Comments on: MNspeak No More: The Rake Forums DO Exist! http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/ twincityblogging Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:39:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erica Mauter http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-61 Erica Mauter Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:29:08 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-61 Whoa! That dark-grey background is new as of some time this afternoon. Yeah, lots of tweaks. They've been pretty responsive to feedback on a number of things. Still don't know about the move as a whole, but at least the site itself looks better than it did on Monday. Whoa! That dark-grey background is new as of some time this afternoon.

Yeah, lots of tweaks. They’ve been pretty responsive to feedback on a number of things.

Still don’t know about the move as a whole, but at least the site itself looks better than it did on Monday.

]]> By: Todd Pitman http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-60 Todd Pitman Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:40:56 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-60 Notice they've made a number of changes since the site went up, including putting the entire site on a dark-grey ground. A huge improvement from floating in a white void. Notice they’ve made a number of changes since the site went up, including putting the entire site on a dark-grey ground. A huge improvement from floating in a white void.

]]> By: Todd Pitman http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-50 Todd Pitman Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:48:49 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-50 Yeah... I guess it can stay. Yeah… I guess it can stay.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-48 noodleman Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:27:38 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-48 Todd, change is inevitable in life. Yes, it's disorienting at first but, y'know, it starts looking more familiar after a short while and feeling more comfortable. Todd, change is inevitable in life. Yes, it’s disorienting at first but, y’know, it starts looking more familiar after a short while and feeling more comfortable.

]]> By: Todd Pitman http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-47 Todd Pitman Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:45:11 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-47 Not a fan. No, not a fan at all. Just seems like a stupid thing to do, ditching two established local brands, designing it to look like it was made ten years ago, and then telling your audience, who has to relearn how to use your entire site(s), that these are all "improvements" instead of labeling them correctly as the huge nuisances they are. All of these changes seem to have been made for the company, forgoing and ignoring the most important—pretty much the only—part of web design: the end-user. The creators' and designers' contempt for their visitors instills in me a similar contempt for them. Not a fan. No, not a fan at all.
Just seems like a stupid thing to do, ditching two established local brands, designing it to look like it was made ten years ago, and then telling your audience, who has to relearn how to use your entire site(s), that these are all “improvements” instead of labeling them correctly as the huge nuisances they are. All of these changes seem to have been made for the company, forgoing and ignoring the most important—pretty much the only—part of web design: the end-user.

The creators’ and designers’ contempt for their visitors instills in me a similar contempt for them.

]]> By: Erica Mauter http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-46 Erica Mauter Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:14:19 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-46 SOC Puppets. Heh! I'm kind of enjoying watching everyone going through the stages of grief in the comments. The snark is coming back; that's a good sign. SOC Puppets. Heh!

I’m kind of enjoying watching everyone going through the stages of grief in the comments. The snark is coming back; that’s a good sign.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-45 justpbob Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:10:48 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-45 I am offering the term "SOC Puppets" to replace MNspeakers. I am offering the term “SOC Puppets” to replace MNspeakers.

]]> By: Emily http://www.fresh.mn/2008/11/mnspeak-no-more-the-rake-forums-do-exist/#comment-44 Emily Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:30:21 +0000 http://www.fresh.mn/?p=533#comment-44 I'm a little unsure about the ditching of both the Rake and MNSpeak brands, but I'll be interested to see how it all plays out. I’m a little unsure about the ditching of both the Rake and MNSpeak brands, but I’ll be interested to see how it all plays out.

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