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New Channel4.com

(December 2006)

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DI
thediaryroom
Just appeared in the last couple of minutes... the layout of most of the "main" pages (homepage, and the main page of each section) is quite cluttered at the moment but I'm sure they'll clean it up.

I like the new top menu and footer most of all - it makes it a lot easier to jump between the important areas of the site.
EH
Edward H
The best thing is Channel4 4oD! I dunno if anyone else noticed it yet.

http://www.channel4.com/4od/
DI
thediaryroom
Edward H posted:
The best thing is Channel4 4oD! I dunno if anyone else noticed it yet.

http://www.channel4.com/4od/


That's been around for a few weeks. Wink

I downloaded an episode of Trigger Happy a few days ago, and was fairly impressed by the speed and quality - I'll definitely consider paying for shows when it's compatible with Windows Vista.
GM
GMc
I'm not too keen on the layout. It looks a bit messy and out of place.
BR
Brekkie
The header and footer are a big improvement, but I agree the index pages need tidying up a bit. Too much flash content doesn't help either - less is more!!!


The More4 logo in the footer is a bit dodgy as well!
AL
alisterj
I love the new site but where's the random salad background gone?! Sad
DI
thediaryroom
alisterj posted:
I love the new site but where's the random salad background gone?! Sad


You do understand what "new site" means, don't you?

@Brekkie: I agree, something like this would look a lot neater - but does the More4 logo ever appear without the black background?

http://www.thediaryroom.net/fixedm4.png

EDIT: The footer on the forums is still buggy - it's a lot taller than all the others. I wonder if they'll bother to fix it?
PA
paul_hadley
The new site seems to be incompatible with 1024x768 resolution (it has a horizontal scrollbar).

I prefer the old site, personally.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
It's a bit of poor CSS the header and footers are fine, the problem lies with one of the middle DIV (I think 'c4container'). I imagine it'll be sorted soon, though at the moment it does look odd.
GO
gottago
I'm surprised they've made it harder to find FourDocs. There's nothing to click on at the top or the bottom!
BR
Brekkie
gottago posted:
I'm surprised they've made it harder to find FourDocs. There's nothing to click on at the top or the bottom!


That is surprising - also what is the deal with 4 Laughs. The site is up, but has it officially launched yet?

It's also a bit stupid they haven't got a C4 logo at the bottom, linking back to the homepage - considering all the other channels are linked at the top and bottom.

Re: More4 logo - it does appear without the black background - most notably on C4's own cross-channel promotions.
:-(
A former member
thediaryroom posted:

@Brekkie: I agree, something like this would look a lot neater - but does the More4 logo ever appear without the black background?

http://www.thediaryroom.net/fixedm4.png


They appear to be messing with the footer. I've seen it variously as black and white for the More 4 logo background on the homepage, though for the moment it's settled on black.

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