It's really beautiful, but I wish that we could move our doll left-right in the bigger condo. Other than that, I love it!

I like the bigger loft window... that rest will take a while to get use to. And some bugs out. the most confusing is the comment section..  But in time, it too will be conquered.  Seems like a lot of hard work put into this.. it is Beautiful work.

It's pretty nice :) I like the new design, But I do agree with my doll not being centered anymore :/

I don't like it. It seems cluttered and cramped and has to much going on on one page. I like the old look better, but the original look best

Working from top of screen to bottom...

PROS:

1) L-O-V-E the "Special Offers" section on the "NEWS" page... something I long thought should have been incorporated into a "task" bar!  I'd like it to be a little bigger... I'm sure some players breeze right past the "NEWS" page without really looking.

2) Experience "XP" Games on the "My carrier" page gets a thumbs up (one of my BIGGEST pet peeves on the old layout)!!!
     ~First, you had to click $$$ to work.
     ~Second, you had to click "Career" to access "training".
     ~Third (after training), if you needed "experience points" to advance to the next level, you had to click (and load) "My Loft".
     ~Fourth, you had to click "XP" under your loft window to access experience games... play games to earn points, but not be able to "apply" the points from the "XP" page!
     ~Fifth, you had to go back to "Career" to add experience points earned with "XP" games to "Characteristics".
     ~Sixth, you were now finally ready to start your diva day... time to click (and reload) your loft page to view "Last 100" and "Comments" *ugh*

3) "Look For A Doll" at the top of page... initially, I think I like this.

4) "Who I Am" on main loft page... some players hate it, I L-O-V-E it!!!  I haven't updated mine in forever, since it appeared most people stopped looking at "WIA" after the "tab system" was introduced.

5) I like the look of the new "Vote" box.  It has been suggested before:  There is room in this box for a "Vote Both" choice... this would really streamline voting for some players!

6) **Adding a Pro... it's a silly little pro, but I think the positives should be noted, too** I like the "speech bubble" frame around our comments... it's a really cute touch to our conversations ^.^ (edited 08/01/13 at 20:26:05)

CONS:

1) Still hate the overall appearance of the "NEWS" page... sorry, it just hasn't grown on me *shrug*

2) The doll "master tab" at the top of the page is going to make documenting certain issues, like inappropriate comments, difficult.  It's a small consideration when designing a web page, but a single screenshot may not show "whose" page the comment was on.  In a perfect world, we wouldn't need to worry about such a thing, but... *sigh*

3) You have to collect your salary on the dollz "master tab", then click "My carrier" to train.  It would be really nice if we could collect our salary under "My carrier", also... since we still have to click this tab to access training.  It only saves one little click, but... ^.^

4) Loft window/Doll attributes (username/flirt title/level/career/stars) header... I find seeing "peeks" of the background through, and between, these areas VERY distracting!  I would love to see them "joined" together/"framed" out with some sort of solid border/blocking... like the preview picture of Sarah's loft.

5) The position of "My Things" seems really illogical to me.  Ideally, it would be conveniently located with "Mail box", "Go to Work", and "Change my look"... since it is a VERY frequently used category.  I would say it is way more frequently accessed than the makeover section!

6) I predict the position of the "Vote" box is going to lead to a lot of "missed/odd" votes... since you now have to manually scroll down to make sure both votes registered (a "Vote Both" option would eliminate that problem *hint, hint*).  We can still see the voting message ("Your vote has been counted.  You have xx left for today.") in the same screen view... but, honestly, I usually ignore it (since I could previously "see" my votes register).  I suppose I'll have to start paying more attention to that message :S

7) We need a automatic character limit "indicator" in comments.  I was delighted to think we could talk (and talk and talk), but found that my comment was cut off... despite no indication of a comment "maximum".

8) There's a lot of improperly "aligned" text/icons/avatars/etc... things not showing up in the spot/box they belong in.  This, I am sure, is a temporary glitch that will be resolved in the hours/days ahead... it's a common issue following many of our updates that is low on the priority list, but usually fixed eventually.

9) I really hate the ads, but that's just a personal preference.  I DO understand that they are a revenue stream that helps offset the cost of running a website... so, for that reason, I have no major complaints.  I do, however, hope that the content of these ads will be monitored... I already saw a fairly racy ad for another online game *frowny face*

UNDECIDED:

1) OhMyGames has been "scaled down" to fit the new screen view... I'm not sure if this is good or bad.  I can see it having some potential impact on the "OhMyFashion" game, where you scroll the mouse from side-to-side.

     1a) For that matter, EVERYTHING is smaller!!! Will it prove to be a problem?  That remains to be seen...

2) Oooh, I forgot "My Friends"!  When we look at all "My Friends", they are listed one way (chronologically, by registration date)... on our page, however, they are listed in a different order (I believe a random "shuffle").  While a "shuffle" may be nice to allow some of your friends, who were previously relegated to the dusty nether regions, to have their time in the spotlight... ohhh, my aching OCD!!! One of the reasons I don't keep a large "Friends" list is that we cannot control how it is arranged... alphabetically, please (the world is organized alphabetically! I don't know who registered when, but I do know that "A" comes before "Z" :P).

3) "Dollz Connected" is just in an odd spot... and it's "double wide" (I suppose I'll get used to that).  However, "Dollz Connected" only appears on some pages ("News", "Loft", and "Comments"), which means you can only access the "online" list in one of three spots... I think I preferred having an "Online" option always displayed at the bottom of our page (by "© Feerik" and "Contact Us").

4) Our "Secret Diary" is only visible from our "Mail box" page?  I use my diary mostly to document votes, and it's only an extra click to find it... but the jury's out on this one :/

GRAMMAR:

1) "Mail box" is a compound word (should be "mailbox").

2) Go to Work --> My carrier (should be "career" or "job").

3) When training:  "Your competences (should be "characteristics", "traits", "skills", or something similar) enable you to apply for the different jobs below.  Fill the progress bar to win points."

4) When viewing another dollz comments:  "Comments from (should be "for") dollz-name-here.

BUGS?
1) My "Forum" account settings keep changing... without me changing them!  I do not have my accounts set to automatically log me in, since we cannot post with alternate accounts on the Board... but, if I visit the board for information, I find myself "logged in".  I change my "Privacy" settings, and it seems okay for that session... then I find myself inexplicably "logged in" again on a future visit.  This is a VERY recent occurrence... perhaps tied to the work being done to set up the new layout?

... and I think that's it for "initial impressions" for now (LOL)!

*UPDATE* Yes, I am "logged in" again

Last edited by n0regrets (2013-01-08 20:27:35)

I abhor it...if I was a cryer, I'd be bawling right now.   
I hate it so much that if it looked like this when I first started playing, I wouldn't have stuck around to keep playing.

Dear Feerik...when you get bored, would you please stop redesigning the look of the game?  "If it's not broke, don't fix it" comes to mind.

No longer is OMD a quiet place where I can escape the Real World...not when I'm being (visually) yelled at when I log in.  Everywhere I look I have some thing flashing and moving, visually yelling at me. I really don't like that.  As someone who finds these flashing images aggrivating to their motion sickness...I really, truly don't like that. I don't need things moving in the corner of my eye when I'm looking at a page. It makes me ill.

Also, the lack of importance given to the comments section is really disappointing. Where are they? Oh, right...in a insignificant place, where I can't even see the full comments from people.  And, only a few are even shown.

My friends...where are they? Oh yes...tucked away, near the bottom where only a few friends are shown.  And, not all friends are shown when I click to see the rest.  What was once a carefully maintained page of one is now shown to me on two pages. 

Where is the box showing the current dollz connected? Again, right at the very bottom of the page.  As a moderator, if I want to see who is online I now need to go all the way to the bottom of the page, instead of just moving the page down a bit.

Every single redesign to the game takes away some other element of the human factor. By that, I mean, every time the game is redesigned, I feel like less and less importance is given to the interaction of the players and more focus is given to "buy, buy, buy!"

It was bad enough I had to go to a seperate page to view comments, but that was still preferable to what I have now.  A teeny, tiny box where only a few words of the last couple of people to leave comments is shown. Wow! I feel so surrounded by friends with that. (Not really...that was sarcasm.)  It gets lonlier with every redesign. I used to have my friends "greeting" me when I first logged in (being able to see all comments with the old, old design)...then, I had to go to one seperate page to see my friends greet me (the old design)...now, if I blink I'll miss my friend's comments/greetings.  Does Feerik not want us talking to each other or something?  Why is so little importance given to the human factor on here?

I hate the look of our pages now.  There is no longer any elegance or class shown in the design...it's just junky, busy, crowded, and SO impersonal. I could go on about other things I don't like, but I won't. 

Suffice it to say, I REALLY hate the new look. 

P.S. Don't even ask how long it took me to figure out how to log out.

P.P.S. I had purchased music for one of my rooms (the Cannes room)...where did it go?  It's no longer there!  Nor is the music icon that was in the Mountain room.  I paid for music in my room, and if I can no longer have it, I'd like my fee'z back.  Not cool. :(

I barely ever post on the forum and I don't want to complain, since all of this takes a lot of time/effort.
I agree with most people, I'm not too fond of it, and that some of the changes make barely any sense, such as...

n0regrets wrote:

3) You have to collect your salary on the dollz "master tab", then click "My carrier" to train.  It would be really nice if we could collect our salary under "My carrier", also... since we still have to click this tab to access training.  It only saves one little click, but... ^.^

4) Loft window/Doll attributes (username/flirt title/level/career/stars) header... I find seeing "peeks" of the background through, and between, these areas VERY distracting!  I would love to see them "joined" together/"framed" out with some sort of solid border/blocking... like the preview picture of Sarah's loft.

5) The position of "My Things" seems really illogical to me.  Ideally, it would be conveniently located with "Mail box", "Go to Work", and "Change my look"... since it is a VERY frequently used category.  I would say it is way more frequently accessed than the makeover section!

The symmetry of the site is killing me..
And that OhMyBoutique is still not updated, kills me too but not to this extent
-sobs in a corner- why do all the sites I like have to constantly change?!?!?!

So far I'm very confused as to how all this works. Like how do I got to work to get my daily $$? This is going to take some time getting used to.

UPDATE: I just figured out how to go to work

Last edited by mystixgirl (2013-01-07 22:49:10)

I reminds me of StarDoll a tiny bit (since the last time I was on there, which was forever ago!) & took me about 15 minutes to figure out how to "go to work" but, it's pretty.. However, I'd pick the old view, but hey, maybe I'll learn to love this (:

After working with this new design for a few hours.. I had to come back here...

willowskye wrote:

No longer is OMD a quiet place where I can escape the Real World...not when I'm being (visually) yelled at when I log in.  Everywhere I look I have some thing flashing and moving, visually yelling at me. I really don't like that.  As someone who finds these flashing images aggrivating to their motion sickness...I really, truly don't like that. I don't need things moving in the corner of my eye when I'm looking at a page. It makes me ill.

Many of the ladies playing here have flashing backgrounds. I'm one of them too. With this new set up it is more distracting. So I will change or just take it off. Sorry Willowskye..(and anyone else whom )

I too think that emphases has been put on the wrong area..  This was a game to connect and make new friends. But then what, push them off, making the area to read their comments, or comment to them has been placed in a small off to the side (if you can find it).

I enjoy reading the comments from my friends, and I comment, or continue on a conversation with them. So this area is important to me. I realize that it's not for everyone. But I think it's use more than the "rankings" page.
A large area for the "top- loft, doll, fashion show" players have more importance.  This was something I rarely used.  If we want to see who is tops, a link there.

The new "News" page is too full of stuff.. After an event or sale or ?? is over, take it off the news page. We can't use it any longer, what good is old news to see what we missed.

I can't locate, (maybe it's been deleted), the "my news" This was important area with info that is the latest of whats going on with us. If we are trying for a trophy, if we're going to be off line for a few days,, etc.
The WIA now is so big ... after the last change,, most of us just quit using it.
I agree with others that the "my things" is an important page and should be able to get to it easier.
Do the ones who redesign, actually play this game, Comment and vote to others? 
This one will definitely take some getting use to... and rearranging how I play and spend my time (and money) here.

With the new layout I feel almost like I'm not logged in at all.

My main issue with the new layout is the small size of everything, even using "ctrl + scroll" to make things larger doesn't work in the fashion show and OhMyGames.  I already wear glasses to work on the computer, If I still have to squint and lean towards the screen to see things it's really a bad thing.