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What do you think of the new layout?

October 2, 2011 ยท by Jan Schultink
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Google is upgrading the Blogger platform and today I switched on the new Dynamic Views. With the drop down menu at the top left of this page you can play around with a number of viewing options.

Personally, I like the way how the template invites readers to go back to some of my older posts. It comes at a price though, the current template is not very flexible in terms of design. I cannot add a lot of branding, and I do not like the (centered) formatting of the individual posts. Hopefully over time, Google will bring back more options for tweaking.

On balance, I think I will stick with the new format. What do you think?

UPDATE: I reverted back to the old layout, not so much because of the look and feel, but more because some basic functionality was not working (i.e., viewing comments).

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5 comments

Jan Schultink2011-10-02 18:01:17
I encourage to visit the actual blog. This new Blogger dynamic views is quite a departure from the regular blog design.

As to my CV, slide 3 on this web page probably covers it:
Piotr Biernacki2011-10-04 07:27:20
Jan, two short comments (delayed, as you've just switched back to the old layout):
1. The new one wasn't very mobile friendly (using iPhone I had to move through one 'entrance' page before landing on the actual blog content)
2. How did the new layout stick to the 'one idea per slide' principle? I think it might have been useful for people visiting your blog for the first time (plenty of leads on the first page). But for as a regular visitor I preferred the old layout in which I've had the new post at first glance on the screen (no need to click on the top left box).
Yours,
Piotr
Jan Schultink2011-10-06 11:38:40
Thank you Jonas, I actually reverted back to the old lay out, but glad you like it!
Jonas, Stockholm - Sweden2011-10-06 11:24:30
Jan - first of all, thanks for your blog, it's really great for a "PowerPoint-a-holic" like myself ;-)

I work with business development in a large corporation and am dependent on creative AND structural packaging.

About the blog layout, I like it - clean and pleasant for the eyes. Cheers
Marco Fulvio2011-10-02 16:44:29
Well, not so sure since I always read your posts by google reader... that way I dont get bother by lousy layouts from other websites =) BTW, one of these days I was searching for your cv, it was jan.jpg or something, but I couldnt find. Could you repost? cheers