Vista look which has become popular on sites all over the place.

I like the new look too, that orange color was offensive. Yahoo! needed a facelift to keep up with the competition. Drop down menus have been around longer than my team being mediocre/bad, about time Yahoo!!

[sabar]

New look is much better. You can only stick around with a style from the 1990's so long before you have no visitors.

[RonMexico]

New look is much better. You can only stick around with a style from the 1990's so long before you have no visitors.

My problem isn't so much the thought of a design change, but the poorly executed one that is in place now. You can change styles, but they basically took all the worst features of ESPN, FoxSports, CBS Sportsline, SI.com and rolled them into one jumbled mess.

Basically, I just think it's hard to read overall because they've tried to be too artistic with it and what's wrong with a simple white background with black text and pictures for a home page? Too many pictures that are too large and obtrusive.

[jmard5]

kinda like foxsports. not to bad. espn still the best site on the web.

I hate ESPN. You need to subscribe to Insider to read all their news. Crap. I prefer SI.

[RonMexico]

The thing about Yahoo's old website was that it was efficient and loaded quickly because there weren't too many graphics and crap to take up bandwith. If I wanted a lot of ads and media, I would have gone to those other sites.

[ata]

Wow, worst redesign ever.
Word

[ata]

The thing about Yahoo's old website was that it was efficient and loaded quickly because there weren't too many graphics and crap to take up bandwith. If I wanted a lot of ads and media, I would have gone to those other sites.
Exactly!
It is almost imposible to browse with handheld.

[dallaskd]

the old design sucked. point is they needed a change and got one. not the best but ok, i still perfer espn and SI more though.

[RonMexico]

the old design sucked. point is they needed a change and got one. not the best but ok, i still perfer espn and SI more though.

See, that's our point. They obviously did this redesign to try and grab customers like you, but if you're still gonna go to those other sites, then why are they alienating those of us that prefered the simple layout?

[lurker]

I hate ESPN. You need to subscribe to Insider to read all their news. Crap. I prefer SI.
I just use an Insider login that I found on Google. No way was I actually going to pay for that shit. :lol

[Pistons < Spurs]

See, that's our point. They obviously did this redesign to try and grab customers like you, but if you're still gonna go to those other sites, then why are they alienating those of us that prefered the simple layout?

Don't you visit all of those sites anyway? Did you only go to Yahoo?

And based on some of your posts, it sounds like one of your complaints is load time. correct? For me it's no slower or quicker ... but I'm lucky in the sense that I've got very good upload and download speeds.

While I love the look and overall design, I admit that messed up in not building it to be accessible to the slowest bandwidth and weakest hardware. Not all will be able to enjoy it due to their restraints.

But as someone who has no restraints, It's nice to see a site updated to the future. Give me Multimedia accessible videos. Give me images larger than thumbnails.

With todays level of improved tech, and most IP companies offering higher bandwidth speeds i imagine most sites are gonna make upgrades as you see Yahoo doing.

[ducks]

yahoo sports has a banner add program on top no wonder they changed it

[RonMexico]

Don't you visit all of those sites anyway? Did you only go to Yahoo?

And based on some of your posts, it sounds like one of your complaints is load time. correct? For me it's no slower or quicker ... but I'm lucky in the sense that I've got very good upload and download speeds.

While I love the look and overall design, I admit that messed up in not building it to be accessible to the slowest bandwidth and weakest hardware. Not all will be able to enjoy it due to their restraints.

But as someone who has no restraints, It's nice to see a site updated to the future. Give me Multimedia accessible videos. Give me images larger than thumbnails.

With todays level of improved tech, and most IP companies offering higher bandwidth speeds i imagine most sites are gonna make upgrades as you see Yahoo doing.

Yeah, my hardware is fine. Just TimeWarner Cable sucks sometimes and I'll get terrible browsing speeds. Times where I'll have written a post on here and gone to submit and it's given me a "page cannot be displayed" error and stuff. Yeah, I go to those other websites like ESPN for their specific side items like Page 2, Daily Dime, Power Rankings, Chad Ford's Top 150 and stuff. But for simple AP articles, pics, and boxscores (and Steve Kerr), I've always preferred Yahoo for it's simplicity and easy navigation. I was just putting on the old man "I'm resistant to change" hat. We shall fondly look upon the good old days when Coke was a nickel and Yahoo was simple.

I'm just the type of guy who has like 8+ browser windows open so Yahoo's can suck a few extra resources. I'll probably get a pre-loaded Vista PC come April because I've pretty much maxed out all I can from this 6-year old one I'm on.

[ducks]

dude I have timewarner
you my friend need to stay off the porn sites

[RonMexico]

Timewarner Houston and TimeWarner SA must be different... I think they need to replace some lines in my area.