Home. Redesigned and twitterified
So this is our new, updated design, to celebrate the forthcoming Depeche Mode album. It’d be foolish to hope you all like it, so we’ll settle for most of you 
. There’s still stuff that’s being tweaked here and there, so there might be some things that aren’t quite working the way they should. If you stumble across any such things, please put it in the comments here, or give us a shout on the forum. We’ve also registered at Twitter, and will be tweeting updates and random thoughts there - you can find our Twitter page at www.twitter.com/homemode.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:09
Awe, but the previous design was so beautifully minimalist.. I loved it! I miss it! (No offense, just not diggin’ the new one.)
March 16th, 2009 at 5:50
Overall,
I like it. Only two things of feedback:
1) It was nice to know how many comments there were per message in the message summary page, can we get that back?
2) The videos do slow the page loading time down, it’d be nice if we can maybe just have a bunch of links to the videos… or do something different.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:26
Great, I really like it !!! Good stuff !!
March 16th, 2009 at 12:03
Great.
M.
March 16th, 2009 at 13:59
New design is wrong
It is less comfortable than previous.
March 16th, 2009 at 14:40
Chaotic.
Like the new album I guess.
It’s all good.
March 16th, 2009 at 15:29
It’s very chaotic, the videos on the left are confusing with the news on the right, I like the header…but the rest is just confusing, was much neater and easier to read on the last style…must try harder I’m afraid.
March 16th, 2009 at 17:13
What are you guys whining about, huh? It’s a new web lay-out and it takes time to get used to, just like it was with the previous one i presume.
Childish bastards
March 16th, 2009 at 19:14
I like the new site. Almost a better job than the Official site! Better looking and I can read it better now.
March 17th, 2009 at 0:21
Nice work boys. New design is great
March 17th, 2009 at 5:16
Its so colorful, its going to take me some time to get acostume to it i guess, but nice work anyway.
March 17th, 2009 at 10:01
Liked the old one but will get used to the new one! Don’t rally care what it looks like as the fact is this is the only place to come to for up to date information.
March 17th, 2009 at 16:52
I hardly ever make comments. But I feel compelled to this time. I am really sorry but the new design of HOME is less than… good. I say that in the most loving way b/c I really appreciate all you do and I love HOME. But being a graphic designer myself and seeing the other devotees’ comments I agree that the old design was MUCH better. In fact, I think it was better than better…. it was beautiful! And also more user friendly. Well, anyway, that’s my two cents. Thanks!
March 17th, 2009 at 22:57
I like the new site!!the twitter is a great idea!!
but why the forum registration is closed?????
March 18th, 2009 at 9:21
No CSS? I have a widescreen and the site takes half the width of my display, and it’s not even centered.
March 20th, 2009 at 22:47
A few quickies:
Thanks for all the feedback - good and bad. As long as it’s constructive, it’s welcome.
To answer a few specific questions:
The comments counter on the front page will be back. It was left off the new design by mistake, and we’ve just not had a chance to fix it yet.
The videos do load slowly, and will be replaced with preview images instead… we’re on it!
The left alignment is intentional - we’ve made the site somewhat wider than it was before, and by aligning it left, rather than centered, we’ve ensured that people on 1024 pixels wide displays can still view the whole site (only the ads are slightly cropped).
March 22nd, 2009 at 14:59
I don’t get it. If it’s aligned center why can’t they see the site fully?
And who uses 1024×768 anyway these days?
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:47
@basti:
plenty people use 1074×768 these days.
March 23rd, 2009 at 20:44
I want to register for your forum but it wont let me? Any help would be appreciated
The layout looks nice though
March 25th, 2009 at 21:29
I would really like to sign up for your forum. Why is registration closed?? Will it ever be reopened?