Vote for EyesOnFF.com's New Look!

[Cz]

Style 1 - This is probably my least favourite of the three styles. While I like the banner design, the multicoloured logo really isn't appealing, and the site as a whole seems too 'in your face'. It isn't a bad design, but I feel that a site of EoFF's calibre needs something a little more professional.

Style 2 - The banner is easily the b(r)est of the three, and the use of the current EoFF logo is also a nice touch. The layout of the site is much nicer than the others', with a greater feeling of space. The contrast between the sub-headings on the sidebar and the main page is a little messy, but I'm sure that can be cleared up.

However, the colour scheme is a big problem for me. Yes, it's original and yes, it's easy on the eye, but it doesn't feel like the home from home that EoFF is to many people. As uninventive as it may be, Eyes on Final Fantasy should be blue. At least, that's my view on the subject.

Style 3 - This initially struck me as being the nicest of the three. The colour scheme and sleek layout made the whole thing seem like an evolution of EoFF, rather than a change. First impressions are very important, and this one got off to a very good start. As I examined it closely, though, a number of problems cropped up. The banner's colouring is totally out of place, and the design not as polished as it's competitors. The text isn't as hard to read as others seem to think, but I guess that the average user wouldn't agree with me on that one. Lastly, the MGS2-esque background is unnecessary, and would be better replaced with a plain one. Overall, it's a stylish design, but a few flaws ruin it.

Verdict - There are some great touches in all of them, but also some nagging flaws. For me, to pick any of these over our current EoFF design would be to lie about what I truly want this site to be. It won't make any difference, but I'm not going to vote for any of those options. Design 2 is pretty nice, but I don't think I could accept the change in colour scheme. The other two have a few design flaws that ruin the overall professional feel that EoFF has. If it were made, I'd vote for Design 2 with an old-school colour scheme, but since that's not an option, I'll be withholding my vote, and pledging my allegiance to the Classic Layout.

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Where's the option for "Don't change it at all, dammit"

[Ultima Shadow]

Where's the option for "Don't change it at all, dammit"

Yea, why does it have to be changed?

[Cid]

It's clear to me that those results were tampered with. Sorry, but getting everyone at your school to vote for style #3... just not classy. So going by members vote's only, the clear winner is #2, Rinoabella! Congratulations.

[Dr Unne]

You only had the poll open for one day? What about people who have to go to work and don't get a chance to vote?

[Loony BoB]

It would have had to be the biggest comeback victory in EoFF history as far as I know it for either of the other styles to have won.

[Cid]

Well which one did you like, Unne? I'll add your vote if you want.

[Dr Unne]

My vote isn't really that important (I could add it myself if I wanted to, you know *cough*admin*cough*), but is 73 people a large enough number of opinions upon which to base something as important as replacing the entire had-the-old-one-for-5-years layout for the whole site? How many hits do you get a day, tens of thousands right? A front-site poll for at least a week would've been what I'd have done. It's your site though.

[Cid]

Well, when I saw the results go from 15-48-3 to 17-51-93 in a few hours, I got pretty damn frustrated. I think it was pretty clear who the victor was going to be.

[Del Murder]

A small random sampling of a large population is usually indicitive of the whole population. Whether or not this sample was random I cannot say.