Oh, some iterations here today on the site itself. As we said early on, we are not going to get too attached to our digital face. It will change and we will experiment ceaselessly. Some things will please some; others will please The Others. (There are still two episodes of Lost sitting on my Tivo! When will I find the time?) This website itself, as you have probably gathered, is an experiment. So, fellow scientists, send all complaints, suggestions and beefs (along with your browser and OS info!) to notes at the awl. (Also, the office of David Cho would like to thank Rebecca Wiener for her invaluable assistance.)
Where's your awl? I have an ingrown hair I need to excise.
If pictures of Gisele was proven to be a circulation black death for magazines, why is The Awl running her article as a promo atop their new purty site? Why does The Awl hate success?
"were" proven. (I apparently, hate grammar.)
I'm also a bit put off by Giselle up there. I clicked into the site and my first thought was, "what is this, Gawker?"
That's not, I think, what you want. Though it's the most viewed, I thought we were trying to, you know, stay away from that celebrity shit nobody really cares about. Even if it does vaguely have to do with print circulation or something.
It's a funny post by Alex!! That's why I put it up there.
Pretty. I like the redesign.
ditto (and I look forward to seeing the logo when it loads)
You need to add a link somewhere for newcomers and for those of us who wanted to subscribe to your daily newsletter, but were too lazy to do it the first time.
agreed
Not too shabby! Though I too liked the awl graphic.
Me too, BUT, a new mystery logo coming soon!
Let it be an evil species of bird.
Carrying an awl to drop on its target.
Who won the $100?
I am just happy that this redesign didn't get rid of the '15 More Minutes of Fart Jokes' banner under the 'L’année dernière àMarienbad' ad. so great. seriously.
Aw, you beat me to it!
I am also all for it as long as all new versions contain "15 More Minutes of Fart Jokes."
..unless they get Asswiper sponsorship. I find that asswiper ads are best without the extra fart jokes.
Definitely loving this running gag.
I liked being able to navigate from post to post without having to go back out to the homepage. Is there a reason that's gone?
It kind of got lost in the shuffle, but it will (most likely) be back very soon...
STRONGLY AGREE
Still really happy with the favicon.
I like it very much, but will miss the initial minimalist version deeply - nostalgia, already.
Me too. It had a scrappy look, like WebX forums ca. 1997 or so.
Misty pixel memories and all that.
But as long as they don't a institute gold star system, I can deal.
"as they don’t a institute gold star system, I can deal."
Ugh, for real. I like this neo-Awl.
On a purely functional note, my apostrophes look like "'". Although I'm running IE 8, which admittedly blows goats.
Same problem here. I hate IE8, but my work loves it. Given that the very reason for having this lovely website is presumably to give the underemployed something fun/enjoyable to do/read in the 8 hours they are chained to an IE8-only computer, I hope it gets fixed. It is making my brain sore.
Three's a trend!
So THAT'S how you make an apostrophe in HTML. I learned something today!
You just type your apostrophe is how you “make an apostrophe in HTML.†We don’t use character entities anymore (one word: Unicode).
Can you get rid of that bit of Facebookish blue line at the top? Then I will be happy.
It looks a little Gawkery in a way I can't quite pin down - the header layout, perhaps? And when I'm reading something up at the top of the page, it feels a little claustrophobic, the article all pinned in between two ads, all the header business, whatever's happening on that right sidebar. Maybe too much sidebar? Too much canary yellow?
Just yesterday I was talking to a friend about The Awl, and he was like, "You mean that hideously designed Gothamist ripoff?" And I was like, "It's more a hideously designed highbrow Gawker," but I'll be honest, I came to like the anti-design design. I even got used to reading in Times New Roman. Not saying you should regress, but don't look like every other blog.
Also, could someone teach me how to get an icon up in this shit?
gravatar.com
RAWR!
If you use one of those shirtless, hairless, brainless apes from "The Pride" as my "contributar" it will be very cognitive dissonancy.
Make it four on the "'" thingy, although I am using IE 7, not 8.
DITTO (TRITTO?) ON THE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS. Next story/previous story arrows at the top AND bottom of the page, please.
I already miss the squinting!
Well, I like it.
Can we get paragraph breaks back for the comments? Because I'm all about pacing.
Are you even reading this?
Ooh, I second that. Unless inserting html works... But even still. The enter key should do its work.
(Inserting html seems not to work.)
Well, sometimes.