Three ads all on the front page? No easy description that I see. Color me not impressed.

The biggest thing I have a problem with on the front page is that I can't see all of the write-up at one time. I don't want to click "read more." The write-up is my favorite thing about Woot, and I want instant gratification when I get to the front page.

Too much on the page. It looks like AOL threw up.

I waited all day for this?
What a complete let down!
The new site is way too busy and annoying.

Server error on first beta feedback... I was going to say great work dorks, the new site looks awesome.

my eyes, they bleed---way bright

Still looking around but so far only definitely negative is not having the glorious descriptions of the products in their full glory right there in the open on the homepage. I know you can expand it and read it all but I always thought such great writing deserved to be right there in your face every night!

Anyway, so far looks like a great job. Going to take a while to get used to it but don't see much I can say is bad...yet ;).

I personally like it! It is clean looking and super easy to navigate. Yes, it will take some getting used to, but I think it was a good change. Thanks Woot!

Just wish I wanted one of the many items you have up right now so I could see the new checkout process LOL

Kudos to the design team! My mind has officially been blown. Not sure if I will be able to sleep for a while as my mind tries to comprehend all the Woot goodness that has been bestowed upon the masses.

Too cluttered! Too much junk on the page! Where is the hide button?

...wanted to also mention I love the idea of the combined shipping (already one of the best deals online for larger items). Since you can now use our Amazon account to log in to Woot...any chance of "Amazon Prime" accounts being associated with woot accounts for prime shipping? That would be even more awesome!

There is too much on each page and it really destroys the simplicity that was an integral part of Woot! to me.

$5 all you can ship??? Please stick around until for the next woot off.

Agreed on the "Way Too Much Stuff on the Front Page" comment. The "Woot Plus" items taking up more space than the actual Woot item seem particularly unnecessary.

Still no account info yet. Maybe when I wake in the morning. G'nite.

Was the old site broken? Change for change's sake? That's an Amazon move. First I was done with Shirtwoot and now I'm bored with Woot. Meritline lost my interest when the busied up their page as well. On a positive note, I find myself going back to real stores more often now. Mail order was fun, but I am enjoying getting out to shop with friends again.

Loving the hate. The net these days is all about a mass of information at your fingertips all at once as fast as possible. GREAT job on the new design coming from a certified user interace engineer. LOVING it guys.

First, a server error on the feedback site? Strike one!
Second, why all the FaceBook garbage? Some of us still care about privacy, and refuse to use "FacePlant". Strike two. But the one that kills it for me? Making we, your customers, click to read the 2nd half of the product description! That's the reason we're here!!!!

Bring back the old site, please? It worked, and there really was no need to change it. Just because someone in upper-Amazon management said "Hey, this looks dated..." isn't reason enough for you to lose customers, is it?
(And you will lose customers over this "upgrade")

The front page just looks ugly and repulsive. I want to close the window as soon as I see it. Please go back to the simple design.

HOWEVER, the changes beyond the front page are very nice. Product info and more account information is probably the best of these changes.

Boy, what an ugly/busy/convoluted site.

I like some of the posted features, especially the combined order history, but I really find the new color scheme and layout unpleasant to look at. Maybe a toned down background color would help....and losing that white space above the top bar. And are discussions on the polls gone for good?

DaveD1420 wrote:Too much on the page. It looks like AOL threw up.

Agreed. Woot was simple, Woot was fun. Now it's just another online store.

I'm not loving the new design! There's too much on the front page. I was distracted! I like the old design better!

dpk3062 wrote:Agreed. Woot was simple, Woot was fun. Now it's just another online store.

Agree completely with you!

Mikey Likes it!

I like the overall look of things but I do miss my black box on the front page(s). Congrats to all involved in rolling this out!

Tried to provide feedback. Got a server error.

I have to say, I'm not a fan. I've noticed many sites moving to much much heavier javascrapt/ajax/etc and they run VERY poorly on my netbook. It makes me sad to see woot do this.

Also, the pages are now way busy. I really loved the simplicity of woot's pages. This is now entirely gone.

Unfortunately this change will make me visit woot less. I can't keep the tab open anymore on my netbook, which is my primary web browsing machine, because it, like many other sites, causes performance issues. Old woot didn't do this. It's a shame, really.

I really wish people would stop this madness of making websites that require powerful machines to run them. If I can't browse a site on my netbook, I generally avoid them. I will probably still load woot from time to time. At least I can see what products are posted on Twitter.

This doesn't look enough different to me to make up for being down and keeping me from wasting my money for a whole day

kalee11 wrote:The biggest thing I have a problem with on the front page is that I can't see all of the write-up at one time. I don't want to click "read more." The write-up is my favorite thing about Woot, and I want instant gratification when I get to the front page.

Agreed. I'll often read the product write-up even if I'm not at all interested in the product. I take free entertainment where ever I can get it. I don't see myself doing a double-click and then a page-down.

Also, three sets of links to all of the sister sites? Top, right, and bottom? Seems overkill to me, especially since the top menu is static.

I still hate my avatar.

Did you hire laid-off designers from Yahoo! AOL, and eBay?
Their redesigns made me quit using them.
Simple is in. Busy is out.

I hate boxes that drop down when hovering.
Too much stuff on the Perfect!.
I wish there was a way to go to page 2 on first loading the site. That would make me happy.

Looks like you've left some debugging switched on. At on the I Want One page, there are some server statistics in the upper right corner.

Other than that, it looks nice. The Woot! Plus stuff is a bit big, and might be better off over in deals.woot.

coreyking wrote:Server error on first beta feedback... I was going to say great work dorks, the new site looks awesome.

Yah, I got a server error too. Except I was going to say this:

Biggest issue I'm seeing with the new layout: The top menu bar isn't scalable. I'm on a netbook; yes, one of the many ones you guys sell or used to when netbooks were all the rage, and its ideal resolution limits it to 1024px wide. I can't logout. The menu bar doesn't scale enough so that I can get to the logout link, which means multiple users can't be on the same machine. I also see the "Stuff you bought" link, but can't get to whatever is next to it. I see a "Y", so I'm guessing it's "Your account", but I can't tell. It's fixed, so I can't scroll it over. Way uncool.

Also, the text box for the message posts is teeny tiny and the width won't expand (using Firefox 12).

Hmm. I don't mind the new layout. Can't really say it's better than the old one, but I do prefer the old one as of right now since I'm used to it. Also, seems like no longer does one have to put the CC code before buying an item. Not 100% on that yet...
And if so, wonder if that is going to make it harder to get Bouts of Consternation ...
I think a woot-off is in order to see how the new site handles it!!!

it's very bright and I'm resistant to change...so, I don't know right now. I do like the idea of the buttons across the top and the $5 all you can ship...hopefully, it'll last long enough for me to want to order more than one thing/one section in a day...like during a woot! off?

I don't know. It's too late. I'm tired.

The front page just looks gross now. What is the benefit? How does making the site harder to navigate make it "better" ?

Also gave me a server error. Here's what I put anyway:

You should put the community/blog etc buttons back onto the top bar, if possible. Combined with the specific domain log (eg, shirt woot!), it takes up too much vertical space. The webpage seems a lot more cluttered now, and it seems like there are too many options going on for a website that began by selling one item per day.

Scrolling blog posts are kind of cool, but may put off users who don't like displays with constantly updating information, including people who dislike twitter. If they're going to be scrolled, I'd like to see more of the post on each one; the thing with the previous comment bar was that you could see several snippets while in this one you have one truncated sentence at a time that just feels incomplete.

I do like the top set of tabs, since they make navigation a lot easier.

Last thing - color coding each of the image links to woot/homewoot/kidswoot/winewoot was nice for easier navigation, and it's kind of sad to see the colors go.

I can see this design working, but some of the new features either clutter the page too much or need polishing.

would love to see the full write up without having to click on read more

Not a fan of the redesign.I agree that it's just too busy. Also agree that now it just feels like any other online store. Why even come here? Might as well just go straight to Amazon. Bad move imo.

Sometimes, newer isn't better!

Please, Woot, bring back the old design? This one is so cluttered and facebooky (?) that it is next to impossible to use. I've spent 38 minutes here, and just now found the full product description!