I gotta say the icon parade is kind of problematic too - especially when there are users who don't have icons and the grey T pops up. But really, do I have to remember which guy in the cowboy hat is which and whether hrant is the right eye or the left eye?

But since the IM feature seems to have disappeared I guess this isn't a problem.

I also like the idea of the rotating font - it could be interesting, and the site will often have a fresh look.

Problems, though:
The icons instead of logged in user names. What will happen when there are 63 users (as there are sometimes)? I have to remember where I put my keys; keeping track of all those icons and who's who will paralyze my brain.

And since there's no more IM or on-line users as a list, it seems it doesn't make any difference WHO is here at a particular time, so why not lose the icons altogether?

I would also like to have the option of editing a post again. Was there a reason for that to disappear?

Well, SOMEthing has changed. I've visited Typophile when there were many, many threads going on, posts coming in and lots of activity all at once, and it was never THIS slow before. I am hitting either "post comment" or even "refresh", and I am checking my email, reading scores on ESPN, etc. before the screen refreshes. It's just tedious.

And I hate to complain; this has always been a terrific site, and I'm sure a thankless project to manage. But if it's going to be this slow, with fewer capabilities than before, it's just not going to be very enjoyable.

Hey folks: There's a thread specifically set up for these comments/complaints (Bug Report). The new version of Typophile is very advanced technically and took mountains of programming time. More fun content and functions already, and more coming, as I understand it. Did you look in the Resources area? They do need to move to a more robust hosting arrangement, but they know that.

The esit feature really needs to come back, at least to allow correction of typos.

you mean the edit feature? (sorry, couldn't resist >^p )

The new version of Typophile is very advanced technically

It loads as well as an octogenarian camomile-drinking grandma would drive a Porsche – Apologies to all octogenarian camomile-drinking typophilic grandmas. Regardless of the many new flashy features, if it loads slowly, people will tire quickly.

I’m also not fond of the disappearance of the “edit” feature.

On a positive note; I love the alternation of typefaces being used on the site. Hats off. I never really used the IM, so I don’t miss it. Some obviously do. As I explore the new features further I’m sure I’ll warm to them.

To answer pattyfab's original question, yes, the plan is to rotate the headline font on a regular basis, and hopefully provide great exposure to new font releases. Watch for news on this and other cool features once we've patched a few post-launch jitters.

"What will happen when there are 63 users (as there are sometimes)?"

IMO, the more icons the better :) If it is critical to know exactly who is logged in at any given moment, you can roll over the icons for user names.

Yeah- like patty said.

And I don't know why, but the scroll-over icon thing doesn't give me the user name. I just get a blue line beneath the icon.

Anyway, like I said before, I don't want to keep complaining about it. It just doesn't seem as useful and friendly as it did before, so I'll just check in when I really want to ask a question.

Don't worry, we gripe at other designers too. Randolph I guess you missed the thread about the London 2012 Olympic logo.

If you think you guys are having troubles, try using an old Mac with OS 9!!

Loud and clear, bowfinpw! Are you having trouble loading the homepage? 'Cause I found that in OS 9, going straight to the Forums page is a lot quicker (albeit less fun):

http://www.typophile.com/cms/forums

Randolph, thanks for the nice words - the development and design team does work pretty hard and will continue to despite the negativity. :) The Typophile team will indeed be in Seattle, and I for one would gladly take you up on the offer.

Patty, your troubles with the site are known issues and we are working to resolve them. We have one primary developer (genuis) who codes everything by hand (after work hours) and to my knowledge has spent the last two days solid rebuilding the database from scratch because of some incompatiblity issues with our server and the new version of Drupal. Little things may have been lost along the way and there are things that we intentionally changed about the design.

am i the only one that thinks that's funny?

Don’t you dare mock beer, Paul. That’s just not cool.

Unless it’s a product of Anheuser Busch or Coors. But those aren’t really beer to begin with.

Featured Face:

Carl, you missed a few kern pairs there, pal :-)

I thought there was a way to do it.
I remember Ultrafonts doing it with Mana.

hhp

Perhaps only monowidth fonts should be eligible?

I like Beorcana as a headline type. It would be nice to see rotating fonts though, would give a little extra to the site.

The site is slower then other sites on my computer but it's always been a slow sites. Often it dosen't load at all just leaves a white screen. So I think that's a server/traffic problem.

I agree that the Who's Online section with icons is unnecessary having just the names is enough. It's a small feature, not important and it should'nt have the attention that it has now.

I have another small thing that really bothers me but it has nothing to do with the site update. It's been like this since i joined a few months ago. In the Forum the first section that I click on, if I've scrolled down the page jumps up to the top immediatley when I click, missing the topic I try to click on and I end up somewhere else. So I have to go back and click on the right one. This also happens the first time I try to click on a topic. I'm guessing it's either a Flash or CSS bug. Very annoying.

Otherwise I like the site, it's fresh and easy to use. Excellent work.

P.S.
The little effect you got on the Comment field where you can resize the field, I LOVE IT.

@ Paul: No, that is very funny.

The heads look SO much better in the lighter weight, THANKS!

Could the powers that be please create a new forum just for graphic designs and type based art? Just a place where we can dump our type wonderings...

And yeah, I realize the pedestrian functionality of the exsisting forums can serve as a usefull dumping ground, but wouldn't it be great if it were all in one place.
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Paul, It took me a minute ( okay a few days) but now I get it.

So what's the difference between a Std and a normal version of a font? Reduced character set?

What pathetic whining. How much do you pay for access to Typophile?

What's that got to do with anything?

The new version of Typophile is very advanced technically and took mountains of programming time.

What's that got to do with anything?

Why is every redesign NOT an improvement? This reminds me of what used to be called "The Big Three" automakers. Whining about "legacy costs" while still producing cars that are ugly, not as fuel efficient or as reliable, and don't handle as well as the competition. I'm sure it takes as much work to execute a poor design as well as a good one. Maybe the "technically advanced programmers" are in the wrong business. I guess in the end it's about having vision. Or not.

When I couldn't buy a font at multiple locations, I was lambasted for having IE 5.5. Now it's Mike Yanega's turn to get dumped on because he's using OS9. Obviously it's too hard for the "technically advanced programmers" to make things backwards compatible. Even Blu-Ray and HD DVD players are backwards compatible. Well, I have my own opinion as to what (or who) is backwards.

Edit: I just found out that if I enlarge the font in my new Firefox browser (in the forum index) it can overrun the right-hand column ("Support our sponsors") and it looks just like IE 5.5. Was this done to ease my transition to Firefox? This does NOT happen within threads themselves.

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