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Jun. 23rd, 2020 08:21 pmravelry did a site redesign.
i hate it.
the wordmark is okay:
but look at this new icon:
any idea what the "r" stands for or what it could be about? yeah, me either.
i'll miss this; i wish they had evolved it instead of killing it.
there are some very sweet new icon designs, but they're microscopic in size and i find the new buttons and icons hard to decipher. the dropshadows on the nav buttons are completely hateful.
it's frustrating; the old site design is, indeed, dated. a lot of people have reported accessibility issues and migraine triggers with the new design and fonts, so they've walked back the font changes and added an option to switch back to old ravelry in the user menu. when i look at the code for the old site i can see that there are inline styles and a lot of antique shit that they were able to throw out. but they could have cushioned the blow by styling the new code like the old site and bringing the new design elements in incrementally.
i've turned on the "classic" site for now. it really is the old site with the code that they're not going to maintain anymore, so if i want to get any of the other benefits of the redesign i'll have to suck it up eventually. i understand that they can't keep it forever, and they shouldn't.
mostly the change hurts me because it was the one green website (not my favorite shade but still my favorite color). they claim that the secondary color in the new scheme is sage green but it sure looks like #f0f0f0 gray to me (it's #f3f4f0; i went to the trouble of viewing them side by side and i am unable to perceive any greenness).
for now i am hotlinking their assets, so someday this post will make no sense. also, i missed that one of the founders came out as trans last year; her deadname is so similar that i completely overlooked the change.
i hate it.
the wordmark is okay:
but look at this new icon:
any idea what the "r" stands for or what it could be about? yeah, me either.
i'll miss this; i wish they had evolved it instead of killing it.
there are some very sweet new icon designs, but they're microscopic in size and i find the new buttons and icons hard to decipher. the dropshadows on the nav buttons are completely hateful.
it's frustrating; the old site design is, indeed, dated. a lot of people have reported accessibility issues and migraine triggers with the new design and fonts, so they've walked back the font changes and added an option to switch back to old ravelry in the user menu. when i look at the code for the old site i can see that there are inline styles and a lot of antique shit that they were able to throw out. but they could have cushioned the blow by styling the new code like the old site and bringing the new design elements in incrementally.
i've turned on the "classic" site for now. it really is the old site with the code that they're not going to maintain anymore, so if i want to get any of the other benefits of the redesign i'll have to suck it up eventually. i understand that they can't keep it forever, and they shouldn't.
mostly the change hurts me because it was the one green website (not my favorite shade but still my favorite color). they claim that the secondary color in the new scheme is sage green but it sure looks like #f0f0f0 gray to me (it's #f3f4f0; i went to the trouble of viewing them side by side and i am unable to perceive any greenness).
for now i am hotlinking their assets, so someday this post will make no sense. also, i missed that one of the founders came out as trans last year; her deadname is so similar that i completely overlooked the change.
