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SMYL3R — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:10:28 -0000

good, just got used to the old one, but still ace! Keep it up!

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zetathompson — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:12:33 -0000

I am Not liking it. too much going on on one page and not flexible enough.

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zinya — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:52:09 -0000

I know it doesn't really matter what I say, but I figure I might as well throw in my 2 cents.

The whole white/grey theme makes the pages look unfinished. Swapping out the white or the gray I think would be a huge plus.. monochromatic theme = ewww!

I like the media button on my personal page. Being able to look at all the pictures I've put in is MUCH better compared to having to scroll through that crappy little film strip.

I like the pies on the game area... you guys should bring back the personality pies that were up for guildcafe... it was fun to compare yours with other people in your guild/clan. Oh.. and the friend web.. that thing rocked.

OMG! Thank you for finally making that annoying calendar tiny! I have always despised it being the first thing that shows up on my page!!!!

The gamer bio tab blows. Why are my friends in my gamer bio tab? Make a friends tab with all the stuff dealing with those I like to stalk. And where the heck did my personal chat box go?! I had over 3 years of discussions on beer and torte saved in there!!!

The forums appear to still be banished to who knows where.

All in all, I guess it's looking pretty (if you're into monochromatic themes), but I don't see any enhanced ways to "connect" with people or to learn about others. I guess that's the main thing I've noticed about GDNA over the years... it seems to actually be getting MORE difficult to connect with people instead of easier.

cheers

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Xbox Singapore — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:00:16 -0000

This is quite simply the best computer game I have ever had the pleasure to play.

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Name — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:10:35 -0000

The site wasn't greatly user friendly to begin with (this was the general vibe expressed by several friends of mine). I hate to say it, but I feel these changes have made it worse.

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Ubeltat — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:42:00 -0000

FACEPALM I feel like an idiot it was staring me right in the face

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ladyyohka — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:53:20 -0000

Well personally I don't like it. When I am at home it takes a few mins to load up the pages. Before the update the pages would load right a way. Also I agree about the white. WAY too much white. Dark colors are the best or you should make an option where we can change the background to what we want and the color of the whiteness *squints eyes* lol. I like the tabs on there. Pretty good. But I would like to see no white. Gamers already stare at a screen with colors flashing and such and that can strain the eyes at times and white just doesn't help. Thank you ^^

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waynomac — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:57:25 -0000

I much prefer the old layout. It was much better organized and easy for me to find the different features. And, yes, waaaaaaaaaay too much white space. Sorry, I disaprove of the changes.

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TrapperMarkelz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:05:29 -0000

It seems that everyone likes pie charts :)

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TrapperMarkelz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:04:17 -0000

Hi, yes this is on the short list. We had this in, but we ran out of time getting the design complete by the launch day... literally... we pulled it in the last few hours because we wanted to get it out the door... so shortly the number will be clickable and show you all the things you have in common.

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SwordFish95 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:53:14 -0000

ah, just noticed the genre and platform breakdown in my game collection. I do love pie charts. :D

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SwordFish95 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:34:18 -0000

looks nice, but we likes the darkness... :/

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euantor — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:14:28 -0000

I'd kind of completely forgot this was happening, so I was surprised to see the new look when I logged in haha. Anyway, it looks really nice ;)

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Conansr — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:44:01 -0000

The whole page design is off the hook, I really like how you manage everything now. Keep up the great work!!

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Dan Luptak — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:14:25 -0000

I am loving the sleekness of the new and refurbed gamerDNA. now all my friends can get my game info whether they like it or not. LoL

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TamaraLane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:11:00 -0000

It's too bright for my taste. I think one of the things that attracted me here in the first place was the black and green & coolness. that's gone *cries* Some things seem improved on the technical side but on the aesthetics, thumbs down.

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Nicholas Gotshall — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:49:05 -0000

As long as you're all still actively fixing and improving, I'd like to make another suggestion. When I go to another person's page, it tells me how many things I have in common with that person. This by itself really doesn't tell me anything interesting or helpful at all. If you could make so, say, if I click on that, it tells me just what it is we have in common, then that would be useful. I'm not even sure what it's going by for items in common with just a number. Does it go by games or traits or genres or... what?

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JinTetra — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:29:04 -0000

Truly disappointed. :/ I didn't mind the site being down for a few days, but you made me believe I would like it even more when it came back. Now, instead of a crisp, polished-looking page that flowed very well with itself, we have a horrifically bright expanse of white that looks like someone PrintScreen'd the old site, super-sized all the dialog boxes needlessly, and pasted it all over a blank sheet of paper. I love gamerDNA, but looking at this new incarnation makes me nauseous.

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TrapperMarkelz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:04:47 -0000

We will be enhancing in the coming weeks the entire game edit process. We do recognize that it is a bit crazy right now. So we will get it cleaned up and make it much easier to complete your games.

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Dharion — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:20:06 -0000

Actually preferred the old layout.
The old page design was much nicer and compact, also this bright theme isnt really what i had expected.

Any change that there will be a choice option to use the new or old layout on your page? would be very much appreciated.

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itemforty — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:10:54 -0000

Thank you. I thought there was a way to do this directly from the main page. I might have made that up (or, again, I'm stupid). Sorry about that.

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Retodon8 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:24:56 -0000

To add descriptions and solve your problem, open your games list:
At the top right, open the "Manage" menu and click "Your games: View all".
(That, or use this URL: http://www.gamerdna.com/dna... )

Choose the game you want to add stuff to, and click the amount of stars you want to rate it.
To the left of that add "Game traits" with the "Edit" link there.
On the right in the "Games actions" column click "Edit" to add a description/review.

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itemforty — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:48:33 -0000

The new layout is... not my favorite. A felt the old layout worked better for focusing on games. Now I have a lot of unfilled "descriptions" around a lot of white white white. It feels so... empty :(

EDIT: I don't know how to edit the descriptions or ratings. I might just be stupid. I appreciate the work, though. Obviously a lot has changed.

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Ubeltat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:23:40 -0000

Ummmm quick question

did you forget the edit functions???

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SamQforQHouston — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:43:10 -0000

Thanks for the kind comments guys!