Jigga Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Here is your chance for an exclusive sneak peak of the new ESPN.com. This beta version of the site is available only to Insiders, who will get the chance to experience several new features including: a larger video player, advanced personalization and score boards, improved search and better navigation. We invite you to share your feedback and help us make the site the best experience possible. True, you may encounter a few bugs along the way as we work to fine-tune the new site, but your patience and support are appreciated and we are excited to bring you the new ESPN.com in the coming months.http://beta.espn.go.comIMHO, it's a cleaner, and seemingly "less" cluttered design (still cluttered, just less cluttered than normal) so it'll be much easier to navigate. The larger video player is nice, too. I know the masses here seem to hate anything ESPN related and blame it for all that is wrong with sports, but what do y'all think about the possible site redesign?EDIT: Interesting...the Beta version is the main page for me now. When I went to espn.com (without beta in front), the beta one still came up. This happening to anyone else? On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Here is your chance for an exclusive sneak peak of the new ESPN.com. This beta version of the site is available only to Insiders, who will get the chance to experience several new features including: a larger video player, advanced personalization and score boards, improved search and better navigation. We invite you to share your feedback and help us make the site the best experience possible. True, you may encounter a few bugs along the way as we work to fine-tune the new site, but your patience and support are appreciated and we are excited to bring you the new ESPN.com in the coming months.http://beta.espn.go.comIMHO, it's a cleaner, and seemingly "less" cluttered design (still cluttered, just less cluttered than normal) so it'll be much easier to navigate. The larger video player is nice, too. I know the masses here seem to hate anything ESPN related and blame it for all that is wrong with sports, but what do y'all think about the possible site redesign?EDIT: Interesting...the Beta version is the main page for me now. When I went to espn.com (without beta in front), the beta one still came up. This happening to anyone else?The site you linked to brings up something for me about "Become an insider, see the Beta version of ESPN.com!"I can't see it, I assume it's because I'm not an insider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Did you see the topic subtitle or the first line of the quote? It says you have to be an Insider. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Can you take a screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Sure. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Finally, an interface a lot less cluttered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Did you see the topic subtitle or the first line of the quote? It says you have to be an Insider. I'm sure I don't need to answer this at this point... but no I did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I think someone finally got the message, less is more! Now if they'd realize that not everyone has flash and developing a flash site can lose loyal people to your site. They need to make a non-flash site or give you the option because some people go to a site for the information, not the flash animations or movie/video highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skizum1 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 looks similar to Yahoo Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarsofthumper Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I kinda like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ok after a year of humming and hawing, I finally gave in a became an insider, now I cant get it to work on Firefox I have to use IE , which I loathe. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinsTerritory Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Saw on ESPN.com earlier that you could check it out, but I'm not an Insider. These screenshots look like an improvment to be. They say there will be more video type stuff and more interactive things as well. Have you noticed that? Twins-Territory.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 I don't know what makes a site more "interactive," but there are seemingly more video clips to take a gander at and it's integrated into the "main story" area as opposed to having it's own separate section on the side. I'm still waiting for changes to the articles pages, Page 2, etc. So far, so good though. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwboiler Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Ok after a year of humming and hawing, I finally gave in a became an insider, now I cant get it to work on Firefox I have to use IE , which I loathe.There is an App for Firefox which will allow for you to open tabs within Firefox using the IE interface. It is not the best result but better than nothing. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419)Back to the topic... does look better, the search function vastly needed to be improved. Hopefully something has been done about the random video clips that are playing all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan1800 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Ok after a year of humming and hawing, I finally gave in a became an insider, now I cant get it to work on Firefox I have to use IE , which I loathe.Side note:Get IE Tab. It's an add-on for Firefox that allows you to view pages within a "shell" version of IE.I haven't opened Explorer in, oh, a year or so since I found it. I can even download Windows Update stuff through it, which MS normally won't allow you to do without using IE.Edit: Helps if I read the very next post before repeating info. Oh, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VC// Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Still one of the worst sites for hockey coverage, world wide leader in sports? LOL...FAIL. LETS GO PENGUINS! 5x Stanley Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 They should just change the site name to Insider.com since a lot of the best content is only for those who choose to pay them to get to it. I choose not to. That's why I usually go to si.com. Another very annoying thing about espn.com is how they auto-start video content. Do they not realize that a lot of guys surf over during work breaks, and even if you're on your own time, having SportsCenter come blaring unexpectedly out of your computer speakers doesn't play real well in the office? Nimrods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat7742 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I hope that they change their main website to be that interface. I am so sick of going to ESPN.com and having videos pop up instantly, it gets old. I'm not an insider, can't see spending money to find out something I can get from other sports sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Videos should only play when the viewer WANTS it to play, not out of nowhere. Hope ESPN figures that out in the new site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Very clean and balanced. You know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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