Website design discussion

[stinow]

Reminder for myself now that the cabinet is almost done I will try do some desinging soon (if other r.l. Projects dont intervene). )

[Kherr]

Looking forward to it bro. Hopefully you have some sort of revolutionary design for us so that we attract even more people to the site. :3

[GozmitJosh]

might be a little late for input but i liked the way Theoldcomputer was.

The old style look i want to say ~3 years ago?

For example i remember the emulator section having Nintendo/sega/atari logos next to the name...etc...etc along with a table showing all the emulators available

Same with the categories for the roms. Next to each emulator used to be a description of the emulator and its pros and cons. Now there is a lot more categories and systems uploaded than before so i think that might be a problem with having to scroll down so far.

For example: http://web.archive.org/web/20030201090627/http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary's/Emulation/ROMs_summary.htm

That is how i remember the way things were...and i love that look. You still have plenty of space for the rate system and other info about the number of downloads per rom and such.

Even the old look from '09 was good for me IMO

http://web.archive.org/web/20090227031154/http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary's/Emulation/ROMs_summary.htm

[Kherr]

It's never too late for input josh, and I agree with your liking of the emulator/roms pages with the icons/logos/names in gif files next to the description for the libraries... the first link you provided. That's the way I think the emulator section should look. But maybe it's time for a completely new look as we've had the same sort of styled look for quite awhile now and it just feels a little dusty. :3

[GozmitJosh]

But maybe it's time for a completely new look as we've had the same sort of styled look for quite awhile now and it just feels a little dusty. :3

I agree i guess i dislike the style we have now when compared to the older years :S but then ago this site houses a lot of retro roms and information. Maybe there is a look that can fit both? A new fresh look but keep the "retro"?

I like the groupings we have now on the main page of the left sidebar but prefer the green boxes that highlighted over the entire bar that gets highlighted. But thats just me. Might be biased as i grew up seeing that

I think the roms/emulator sections need to be more...categorized? Right now i click on ROMS and i see over 40-50+ links branching off into other roms/systems. Would love to see those categorized into places such as...

Computer
Consoles
Handhelds
Calculators
...etc...etc

Along with the Roms. I click on the Nintendo roms again i preferred the older look with the nintendo gif. Maybe have a gif or pic of each console next to the console link to add more style than just a simple url link.

EDIT: sry about going inactive, been having a lot of work and life stuff happen.

All the links and everything seems a bit "bland"?

[PMJPlay]

Personally I think the forums layout is clean and neat and shouldnt be changed. I think the main site should
reflect the same design of the forums, but thats just a opinion of a lowly member