Don't like new web layout
I don't like the new layout (for the online Dispatch)! It's too hard to read and find what I'm looking for! Please change it back and, for crying out loud, why change what's working fine?
What's a hipster?
Being a hipster at Brainerd High School can be very difficult sometimes. People are always asking me "What exactly is a hipster?" It is a very hard question to answer. Well, I have come up with my Ten Commandments of Being A Hipster to help inform the great people of this town. Number One: Never be a try-hard! Number Two: That's it. I hope this can shed some light on the hipster community in Brainerd. By the way I am the only hipster in Brainerd that I know of.
Perkins bill was paid
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were dining at Perkins in Brainerd. We struck up a conversation with a young couple sitting across from us. We mentioned to them it was the 55th anniversary of our blind date, when we first met, Dec. 2, 1955. They finished their meal and left. Our waitress came over to our table and informed us that nice couple paid our bill. God's blessings to that couple in this holiday season.
Leave kids at home if they misbehave
The Legacy Christmas concert was fantastic. The work that goes into the production must be phenomenal. Next time, leave your children at home if they can't behave. The first clue should be that there aren't any children's tickets, just adults.
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Comments (32)
Add commentOH NO! We have to learn
OH NO! We have to learn something new! OH NO! What shall we ever do?
Do not like the new layout either
I will add my no vote also for the new layout---not a good one----would not be proud of it if I had done it!!!!!!!!!!!
New layout is REAL bad!!!!!
Old layout was real easy to get around on.
Also not fond of new layout
Its way too confusing..why are there vox pop mixed with previous day vox pop? I cant tell if im looking at a new day or not until I see the date. The front page is all goofy..I dunno, it will take some major getting used to. The original layout was simple and easy. And what, no like or dislike buttons on comments?
new lay out
I am having a hard time with the new layout. I really did like the other one, simple is better why fix what was not broken
New Lay-Out
At last -- something we can agree on!
The "New" website is an abomination. And the best evidence of that is the number of "regulars" (of all persuasions) who haven't been heard from since the old familiar, easy-to-navigate website was junked for no apparent reason.
I would hope that the Dispatch (which I dearly love) will send the "New" website to the trash where it belongs and get back to reality.
Mission, You miss Gramps,
Mission,
You miss Gramps, don't you?
Don't like the lay-out either
I rarely ever comment but this new layout is frustrating and takes too much time to get around. For those of us who are stuck with dial-up it is much slower and will likely run us over our 50 hour limit. Please go back!
First impression is the new
First impression is the new format offers more options, but a bit more cumbersome. What's for certain is the pages load much slower on the new version. Hope it was inexpensive. I've seen numerous examples of businesses, etc. offering 'new and improved' websites that are not improvements at all. I'll be patient, but this may be another.
New layout
I love it. Crisp, clean, lots of white space, less cluttered, and easy to read. It will take a day or two to learn where to find stuff but since I can read and am fairly intelligent, I'm pretty sure I can figure it out.
Like it
Still getting used to finding my favorite spots, but I like it. Less clutter on the screen, like the comments being under each entry. Much easier to read on my phone, too.
New forum
Two words-------------hate it!!!!!!!!!
New Web Site.
Looks great!
Easy to find my way around...even in the dark.
I am not a fan.
I don't like the new website either. Dispatch is probably like the Brainerd City Council, doesn't matter if we like it or not they will do it. Did I mention I don't like the new College Drive plan also!
Wellllllll ;I kinda like the
Wellllllll ;I kinda like the new format,now that Iv hada couple of days to get to know it. I find things grouped to gether better,and that makes it easer to get around over.Its a lot faster than the old way.
It could be people who are having trouble with it,are just to lazy to learn something new,and would rather complain.
Oh ya that slider on the bottem ended my problem.
new format
where is "This was Brainerd"?
This was Brainerd
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This was Brainerd is the sub menu under "News". Scroll over News and the second lighter green bar will drop down. That's where you'll find it.
Sarah Nelson
Online Content Editor
Quit Complaining
Geez people, quit complaining about the new site design. You'll forget all about the old design in a few days and find new to whine about. (Maybe your church will change the traffic flow patterns in the parking lot or something.)
Where are the archives?
Sorry, the archives setup is still be worked on.
Right now there are two work-arounds:
You can do a search using keywords (include a date if you know it and the most unique word likely in the story). The search will return lots of articles in the most "relevant" context. You can chose to look at the results by date also.
Or, browse for it:
First go to the section (news, sports, opinion, etc..) then scroll to the bottom of the page. Just below the end of the last article on the section front is a link:
“Read articles from the (name) section archive ⇒”
Click on that link and you get the first page of all the articles posted in that section, then you just go, page by page (page icons at bottom of each page), until you find it.
Love the new layout. It looks
Love the new layout. It looks more modern, and functions better as a whole. Much cleaner looking too. People will get used to it.
I also approve of the no judgment on the comments. The comments should be a forum for discussion, not hivemind attacks.
oh you silly old ppl/and for the hipster
1. people always hate change. especially the older ones who can't figure out technology in the first place, of course you hate the new layout it's unfamiliar. give it time...the new design is more streamlined and easy to navigate once you figure out where everything is
2. hipsters are horrible people who try so hard to be non-conformist that they all end up looking the same in their pathetic attempts to be ironic. A 20 something white, upper-middle class suburban transplant to any gentrifying neighborhood in any major city, but Brooklyn, NY in particular. Disheveled, hand-me-down appearance to present the image that they are not a slave to trends or fashions(ha!) They typically wear thick, Andy Warhol-like glasses (whether they need them or not), unshaven, unkept shaggy hair and retro Converse sneakers sometimes with no laces. The term is often used as a pejorative considering a "hipster" detests being called a "hipster."
New layout
The new web page is great. Cleaner, easier to navigate. I don't know why everyone is so upset. Just can't handle change?
Hey Hipster Hater!!!!
Sorry I'm not mainstream enough for you. Why doesn't everyone buy expensive clothes, try to fit in, and try to find a way to your so-called normal? I'll tell you why, because society would never have or continue to advance. People like you are suppressing human growth and individuality, and that is the true definition of a try-hard.
And also you got some facts wrong about hipsters. If you try-hard to be a hipster then YOU ARE NOT A HIPSTER!!!! Hipsters are very avant-garde about their style. Furthermore, Hipsters live in Williamsburg New York, and I have thick rimed glasses with yellow tint.
I like the look of the
I like the look of the layout, but I do agree it is very annoying and I find that I am not even reading the paper as often now because I dont want to deal with it. It is not user friendly at all. It's probably a ploy to get everyone to subscribe to the dispatch instead of getting to look at it online for free.
Love It! Love It!
Thanks for the new look!
The new look....
This new set up for the Dispatch is confusing and I'm having trouble finding the things I want.
Why did they have to change something that wasn't broke???
Please change it back
I REALLY don't like the new
I REALLY don't like the new format--it is REALLY confusing!!
New look, new layout
I agree that it really does take time to get used to the new layout, especially since we had the same basic format on the old one from 2004 to 2010.
Some of the site isn't fully worked out yet but to keep up with software changes and licensing requirements we needed to make the move.
Probably the most confusing item is that you see yesterday's date on articles and you're likely to think it's yesterday's news - when the reason "today's news" has yesterday's date is because we posted the news article late the night before.
New Layout
This layout is not user friendly, and makes me ignore the news in the dispatch more and more. it is eaiser to listen to gossip at the local coffee shop than read this! Get with the program and develop one that is user friendly!