New ESPN Homepage

jf7623 · 01-19-2006, 06:34 PM

As you can tell ESPN finally got around to laying out a new homepage. About time they did

www.espn.com

Overall I like the new look and feel they have brought for us to enjoy

rem · 01-19-2006, 06:40 PM

Lateral move, if you ask me. I do like that it's a bit tidier.

Fool Inc. · 01-19-2006, 06:42 PM

For the most part I like the new look. However I wish the myESPN was higher up on the page.

sebastian0622 · 01-19-2006, 06:44 PM

I don't know, I tried loading it up and I got three pop-ups, my computer froze, and I was left with an audio loop of Stuart Scott saying, "Booo Yeah!" and the first three lines of the page with a big Insider (tm) logo below them. I think I'll stay away.

Green & Gold Heart · 01-19-2006, 06:44 PM

I wouldn't have noticed it without this thread as the MLB page is still the same and that's what I have bookmarked.

Jair · 01-19-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian0622

I don't know, I tried loading it up and I got three pop-ups, my computer froze, and I was left with an audio loop of Stuart Scott saying, "Booo Yeah!" and the first three lines of the page with a big Insider (tm) logo below them. I think I'll stay away.

Seriously, ESPN is one of the stupidest professional web sites out there. If you are not using the right browsers you'll get bombarded with pop-ups (and I feel like there is spyware on there as well), and it is the slowest loading page out of all the web sites I visit. They need to learn from CNNSI and Yahoo! that clean and simple is better than flashy, crappy load times.

Sublimity · 01-19-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jair

Seriously, ESPN is one of the stupidest professional web sites out there. If you are not using the right browsers you'll get bombarded with pop-ups (and I feel like there is spyware on there as well), and it is the slowest loading page out of all the web sites I visit. They need to learn from CNNSI and Yahoo! that clean and simple is better than flashy, crappy load times.

I'll agree with this. ESPNs web page has been terrible. I don't know if this one is any better, but it looks like it still tries to do too much.

jamus23 · 01-19-2006, 10:44 PM

I haven't gone to ESPN's main page in years, and rarely visit any part of the site aside from a few of the message boards. It's just not worth it. They don't offer anything of value, or anything that can't be gotten from other, better websites.

Y0DA55 · 01-19-2006, 11:50 PM

I went there like I always do during lunch. I use mozilla and open all the pages at once with tabs from the front page. Of course, THIS webpage won't let me open tabs on some of the stuff. Let me tell you, I was pissed.

mgsports · 01-20-2006, 08:49 PM

I like the new page! If they could get rid of the repeat Sportscenters and just have one then it would be good!
Here's some ideas on things they could put on ESPN in the weekday mornings intill 1st and ten comes on at 3:30
6am to 7am Sportscenter
7am to 9am Cold Pizza or another show like Good Morning America but in Sports version
9am to 10am A Sports Talk Show with maybe Kenny M. or Gary Miller or Bob Ley or somebody else hosting it! It would be like Elen's or Tony's and other shows but in a Sports version
10am to 11am Sports Bloopers
11am to 12pn Sports Night reruns
12pm to 12:30pm Sports Jeopardy
12:30pm to 1pm Sports Millionare
1pm to 4pm The Dan Patrick Radio show on TV
Ist and ten wouldn't be on ESPN at 3:30pm then
You can give your schedule ideas too if you want

Jair · 01-20-2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mgsports

I like the new page! If they could get rid of the repeat Sportscenters and just have one then it would be good!
Here's some ideas on things they could put on ESPN in the weekday mornings intill 1st and ten comes on at 3:30
6am to 7am Sportscenter
7am to 9am Cold Pizza or another show like Good Morning America but in Sports version
9am to 10am A Sports Talk Show with maybe Kenny M. or Gary Miller or Bob Ley or somebody else hosting it! It would be like Elen's or Tony's and other shows but in a Sports version
10am to 11am Sports Bloopers
11am to 12pn Sports Night reruns
12pm to 12:30pm Sports Jeopardy
12:30pm to 1pm Sports Millionare
1pm to 4pm The Dan Patrick Radio show on TV
Ist and ten wouldn't be on ESPN at 3:30pm then
You can give your schedule ideas too if you want

You're making me choose between Ellen and ESPN's talk show?

mgsports · 01-20-2006, 11:09 PM

No! They wouldn't be on at the same time as Ellen and if one was in your area you could catch Ellen on Oxygen at night for a repeat! What I suggetsed would get better ratings then Sportscenter repeats!

Jonzard · 01-20-2006, 11:45 PM

Bloopers during lunch(ish) hours!? Hell no... Sure they are fun, but wear thin quickly.

Also Sports Night.......... to quote Stewie, "It's a comedy that's too good to be funny!" that SOC can be left dead.

Skipaway · 01-21-2006, 12:40 AM

Keeping the ESPN tab open always slow my computer down. Good ways to fix that?

QuestGAV · 01-21-2006, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipaway

Keeping the ESPN tab open always slow my computer down. Good ways to fix that?

You can find the fix at sportsillustrated.cnn.com. No Ellen reruns though.

canadiancreed · 01-21-2006, 01:50 AM

the formatting for player pages and what not is well done.

But the main site and it's extreme slow load time sucks ass.

Jason Moyer · 01-21-2006, 03:09 AM

It's good I guess that the main page is finally inline with the layout of the subpages for each sport.

OTOH, I've found the sport pages (MLB and NFL particularly) impossible to navigate since they were changed however long ago. I'm not sure why they decided to get rid of the nice navigation bar on the left of each page, I used it fairly extensively. For instance, if I wanted to look at updated park factors, I could just click on MLB and then Park Factors. Now I just search google for "ESPN mlb park factors" since finding them via the site is tedious. Really, I've been hating the new layout since they rolled out the MLB site and it took extra clicks to just get to the friggen Phillies page, when originally I could access it by clicking on MLB and snagging Philadelphia from the dropdown menu.

MrJones · 01-21-2006, 04:00 AM

I'm a little undecided on this one. I didn't like the change at first, but it's growing on me. Figuratively speaking.

mgsports · 01-21-2006, 07:22 PM

Mike and Mike have made it on TV because they are know ESPN2 next maybe ESPN!
Dan Patrick was on one time I think for College Basketball on Sunday night with his Radio Show!
If not Sports Bloopers then Stump the Schwab and 2 Minute Drill!
Maybe Up Close can come back!
Maybe a weekday version of Sports Reporters!

Sublimity · 01-23-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Moyer

It's good I guess that the main page is finally inline with the layout of the subpages for each sport.

OTOH, I've found the sport pages (MLB and NFL particularly) impossible to navigate since they were changed however long ago. I'm not sure why they decided to get rid of the nice navigation bar on the left of each page, I used it fairly extensively. For instance, if I wanted to look at updated park factors, I could just click on MLB and then Park Factors. Now I just search google for "ESPN mlb park factors" since finding them via the site is tedious. Really, I've been hating the new layout since they rolled out the MLB site and it took extra clicks to just get to the friggen Phillies page, when originally I could access it by clicking on MLB and snagging Philadelphia from the dropdown menu.

Yeah, whenever they changed those pages, I basically stopped visiting espn.com

That place is just too unwieldy.

01-19-2006, 06:34 PM	#1
jf7623 Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 713 Infractions: 0/4 (4)	New ESPN Homepage As you can tell ESPN finally got around to laying out a new homepage. About time they did www.espn.com Overall I like the new look and feel they have brought for us to enjoy

01-19-2006, 06:40 PM	#2
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Lateral move, if you ask me. I do like that it's a bit tidier. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

01-19-2006, 11:50 PM	#9
Y0DA55 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the middle of the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry Posts: 1,771	I went there like I always do during lunch. I use mozilla and open all the pages at once with tabs from the front page. Of course, THIS webpage won't let me open tabs on some of the stuff. Let me tell you, I was pissed. __________________ Do, or do not, there is no try!

01-20-2006, 11:45 PM	#13
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Bloopers during lunch(ish) hours!? Hell no... Sure they are fun, but wear thin quickly. Also Sports Night.......... to quote Stewie, "It's a comedy that's too good to be funny!" that SOC can be left dead. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

01-21-2006, 12:40 AM	#14
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Keeping the ESPN tab open always slow my computer down. Good ways to fix that? __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

01-19-2006, 06:42 PM	#3
Fool Inc. Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dearborn Heights, MI Posts: 342	For the most part I like the new look. However I wish the myESPN was higher up on the page.

01-19-2006, 06:44 PM	#4
sebastian0622 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,465	I don't know, I tried loading it up and I got three pop-ups, my computer froze, and I was left with an audio loop of Stuart Scott saying, "Booo Yeah!" and the first three lines of the page with a big Insider (tm) logo below them. I think I'll stay away.

01-19-2006, 06:44 PM	#5
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	I wouldn't have noticed it without this thread as the MLB page is still the same and that's what I have bookmarked.

01-19-2006, 10:44 PM	#8
jamus23 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 896	I haven't gone to ESPN's main page in years, and rarely visit any part of the site aside from a few of the message boards. It's just not worth it. They don't offer anything of value, or anything that can't be gotten from other, better websites.

01-20-2006, 08:49 PM	#10
mgsports Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 159	I like the new page! If they could get rid of the repeat Sportscenters and just have one then it would be good! Here's some ideas on things they could put on ESPN in the weekday mornings intill 1st and ten comes on at 3:30 6am to 7am Sportscenter 7am to 9am Cold Pizza or another show like Good Morning America but in Sports version 9am to 10am A Sports Talk Show with maybe Kenny M. or Gary Miller or Bob Ley or somebody else hosting it! It would be like Elen's or Tony's and other shows but in a Sports version 10am to 11am Sports Bloopers 11am to 12pn Sports Night reruns 12pm to 12:30pm Sports Jeopardy 12:30pm to 1pm Sports Millionare 1pm to 4pm The Dan Patrick Radio show on TV Ist and ten wouldn't be on ESPN at 3:30pm then You can give your schedule ideas too if you want

01-20-2006, 11:09 PM	#12
mgsports Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 159	No! They wouldn't be on at the same time as Ellen and if one was in your area you could catch Ellen on Oxygen at night for a repeat! What I suggetsed would get better ratings then Sportscenter repeats!

01-21-2006, 01:50 AM	#16
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	the formatting for player pages and what not is well done. But the main site and it's extreme slow load time sucks ass. __________________ PT21 PT22

01-21-2006, 03:09 AM	#17
Jason Moyer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,074	It's good I guess that the main page is finally inline with the layout of the subpages for each sport. OTOH, I've found the sport pages (MLB and NFL particularly) impossible to navigate since they were changed however long ago. I'm not sure why they decided to get rid of the nice navigation bar on the left of each page, I used it fairly extensively. For instance, if I wanted to look at updated park factors, I could just click on MLB and then Park Factors. Now I just search google for "ESPN mlb park factors" since finding them via the site is tedious. Really, I've been hating the new layout since they rolled out the MLB site and it took extra clicks to just get to the friggen Phillies page, when originally I could access it by clicking on MLB and snagging Philadelphia from the dropdown menu. __________________ "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses." -- Tom House "I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together." -- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech Last edited by Jason Moyer; 01-21-2006 at 03:12 AM.

01-21-2006, 04:00 AM	#18
MrJones Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 84	I'm a little undecided on this one. I didn't like the change at first, but it's growing on me. Figuratively speaking.

01-21-2006, 07:22 PM	#19
mgsports Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 159	Mike and Mike have made it on TV because they are know ESPN2 next maybe ESPN! Dan Patrick was on one time I think for College Basketball on Sunday night with his Radio Show! If not Sports Bloopers then Stump the Schwab and 2 Minute Drill! Maybe Up Close can come back! Maybe a weekday version of Sports Reporters!