[Feedback] ThinkDigit.com Web site

[Raaabo]

We're working on a better Web site! Any suggestions? Other than the obvious ones of course!

Post feedback here about functionalities that you want in ThinkDigit.com, and also the Forum. It will take some time to implement the changes we already have planned, so please be patient.

[navneeth_snr]

wow, digit oct cover already updated and that too on oct 1st! Goodwork atlast!

[QuickFire]

I think the site needs renovation, repairs and tweaks..
Update it frequently...make it lively...
If needed, appoint seperate team for web development..
I guess, you guys got enough capital to afford that

[NikhilVerma]

If you guys can't get enough time to do the stuff...
The forum members can surely help....

Just make the site
* Bug free...
* Update if frequently...

[Kl@w-24]

A new color-scheme for th forum, please and maybe u cud make th pages a bit lighter.

[tuxfan]

One thing that could make the forum pages lighter is to stop pics as signatures

[suhas_sm]

chat chat chat for digit geeks more stuff on the main page such as A-List n bazaar ........ other up to date hardware reviews n pricing .....
Tech news updated daily sections for gamers, programmers ....n more ideas will be up from others too in this thread....
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[ujjwal]

Well, frequent updates may be an obvious suggestion, so how about a hardware pricing table, and you can upload older articles in HTML form, many more guides (the linux ISO one was good) etc...

[Kl@w-24]

Maybe a section for latest hardware prices, updated every week or even a fortnight ? Also a section on forthcoming software releases.

[ShekharPalash]

a sleek and streamlined interface...
appealing colors...
nice icons...
quick to load...
simple and less bling bling...
submenus like Windows Start Menu... or Windows Homepage...

take a look at Macromedia Contribute 3 Templates... they're icandy templates...

[suhas_sm]

as far articles goes many digit forum members can contribute to it also

[DKant]

Well the main website looks good no doubt..but it's a little heavy on bandwidth (my poor 56K connection ) though it's better than b4. Some streamlining wld help.

Hardware prices would be uber-cool!! thinkdigit.com wld bcome my home-page then!! (Yea the prices vary from place2place, but such a page wld help us get a general idea. 500-1K off isn't 2 much.)

About the Forum...well a lot of things have already been said abt it...about reducing the clutter and all that. It's just a matter of listening with a more open mind (no offense to Team Digit).

[QuickFire]

make sure that the new design looks good in browsers other than internet explorer...
coz i think more ppl are using alternate browsers now...
it must be compatible with firefox and opera atleast..

[hsnayvid]

I think its time to clean up general discussion too!

[cooljeba]

The main site www.thinkdigit.com is one the slowest site I have ever visited. It takes ages to load.....



some of the suggestions for our new site


1) Change the font of the site it looks bad.

2) Do we need two buttons as playware/mindware on the site when both show the same thing....a single DVD ???


3) The interface problem... I placed the cursor at the red spot but the menu appears on top


4) Those animated banners take's up the max bandwidth...
let's do some math
Top banner 21.54 KB
side 1 39.03 KB
side 2 28.19 KB
samsungad 13.1 KB
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total 101.86 KB ( pity on dial-up users )

and the months issue animated one is around 65.68 KB

5) The more interface should lead to a sub menu that would save some time as people can select there topic directly rather than a link at the more>>

6) Search . look at the size of the search box??? Do u like us to search couple of numbers there . ( i know that we can enter longer text there ) but let it look long


7) The opinion poll looks like it is not part of the site . It is pushed down .

8 ) Let the site look more sleek ...... and a new colour combination....

9) UPDATE UPDATE and UPDATE it!! regularly....

well that's all i can see of now... if i see more i will sure post it.. let's see a new site that matches the sleekness of the magzine

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[great_manish]

sorry if im being too harsh but the current main page (www.thinkdigit.com) is rubbish. its slow,interface is bad,not much info available...

i would really love to see the current hardware prices on the site as someone already suggested

[enoonmai]

First off, "apart from the obvious" stuff like the Mindware/Playware and By Demand foul-ups, it has some SERIOUS, way too serious UI issues. I seriously suggest a complete overhaul, not just a perfunctory code rerun and moving stuff into different places. Get a UI design expert to work this one out, preferably someone who knows HTML also coz the page takes forever to load (Check out jeba's posts before a "comprehensive" listing. Good one there, buddy) Not everyone has OFC connections to our ISPs And the sidebar. God, whatever you do, please don't use such navigation again on the next website. Plain nightmare. Not to mention that the text sizes are next to unreadable without the magnifier utility at 1280x1024. Did you guys know there are reviews for WinME and 2000 Pro in the Special section? Someone would think (why think when you can state for a fact) that you never update the website. And please, for God's sake, DO NOT move older articles as Web Specials. That's just real lousy and unprofessional. I don't know how long those four articles have been sitting on the homepage. I guess from Sep'03. Coz the Digit Linux DVD was in Aug'03.
The best thing to do is to use the website as a "companion" to the mag, with web-exclusive content, instead of a "older article archive." I wouldn't mind seeing RSS feeds on the latest in computing. Imagine how cool it would be if you could immediately stream to the Digit people when HL2 goes gold, or something like that. That would be really cool too.
BTW, the forum needs somewhat of an overhaul too. Maybe you can post prizes (gag ones, real ones or simple ones like games, etc) for people with corniest, lousiest, most helpful, most funny, etc. posts. Nothing works like rewards for making more people come together on the forum and participate more.
So, get a UI expert, get someone who's done more than one personal website and at least one corporate one, gather the people on the forum (we DO want to help) and give the site a complete makeover.

[DKant]

Abt the forum...more smileys

Apart from that:

The best thing to do is to use the website as a "companion" to the mag, with web-exclusive content, instead of a "older article archive." I wouldn't mind seeing RSS feeds on the latest in computing. Imagine how cool it would be if you could immediately stream to the Digit people when HL2 goes gold, or something like that. That would be really cool too.
BTW, the forum needs somewhat of an overhaul too. Maybe you can post prizes (gag ones, real ones or simple ones like games, etc) for people with corniest, lousiest, most helpful, most funny, etc. posts. Nothing works like rewards for making more people come together on the forum and participate more.

I love Ctrl+V

Nice suggestions enoonmai..and a freaking cool avatar and location !

[NikhilVerma]

Holy 5h!t....

i didn't even knew that there was a search bar too!!!!

[sms_solver]

I only like the forum of thinkdigit.

the frontpage of thinkdigit.com is not so good, same always.

I have few suggestions for forum pages

-> why not to use a separate (.css file) to reduce size of page.
-> not showing personalized www, email, icq etc buttons (by default)

[ashok]

First of all let me wish everyone here a Good Day.

Let me introduce myself.My Name is Ashok.I am 24 years old and am a native of Hyderabad.I was an avid reader of CHIP,which was what the magazine was called when i used to read it.I left for Higher studies to New Zealand four years ago.When i was in India,your Magazine was called CHIP if i am not Wrong.The Editor was Gourav and i tremendously liked his witty editorial.It was a mainly a Computing magazine which gave a free cd everymonth,for which there were violent struggles between me n my brother.Even though we did'nt own a pc then,the struggle was to who'll run that CD at a neighbor's pc and play the Latest Game they gave.There were wallpapers n skins galore.

I also remember the team behind Chip.Gourav,Ai Chin Liu,Gulnar,Mohan,Veer........... Some of them are still there with you i suppose......... Mahesh,Marco,Sumod,Ashwin,Mexy,Jiten.............. .
The head of Multimedia was .............Sridhar...or was it Venkat.....Curiously,I don't recall his name now. Sumod's articles were very good and so was the Testing part.Marco and Hatim were the testers if i remember right.And there was also Aliasgar i suppose.Though i did'nt get to read your magazine in NZ i was kept updated by my Bro'.Gaurav's departure was a rude shocker.You guys also had a Gaming mag Rt??? I remember reading in one issue when the Office was moved to Nerul,Navi Mumbai and Gourav commented on occupying the Gaming Rig of the CGW's Editor(Sorry,Can't remember his name too)

Now I have find that you have moved with the times and have progressed from a 'Computing' magazine to a "Technology" Magazine. Applause to you for that.Technology today is a far more broader concept which is not just restricted to Computing.And by including a DVD you guys have proved that you are the Best.I remeember My Bro' squealing with delight over the phone when he got 5 cd's with one of your your (Anniversary???) issues.My,How fast have the times Changed!!!!
Here i must admit that my bro' is a far more tech-savvy than I am.He currently buys not less than 4 Magazines every month and spends atleast an hour on the net rummaging thru tech sites.It is with his initiative that i have joined this forums.Acc to him,forums are for those 'Nerds' who have nothing to do more than post n read messages.So he is an avid Forum-Hater i can say.

I happened to notice that CHIP has been relauched.It is now controlled by other people i suppose.Nevertheless it means Double-Bonanza for the Readers atleast!!!!
Now for some Suggestions: Please reduce the Packaging Size of the Magazine.The humongous Cardboard is totally unnecessary.If you want the CD's to stay protected,keep it within the Mag.DVD has its own cover.This will make the mag easy to carry.

Till the next post...................Wishing a good Day to All......

[klinux]

kurious . why is this forum's look and functioning , so similar to the pcq forum . almost identical buttons and commands . is phpbb the best bb in the business or something ?

the number of posts viewed per page should be increased and a way to make the newer posts seen first made permanent . i have to manually choose new first from drop down . is there a way to make this change permanent i my profile

[cooljeba]

yes phpbb is cool but what u se here is a prpular phpb theme called as SilverSub

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[ashok]

Hey CoolJeba.I noticed you've changed ur Avatar??? Why??? The old one was good.I was gonna ask u how can i make a similar avatar for myself.But can't host it anywhere i suppose???

[cooljeba]

read ur pm m8

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[xenkatesh]

Improve the search button and also make the pages load faster on dial up also!

[rakee]

damn i am really sorry to see digit site so bad.the site has one of the best forum and lacks in everything else.no new articles,papers,reviews,upto date information..boo..hopeso 2005 jan will bring thinkdigit.com to a new life...y r u people still sleeping?

[drgrudge]

i am a member of digit forum only and btwn i have seen many other forum, this one is better laid out and i like it and with open source too, it is good...

wht about adding a section for only off topics alone???

[shivaranjan.b]

The contents of the digit website are the same for the past one year.

i do not know when you will udate your website.

[hitesh_hg]

Originally Posted by navneeth_snr

wow, digit oct cover already updated and that too on oct 1st! Goodwork atlast!

Since its already 3rd of nevember ...digit ppl should start working on the december site and leave the nov site as it is (that is if they have done anything about Nov site)...maybe Dec site will be on time....

Hitesh