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9rules 2.0
Written by Scrivs on November 4, 2005
If you visit 9rules enough you are probably aware that we pushed out a new design Tuesday. I shouldn’t just call it a design since the site itself adds a lot more functionality to hopefully provide readers with a better way to view 9rules’ content. Playing around with the site you can see the new features such as recent entries, random entries, favorite sites, a new tag directory and the ability to checkout 9rules Spanish.
There are still a lot of quirks that we are going to work out such as allowing you to keep track of more than 8 favorites at a time and view more than 10 sites in one tag. We decided that with the new tagging system and other features that we had, this version was already better than the previous so we thought it was best to launch it now. For languages and equality we are moving the English version of 9rules to http://9rules.com/en/ shortly so that all languages are on equal footing. What will be done with the main 9rules.com page? That’s something we have to discuss, but we like the idea that there is a lot of potential for it.
As Mike wrote last week, we have been a bit quiet and it’s because we wanted to get this out for everyone and we didn’t see a need to talk about something that didn’t exist yet. No need to tease or hype you, just show you. Now it’s back to work on ultra-mega-super-secret projects #2-#5.
If you find any bugs or just want to talk about it feel free to do so. We might go take a nap though.
November 4th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
Quick thing: IE6 has some design quirks, so if you notice them, we probably have too
We’re working on it!
November 4th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
I must admit, I don’t like it - it looks ‘broke’ to me.
I think it’s probably the colors though - they don’t seem to work well together at all to me.
I think it has potential, but I really don’t like the color clash.
Just my 2c
November 4th, 2005 at 2:15 pm
Haha can’t please everybody LB
I personally like the Skittles effect though, what can I say.
November 4th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
I like the colour scheme. It’s daring but simple (quadratic colour scheme using simple complimentary colours, orange vs. blue, green vs. red, and tints in between). It matches the logo. It’s clean. I like!
I can’t wait to see what it will be once most/all the bugs are addressed.
November 4th, 2005 at 10:25 pm
I really like it, the colors are really refreshing :).. I dunno its just eyepleasing, and I like the new features
nice work boys.
*beers all around*
November 4th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
I have a technical question… how are you managing the recently updated websites?
November 5th, 2005 at 5:56 am
Just a quick one. It would be a good idea to make the site degrade gracefully when javascript is turned off.
Redirect to the page rather than using AJAX when not available.
November 5th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
I like it. It does a good job of bubbling up content, is fun, and makes you want to explore…
November 5th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
The old design made it overwhelming to explore some of the sites within in the network. Now I happily cliik my life away visiting sites. It’s amazing how just a change in design can change my behavior. Kudos to those involved.
November 7th, 2005 at 10:20 am
wow. just caught the new design/tech going on and have to say i am truly impressed. good job guys.
November 9th, 2005 at 5:13 am
I like the colors and the interaction design just rocks. But the typography definitely needs some work. Just compare the 9rules blog to the 9rules homepage and you’ll see what I mean.
November 10th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
Is it just the “Home” section that is being redesigned? It seems like the blog part of it is still the same good ol’ 9rules.