As you’ll doubtless have noticed by now, Lifehacker Australia has a shiny new look (and a shiny new CMS in the back to match). This kind of migration is rarely trouble-free, so if you run into a bug, or just want to tell us what you think of the new style, hit up the ‘Tip Your Editors’ link or offer your comments here.
Jainash Prakash
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:04 PMsweet look!
Raman
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:24 PMA refreshing new look.It feels bit more organized.
Simon
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:35 PMI’m sorry, i don’t like the new look/design, it looks like it’s an early 2000′s design.
I’m probably just so used to looking at this site 3 or 4 times a day and haven’t had time to adjust yet.
What CMS are you using?
Wobble
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:18 PMdon’t like it…. but I’m sure I will get used to it.
mike
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:36 PMSorry but i like the old one better.
JR
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 9:11 PMgo back to the old design, this is horrendous. if i want a news reader, i will use one.
Citizen Charles
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 11:08 PMDare I say it – ’bout time, looking more like C21 and more friendly to US, WE, ME. We’ll see. Maybe I won’t runaway to the always exciting community which is Lifehacker US after reading the latest Oz posts (which are very good, Angus, and much apppreciated).
Congratulations.
Hirsty
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 11:12 PMI like it. Though it would be good to see the name of the posts author in the initial summary … and I miss that Aussie flag :)
Flibbs
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 11:58 PMYou’ve failed to take into account that not everyone who reads this site has perfect eyesight. I find it much harder to read than the old layout.
Brenni
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 10:50 AMJust hit control and +
It’ll increase the font size on the screen
mdixon4
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:53 AMDon’t really like it but I could get used to it. But the pictures are too small. They need to be much larger.
Andy Meehan
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 1:14 AMI like it. Excuse my lack of knowledge in this department, but may I ask what is the engine driving it? Drupal or Joombla or something similar?
Hirsty
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:48 AMLooks like …*dips in finger..tastes* WordPress to me.
Sydney2K
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 9:03 AMAny reason why LH-US comments aren’t being ported across?
Angus Kidman
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 9:30 AMShort answer — we never have, and it’s a separate site. Plus it’s a quite different publishing system, so responses to US comments wouldn’t get seen by those respondents either.
Sydney2K
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:05 PMNot sure if this is a proper reply, but what I meant that no comments were being ported across when the corresponding news articles from LH-US were being published. This is when I checked around about 9 this morning. However, checking again just now and I can see US comments now. As you say, probably a time difference.
Jainash Prakash
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 10:37 AMtell giz to update their look as well, it’s weird switching between the two sites!
Paul Kelly
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 10:44 AMI’m liking it – I thought the old page was pretty cluttered.
Brenni
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 10:48 AMVery nice and clean.
I LIKE IT
Jennifer
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 11:44 AMDon’t like it at all. The images are so small to the point you have to squint to see them, then on the article the images looked stretched and out of proportion. My first thought when I saw the new look was that the first couple of articles must have been advertorials due to the way they looked.
Simon
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:07 PMI don’t like it. I feel it has actually gone backwards in usability as headlines are too small to be scanned in fast succession
Grim
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:20 PMWell it looks nice, but it’s still got that bloody annoying 15 min refresh JavaScript =\
CitizenDee
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:20 PMCleaner (but that may be because I was getting sick of the full site whoring being done for advertisers – i.e. Quantam of Solace ads of late). However I liked the older format that was less like an RSS reader and more unique, especially the bigger pictures.
Cameron Watson
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 3:04 PMI really like this new design and layout. It’s very neat and it seems like there are more articles on the main page.
What I would request though, is PLEASE reinstate the full content RSS feeds! I don’t mind if you put some ads in there, but it’s very frustrating to only receive the partial content when the old feeds used to display the whole thing.
The US Lifehacker site has the full RSS feed, and I’m going to have to resort back to that!
Aaron
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 8:41 AMMuch easier to skim through to find posts I want to read in full… I love it… Any chance of Giz doing the same?
Samus3
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 12:23 PMI prefer the old look, but probably only cos I’m one of those people that dont like change. I miss the big pictures!
Angus Kidman
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 2:25 PMGiz (and Kotaku) wil indeed be shifting to the new look in the near future; Lifehacker pulled the “test drive” straw.