Comments on: To Loose ID… http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/ The book crazy blogger who has an opinion on everything, from Britney Spears to the global economy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katharina http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-29547 Katharina Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:00:15 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-29547 I agree, way too black. I haven't been back to the site since they re-designed and probabbly won't go there in near future. I have no appreciation for the new design. I agree, way too black. I haven’t been back to the site since they re-designed and probabbly won’t go there in near future. I have no appreciation for the new design.

]]> By: MousieOne http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-29544 MousieOne Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:53:53 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-29544 Too much black. White font is too small for all that black. Can't adjust the size much in one of my browsers. In another browser the blurb text doesn't show up at all unless I highlight it. I can zoom the page but even then the font still stays relatively small IMO. If the site stays this way, I definitely won't spend quality time playing here because it's too hard on my eyes. Please consider moving that left sidebar onto your top menu bar. It's a terrible waste of space that could be used to make your covers & blurbs larger. Either that or I'm getting old. Too much black. White font is too small for all that black. Can’t adjust the size much in one of my browsers. In another browser the blurb text doesn’t show up at all unless I highlight it. I can zoom the page but even then the font still stays relatively small IMO.

If the site stays this way, I definitely won’t spend quality time playing here because it’s too hard on my eyes. Please consider moving that left sidebar onto your top menu bar. It’s a terrible waste of space that could be used to make your covers & blurbs larger.

Either that or I’m getting old.

]]> By: Treva Harte http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28629 Treva Harte Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:44 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28629 I'm going to give you our standard answer to the questions now because this is getting totally beyond my field of expertise. Please check in with customer service at help@loose-id.com for other questions. Please see below: I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. The site is still at: http://www.loose-id.com/ On January 7, we moved to a new web hosting service and re-launched with a new site design. It will take up to 72 hours for your local Internet Service Provider to update its pointers to our new DNS entry. Please bear with us for up to 72 hours as the Internet rights itself. If you placed an order and were not able to download the books, please login to your account on our site and click View My Order history. Do not create a new account; if you forgot your password, click the Forgot Your Password link to retrieve it. Note: Your orders may not display in chronological order at the present time. If you have multiple accounts at the Loose Id site, you may need to log into all of them to locate your order. Also, I apologize again for the inconvenience, but orders placed prior to January 7 may not be viewable at this time. We are working to fix this issue. Please try in a day to download them again. If you mentioned a feature that is not yet incorporated in the new site, please know that some functions could not be coded until the site was live. Our development team is working as much as possible to correct these issues. Thanks for your patience. If you still have problems in a day or so, please let me know and I will help. Regards, Doreen DeSalvo Loose Id I’m going to give you our standard answer to the questions now because this is getting totally beyond my field of expertise. Please check in with customer service at help@loose-id.com for other questions. Please see below:

I’m very sorry for the inconvenience. The site is still at:

http://www.loose-id.com/

On January 7, we moved to a new web hosting service and re-launched with a new site design. It will take up to 72 hours for your local Internet Service Provider to update its pointers to our new DNS entry. Please bear with us for up to 72 hours as the Internet rights itself.

If you placed an order and were not able to download the books, please login to your account on our site and click View My Order history. Do not create a new account; if you forgot your password, click the Forgot Your Password link to retrieve it. Note: Your orders may not display in chronological order at the present time. If you have multiple accounts at the Loose Id site, you may need to log into all of them to locate your order.

Also, I apologize again for the inconvenience, but orders placed prior to January 7 may not be viewable at this time. We are working to fix this issue. Please try in a day to download them again.

If you mentioned a feature that is not yet incorporated in the new site, please know that some functions could not be coded until the site was live. Our development team is working as much as possible to correct these issues. Thanks for your patience.

If you still have problems in a day or so, please let me know and I will help.

Regards,

Doreen DeSalvo

Loose Id

]]> By: Jay http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28596 Jay Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:58:39 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28596 I have never seen that site before, but the current design they are sporting seems pretty nice to me. I've been looking for a new theme to use, as I am not too knowledgeable on creating the design myself. I have the vision, but just not the skills to do it. Isn't that a pain? I have never seen that site before, but the current design they are sporting seems pretty nice to me. I’ve been looking for a new theme to use, as I am not too knowledgeable on creating the design myself. I have the vision, but just not the skills to do it. Isn’t that a pain?

]]> By: GrowlyCub http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28595 GrowlyCub Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:57:16 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28595 I have to admit, I'm rather baffled, too, why they'd go live with a site that they didn't beta test, or why, once they realized the new site wasn't operational, they didn't upload the old site again. They are losing money and major face. This kind of stuff looks extremely unprofessional. I haven't looked at it yet, but the old site with the dark colors and light type was really awful for seeing impaired people, are you guys saying it's even worse now? I hope not! I was going to point people to FW, but a) I just realized that the last LI book I bought from FW came with DRM and b) with the Overdrive issue going on, I'm not buying anything there either. Give me a paper book, a kingdom for a book, or however that goes in the original (that's my 'loose' re-translation from German, grin). I have to admit, I’m rather baffled, too, why they’d go live with a site that they didn’t beta test, or why, once they realized the new site wasn’t operational, they didn’t upload the old site again.

They are losing money and major face. This kind of stuff looks extremely unprofessional. I haven’t looked at it yet, but the old site with the dark colors and light type was really awful for seeing impaired people, are you guys saying it’s even worse now? I hope not!

I was going to point people to FW, but a) I just realized that the last LI book I bought from FW came with DRM and b) with the Overdrive issue going on, I’m not buying anything there either.

Give me a paper book, a kingdom for a book, or however that goes in the original (that’s my ‘loose’ re-translation from German, grin).

]]> By: cs http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28594 cs Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:36:41 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28594 I've always thought Loose Id's site looked cheap compared to others out there. I'm glad they've decided to vamp it up, because honestly it was a little 'meh' but one thing I did like about the old template was it wasn't fussy and was simple. The site is still down for me. Hopefully it'll be nice and <em>spiffy</em> when it returns. ETA: The site is (semi) back up for me...and dear God the colours. Ouch. I’ve always thought Loose Id’s site looked cheap compared to others out there. I’m glad they’ve decided to vamp it up, because honestly it was a little ‘meh’ but one thing I did like about the old template was it wasn’t fussy and was simple.

The site is still down for me. Hopefully it’ll be nice and spiffy when it returns.

ETA: The site is (semi) back up for me…and dear God the colours. Ouch.

]]> By: Treva Harte http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28592 Treva Harte Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:27:54 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28592 Honest, it's not done yet. Honest, it’s not done yet.

]]> By: Karen Scott http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28589 Karen Scott Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:37 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28589 The home page opens up, but you can't access any links. Wouldn't it have been better, financially, to work on the new look, whilst keeping the old site functional Treva? I'm pretty sure that's what EC are doing. Although their tweaks seem to be lasting quite a long time, considering that they actually went live with it. And the site is definitely too dark for people to play on there for any length of time. Light and airy, is better than dark and eerie methinks. The home page opens up, but you can’t access any links. Wouldn’t it have been better, financially, to work on the new look, whilst keeping the old site functional Treva? I’m pretty sure that’s what EC are doing. Although their tweaks seem to be lasting quite a long time, considering that they actually went live with it.

And the site is definitely too dark for people to play on there for any length of time. Light and airy, is better than dark and eerie methinks.

]]> By: Katharina http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28588 Katharina Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:20:51 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28588 I am getting a headache looking at all this black. And as you decided to do a re-desgin, why didn't you include author pages and links to their websites? And did I mention that it's way too black? And what happened to the header? It's lacking symmetrie and classiness, the cool L-ID feeling definitely got lost for me, here. I know, in future I will have to look for an excerpt on the author's site, because the background is hell on my eyes. Sorry, but all in all I liked the old design much better. I am getting a headache looking at all this black. And as you decided to do a re-desgin, why didn’t you include author pages and links to their websites? And did I mention that it’s way too black? And what happened to the header? It’s lacking symmetrie and classiness, the cool L-ID feeling definitely got lost for me, here. I know, in future I will have to look for an excerpt on the author’s site, because the background is hell on my eyes. Sorry, but all in all I liked the old design much better.

]]> By: Jaq http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/01/08/to-loose-id/comment-page-1/#comment-28587 Jaq Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:15:52 +0000 http://karenknowsbest.com/?p=2362#comment-28587 I found the site hard to read and thought it was just my eyes being tired at the end of a long/hard at work day. But it's the white font/black background thing. I found the site hard to read and thought it was just my eyes being tired at the end of a long/hard at work day. But it’s the white font/black background thing.

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