Hmm, well I just visited the AltaVista for the first time in a few days, and noticed they did a complete overhaul of their design. I really think they made a mistake. It looks horrible! The logo looks worse then ever. Man, I could go on for hours... What do you think? http://www.av.com
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Anonymous posted this at 18:33 — 2nd August 2000.
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I don’t mind the change. I usually use Altavista through ask.com now anyways. I can’t stand the light yellow they used on the “Today In” table. Maybe it’s just my monitor but that’s too light a little too BRIGHT!
TheGraphicsExpe... posted this at 22:55 — 2nd August 2000.
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Err. I don't use altavista.
Google all the way!
SabrinaP posted this at 23:50 — 2nd August 2000.
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It ain't so bad... I like altavista basiclly for it's search features (lots of search results).
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Parker posted this at 02:48 — 3rd August 2000.
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Looks fine to me. I like it more actually.
Justin S posted this at 03:02 — 3rd August 2000.
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Hmmm, oh well. My taste for design has just been off lately I guess
TheGraphicsExpe... posted this at 04:12 — 3rd August 2000.
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Maybe you should try hitting your head repeatedly against a refridgerator?
Or is that for headaches...
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JP Stones posted this at 11:58 — 3rd August 2000.
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It is a def drop in standards. It just hope they don't change their algorythm!
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jackchen posted this at 13:43 — 3rd August 2000.
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I don't mind the change, but I seldom use AV.
I think the site looks more...erm..."solid" now.
Travis posted this at 13:58 — 3rd August 2000.
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I am gonna have to go with Justin here, the old altavista did look at little better at least to me.
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anti posted this at 15:08 — 3rd August 2000.
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If you think the new AV design looks bad, you should take a look at it on a non windos system ... argl.
It really su..s ...
I've been using AV from the very first day, well, it was the second day, but that is really ... ugly.
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TWTCommish posted this at 16:54 — 3rd August 2000.
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Definetly too bright, but I agree that it looks a bit more "solid" than the old layout...I'm not sure which I like more. This site definetly looks more organized than the last haphazard one.
I agree...a site of that size needs to have a more attractive logo than just plain text.
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Justin S posted this at 20:09 — 3rd August 2000.
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Yeah, I agree that AV's logo is plainer then ever. I opened up Photoshop and reproduced the logo in like 20 seconds flat
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mtgm posted this at 20:21 — 3rd August 2000.
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I like the new AltaVista. It now has a much better structure making it easier to navigate. AV is just about the only search engine I use.
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Gem posted this at 21:50 — 3rd August 2000.
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I think that the layout is much better than the last but the colors need to be changed. I think the logo is ok considering that it is less than 1k (906 bytes) in size. They are looking to decrease loading times rather than have a flashy look. The site has a relatively graphical look but it has very few graphics besides the logo, rounded corners and a few smal header graphics.
I rarely use AV because I find it gives irrelevent search results a lot of the time, but it does send a few visitors to one of my sites so I like it because of that.
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Justin S posted this at 22:02 — 3rd August 2000.
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Well, I was looking at CMPTR.COM, and came accross this article: http://www.cmptr.com/view.php?id=85
It explains pretty much why Altavista redesigned. Oh yeah, I think I figured out what I don't like. There is too much space around the logo, the logo is too plain, and the corners of the tabs aren't rounded. That's my review in a nutshell
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Matt Kaufman posted this at 02:54 — 4th August 2000.
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UGH! I hate their new design! I realized that too.
Grandmaster posted this at 18:50 — 4th August 2000.
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I like the design, loads fast, the little graphics they have, are nice. (not the logo, its simple and effective but the graphics like: Shopping Entertainment, News and Search Guides.) Thos graphics are nice, the yellows look good with the small amoun of blue, orange and green text.
I think AV is awonderful search engine, i use it all the time
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xrs posted this at 02:40 — 5th August 2000.
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I don't use AltaVista but the older design was better in my opinion. However, this one seems to fit higher resolutions better.
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