John, I like the new interface, with the exception of the colors. Reminds me of diarrhea. It seems quite zippier than the previous incarnation and now that you have killed the blasted popups and allowed it to stretch all the way, it looks great.
The skys should do well for non-users. Much better than tons of ads with crappy CTR rates.
Also, before you are done, be sure to change the color of the (x) after the Inbox, so we have a visual alert of when we have new messages. Same color (and I need to shoot Bob for this) doesn't work as well. The nice red alert for the Inbox # always worked well.
Good work.
As for the other sections, I know very well that pop-ups draw excellent revenue. Unfortunately, they really deter a lot of people from using the other sections, like editorial, quotes, research, etc which you can pimp the QCharts on. I just tried to go to some of them, but turned back to the boards because I was so annoyed by the pop-ups. Let's be serious. Who would really consider signing up for a premium membership to a site that hits you with a pop-up on every page, *especially* the home page. |
