Comments on: jQuery Site Redesign – The Community Speaks

By: Karl Swedberg

Karl Swedberg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:37:47 +0000

Looks fine in IE7 to me.

By: Gangster88

Gangster88 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:22:06 +0000

It might have something to do with the length of the posts currently on the main page. ,

By: iain

iain — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:06:14 +0000

Why is the jquery website completely broken in IE7, I’d have thought the very first thing todo when planning a redesign would be to make sure it works in all browsers. I really want to use jquery in some cases instead of mootools, however i cannot bring myself to use a product that’s website is in such poor shape.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:31:15 +0000

Hi. This comment is quite late but.. why not ?
As a graphic designer, concerned by type and identity design, I can’t do anything else than considering that the jquery new logo is a real error. It looks like a 80’s hi-fi logo, with that silly rY and its techno-styled type… That’s quite a strange choice.
I hope (as a user of this awesome library) that jquery will keep on being the “future of web design”. And that it will live for years. But I don’t think this logo is built for years.
The pitfall of 2.0-like graphics has been avoided, but this redesign is far from being as good as the last evolutions of the library.
Quite a bitter comment. A shame. I really like using jquery. The doc is not perfect, but quite well usable ; the dark backgrounds and colors are idenfying. But this logo…

PS : Thanks for this website, it’s design, examples and ideas.

By: Will Fastie

Will Fastie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:16:49 +0000

docs.jquery.com seems pretty badly broken in IE7.

By: Busby

Busby — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:19:29 +0000

The new design is Great compared to the old one. The design looks professional, clean and the new LOGO is absolutely beautiful!

By: Aditya

Aditya — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:52:27 +0000

Hi,

While the preview this is really cool, is it possible for you to share how to add this comment without, refreshing the page? I am really looking for such a tutorial using PHP and ajax or any other technology.

Thanks,
Aditya

By: cris

cris — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:20:49 +0000

i think the new design looks a bit like the mootools site but anyway, it is truly ugly and i dont gobe all your talk like ‘oh we wanted to come up with something that would push the boundaries’ dudes stop talking shite. learn a bit how to do something simple(the old jQ site) or something that looks like good graphic design(serious and classy)

By: Bruce Alrighty

Bruce Alrighty — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:56:24 +0000

My complaints are:

To dark, makes the user feel like jQuery is hard to learn and not accessible.
The banner illustration is appealing to the wrong crowd, punks instead of programmers.
The tooltips cover the words below, causing confusion.

By: Alexandre Plennevaux

Alexandre Plennevaux — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:22:03 +0000

hi rey,

Thanks a lot for giving us the opportunity for feedback. Here are my comments

1./ first impression: glad to see more investment on style in this geek niche ! Nice to see this try to set for a different personality with the rock star character. At last, some risks !

2./ I loved the old devo hat logo and i’ll miss it. I understand the new one is the devo hat too, but it’s less recognizable. Should i add that i’m a big devo fan ??

3./ the association between jquery and the rock star is nice for surprise effect. Yet, i feel that banner should be changing all the time, as a running joke, giving it a different importance. otherwise you got the devo hat, the jquery logo and a rock star character all playing on the same level of branding, that ’s a bit too much branding i’d say. Besides, the jquery logo type does not match the “rock star” message, it’s much more classical, amost that of AT&T or IBM. Personally I find this triple combination chaotic. You should settle for one styling / branding / image, and stick to it, enforce it, not dilute it.

3./ Yet, the biggest complain i have is that the jquery example on the homepage staggers (winxp sp3 + ff3 on a powerful machine here) so it doesn’t match up to the “rock star” idea.

That’s all for me. I should add that overall i’m glad you redesigned, particulary in term of typography and color, it’s much more comfortable than before. Keep them coming and congratz to all involved !