WTF happened to Unity - seriously???

The new layout for Unity may look good if I was navigating on my 800" laptop screen!  Guys, seriously, the font size is just plain stupid and if I were a NEW visitor looking at Dolphin as a solution...I probably would pass just on the site's design alone.  It really is amateur hour...  ugh!!!

Yea, i thought the same thing.

I have a 22" monitor running at 1680 resolution.

Now i need to go buy a 40" monitor.

I do agree. The fonts are way to large.

But i am guessing they also are running giant size monitors, so it probably looks good to them.

I just logged on for the first time since the update... it looks ridiculous in IE and Chrome.

Another problem with Unity - I cannot download any of the modules I previously purchased?  Vendors have updated their modules and I'd like to get them...anyone else experiencing this problem too?

I made a Stylelish stylesheet to make it bearable on smaller screens: http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/Unity-for-Netbooks.htm

I'm currently updating it to fix some issues.

 this is taken from another posting when we were talking about the css and buttons....

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&my_threads=1#topic/7-1-Latest-Updates-Before-Beta.htm

Andrew Boon · Captain · 187 posts

Yea. Of course. 27" monitors. Average price $800 each.

AlexT said most visitors with smaller screen sizes are spammers, so they're not a priority.  I would have at least preferred some kind of responsive layout in that case.  I've updated my code to make the Unity navigation smaller.

works for me, now I don't have to wear my glasses..

Also I believe that regular browser zoom can help to fit page in 1024x768 resolution and still be looking good:

Ctrl and +/- (on Windows)

Command and +/- (on Mac)

This somewhat works.  Only in the case of this site, zooming out to fit everything causes some elements to become misaligned and look odd (at least over here).  I'll stick to my Stylish CSS.

 Already did that, what is confusing is the top menu as well, where the help section we used to have?

Dolphin -> Help

http://www.boonex.com/help

 No..

The install instructions for the media server RMS-LINUX-v.7.1.0 located, even the other media server install info?

They are almost the same - http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/RayMediaServerInstallation 

This makes no sense. A basic tenet of webdesign is to take into account how your site will look on all computers, all browsers and all browser window size. Hence all the fixes we all have to use for IE, pain in the ass though it is. I'm surprised that the new version wasn't cross-platform tested (https://browserlab.adobe.com, http://spoon.net/browsers/, http://browsershots.org/ etc, etc, etc) to see.

I'm on a MAC 22" 1920x1200, although I keep my browser windows smaller (around 1200x1200) b/c I'm always multitasking. And here's what my first introduction to the new Unity site looked like compared to how it looked once I minimized it three times to get it to fit inside my browser window:

So, that's annoying.

But more importantly, is this an issue that I will run into when I update to 7.1? If the width is showing in page builders as 1000 or 1200 but shows up with a heavy zoom effect like above, that doesn't work for me. Horizontal scroll is the suck.

If I zoom mine out as suggested so that it fits on the screen everything is overlapping and looks even crazier..

I am on a 15" laptop (Dell XPS 15) and i see everything quite big. I don't like the size only design looks ok.

yeah, the size of everything is a way to big for my opinion ...

Agreed, the text is FAR TOO BIG.

Does Boonex staff have eyesight problems from all that programming! (thanks for Osho by the way!)

 Alex - I'm sorry, but this is NOT a solution.  The font sizes are simply way too big, and quite annoying.  Zooming in just for Boonex on my browser affects every site.  Not only that, but it shrinks the size of things like the editor used to write this post!  I know you guys have bigger fish to fry with 7.1, but PLEASE take a few moments and fix Unity. 

Jethro

This is rather silly. If I was browsing unity with a retina display ipad, I suppose it would be ok.. but I'm not, so it's not!

I have three 26" monitors spanned, and unity is still ridiculously "in your face" with its fonts.

While the average internet browser screen resolution today is above 1024x768, it is still nowhere near large enough to support what you guys are trying to do here...

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_resolution_higher.asp

 And zooming is a poor solution b/c, as you can see in the screenshots above, it shrinks the other fonts in the menu, etc.. If all of the fonts were way too large then expecting the surfer to zoom out 3 times would make a little bit of sense, but only a little bit. It explains why the predominating attitude in replies to questions about how to make our sites more user-friendly and intuitive are met with replies of: "the user can just deal with it or learn to do an additional 3 steps instead of making it easy, we don't see it as an issue."

I'm at home now, with a pair of 24" monitors running 1920x1080. 

Unity actually looks quite clean & the fonts are not over the top. I need to check the resolution on my work monitors, unless the sizing was updated while I was on my way home this is actually growing on me.

Yeah, my neighbors called and said they like it... they were reading it through my window from two houses away.

 You can change pages width in Dolphin as you wish. However default width is 1140px.

 I wasn't clear enough in my question, evidently. If it shows in page builder as 1140px width like it is set here, if I'm understanding correctly, then I want it to show up as 1140px. As I mentioned above w/ the screenshots my browser window is set at 1200px and I had to zoom out 3 times for it to fit in the window. Which means, If I'm understanding correctly, that 1140px setting may not show up on browser windows as 1140px.

If it was showing up correctly then it wouldn't need to be zoomed out to view in a 1200px browser window, since 1140<1200. Follow me?

This site never matches what you have.

 Hey Alex -  since you seem to be monitoring this forum post, I think you're not understanding what my issue is with the Boonex main site (Unity if I'm not mistaken).  The fonts are too big, and has nothing to do with page width or any setting that we can control on 7.1.  I'm simply stating that the newly redesigned site for Boonex has fonts way too big for my taste, and by looking at other responses in this post, I'm not alone with this assessment.

I'm trying to give some feedback to help y'all in the design.  If you respond to this post, please acknowledge what my topic covered - that would be very helpful 

Thank you for the feedback! Keep it coming. 

Boonex.com is traditionally a ground for some bolder experimentation, so we will be gradually polishing and adjust it to achieve balanced and effective look. 

 RE:

 The new site layout is great if you're using an ipad.  For most other computers, the old layout was much better.  Why don't you guys just detect when the site is being accessed from a mobile device and switch templates to better accommodate the mobile browser?  You are never going to get the exact same template to look good on both small and large screens, no matter what the resolutions are.

Looks OK on my Galaxy IIIS in landscape mode but the print is too small if I turn it to letter mode. I also agree, it would be far easier to create a mobile template and redirect users using ipads and such. This plan will fail....

Mobile browsers can scale sites better.  Zooming out in Firefox makes the site look broken, while Opera handles it fine.  Google Chrome is the Devil's work, so I haven't tested it.

 I am experiencing this problem. I cannot find the download link on any of my purchases mods. How can we upgrade our mods ?

 Has this been answers? i am having the same issue

Download link has been moved to the bottom of Mod Description, you will see the download link on the right, before Support Forum Feed & Reviews.

1366x768 now most common screen resolution. I running just regular MacBook Pro @ 1280x800.

Can we have please normal font size without jumping lettters on every design update? Could you guys please make some normal design and apply it finally? If you need help please feel free to ask me, I'm ready to help, design should look normal.

When I do Command_- to make it smaller I have to write with bigger fonts in editors, since regular sizes looks small. It's not a solution.

The Second: if I have long product names (such as packs of modules) users and/or me can't see where's which. Take a look: 

Hey everybody. Now, some time after the Unity design has been updated I can tell that my sales seriously went down. I'm not sure yet if it's related somehow to minimized usability of Unity or not. Does any more module makers experiencing the same or it's just me?

I guess people just can't see full module name when they are looking for something (see my screenshot).

By the way, why notification emails about the new messages on subscribed forum stopped working?

A little. But my sales have been declining for months.

I feel that one part of Unity users went to update their websites from 7.0.9 to 7.1.beta once it was released (hmm, why beta is released for everybody, btw?). Sales should pick up when they will be finishing with updating their sites. I hope so.

I unsubscribed and subscribed again to this thread and got notification on the mail. Strange.

There's many cool new modules on the Market and I just released a good one, people keeps sending me emails like "How to purchase your module?" or "Do you have more modules than this one I purchased?".  

I think the UI should be designed and updated in first of all. Big beautiful button "Buy this module" or something.

 exactly..

My work has fell off, I don't sell modules but did get site work.

I say it's the new format here at Unity, place looks like it was made for kids.

I have even stopped coming to the forums because of the awful "new" layout.

I can see why module sales would fall, newly released beta for all to use and update live sites, a few updated modules and this boring forums site!

We were supposed to go forward, not back..

 That's strange to see how people are asking me (and sometimes not asking but just doing) if I recommend to update their working live website on 7.0.9 to 7.1.beta. Maybe not everybody knows what "beta" means. What if I gonna sell beta versions of my new modules? :)

Anyway, sales went down about 80...85% I can tell. And not just because of design, but because of membership price now is 400%. I think it should be the same or different price for existing members. This way Boonex could keep existing members.

I'm ready to pay some %$% from my modules sales to boonex instead of increasing the membership price for people, but to keep it coming.

 Exactly. We need to buy 200" monitors or projectors to use new design, who need old small 21....25" ? :))

It would be nice to be able to chose between two types of sites.

One for them, and one for US.

Do they actually listen? Perhaps they are waiting on us to get used to it.

And the endless questions being asked in "7.1" that have been answered before because of similar problems related to .9; yet no one bothers to search this site for questions and the answers. 

I'd rather be eBaying.. or, oxwalling, who has a new release coming in a few days, looking very good..

I can't think of once in my time here and on expertzzz that they ever admitted they were wrong or changed anything back because of member complaints. If I had a site and I changed the format and 99.9% of the people told me it looked horrible and was almost un-usable I think I would change it back.. but that's just me. The desktop version of Boonex looks like a mobile version to me now.. and not a good one.

Its just the very lack of knowledge Boonex has in the area of accesibility and web design. They just code the Dolphin system. Accesibility and web design, that is something we have to take care of.

WTF HAPPENED TO UNITY?

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Let's see...

1. We've removed quite a lot of stuff. No more ad-blocks, no more side menu, some redundant side-links and some marketing-blurb pages were killed.

2. We've opted for a wider layout, which, admittedly, didn't work for many, so we've added a thin one that you get automatically, when browser screen is resized.

3. Market browsing pages were converted to 3 (2 in narrow mode) column layout, instead of 1 column. This arrangement is rather typical for online stores nowadays and is generally familiar for  freshers. 

4. The product pages are now 100% wide, giving vendors more space to insert sceenshots (this was the single most important driver behind "wider" idea - we wanted sceenshots to be accommodated). 

5. The whole site is generally using larger fonts, which are, more legible.

6. We do listen, and gradually make improvements, adjusting fonts, adding extra "buy now" buttons, testing different browsing options, adjust menu sizes, etc.

7. Sales deterioration is not uncommon for version-upgrade period. This affects us as well, and knowing about poor conversions we also hold back on some advertising that we normally do. This should return to normal with full version, and some push. Beta 2 is almost here, and release will follow shortly after. We're also going to promote some of the 7.1-compatible products to re-activate things.

8. License price is not an "admission ticket" with Dolphin. Admission ticket is free. License is a VIP ticket, and "VIP" clients are also the kind that's later passed on to buying more and being better to deal with when working with Unity vendors. I know it's hard to accept a "400%" change, but it is only so for those looking at relatives. In absolutes, it is still a great, great, great value. This price is also peanuts when put in perspective... but that's a whole 'nother subject that I think we've been through. 

9. Any specific ideas and suggestions are very welcome.

No complaints here.

Me too...(drammatically). We are working on some updates but the current bugs dont allow to create a definitive version for the modules.

We hope the future trend will be different and that a stable version will be released very soon.