I likes it. Very organized.

Anything to save a byte...

The Grocery Shrink Ray strikes again!!

what do the little clocks mean? that's the only thing confusing me.

@katieoh: I think orange means "recent" cause that's the title of the jpeg image

@katieoh: Maybe the time it was posted?

More facelifts than Joan Rivers

Okay, but nothing happens when I click "expanded". (That does work on Gawker.com.)

Is there ANY way to "condense" the stuff at the top of the page.

I come to consumerist to read the stories.... but on every page I have to scroll down just to find the stories.

Would love to see:

1. "condense" or remove the top "ads" for the stories I'm about to read anyway.

2. Move those "ads" to the right hand side of the screen (or bottom of the page - so those who like them can then scroll down to see them)

Meee Likeee!

Condensed, does this mean we are getting less for our money?

Oh wait...

On a different note is Consumerist still for sale? I'd rather not see it go anyway even if it's condensed.

@coan_net: FF+ABP ;-)

@crabbygeek: Yes, we are still for sale. Parked by the road with a sign.

Took me a minute to figure out what you were talking about..

I <3 RSS.

I actually don't like it - but thanks anyway.

we still need a way of voting down comments that are completely irrelevant to the post.

@Meg Marco: Next thing you know, they will be moving you to the empty closet in the basement.

@myotheralt: Too late.

This reeks of belt tightening to get bandwidth usage down. Next there will be internal memo's about paperclip and paper usage.

kp

@katieoh: it's right next to the time the story was posted. Unless there's another little clock that I don't know of.

I, for one, welcome our new zombie overlords.

@coan_net: yeah, it's a little funny that "consumerist has been condensed.... but we still take up nearly half of the space above-the-scroll to display 6 stories you read 5 hours ago".

Consumerist has been hit with the grocery store shrink ray!

This is to squeeze more ads, isn't it?

Ugh, hate it. I despise having to click things to find out if I want to read them. My eyes more faster than my hands.

So, do I add milk or water?

Too crowded.

I prefer the expanded view, but very cool to have a choice.

Not liking it, the newer Gawker setup was already too crowded, this makes it even worse.

@Meg Marco: like this?

:*(

Great. Now you guys are one step closer to being Fark.

One step closer in the quest to look like MySpace?

Ugly. I'd actually love to see if any of the Gawker sites could manage to keep the same design and layout for 24 hours. First the links to other sites are on the left. Then they're on the bottom. First there's "Next" for paging. Then there's numbers for paging. It's not even consistent across the many sites.

@coan_net: This. Will. Not. Happen. Ads are what is paying for Consumerist to exist. If they move the ads to a place where no one reads them, then companies will not buy ads, and there will be no more Consumerist. This is like the complaints about ad pages in magazines. What do you think is paying for the writers and photographers and production and printing and mailing and editorial salaries and--don't forget--stockholder profits? $20-a-year subs? This is the reality of the market. I hate ads, too, but it's what pays the bills and supports the editorial content.

@GirlCat: Crap. I am so sorry--I didn't read your post closely. You meant "ads" for stories, not regular ads. I apologize!

Sorry, it looks really bad. Way too cluttered and the tags stand out too much. They shouldn't be highlighted. Way too much functionality condensed into a small area.

The extended version is a bit better but the colour scheme is depressing and the tags are still too importantly schemed.

@I work as a meth lab technician:

They would be more successful with the expanded version. If I see twice as many stories on one pageload of ads, it's probably not as effective. But if they double the ads, then it's a lose lose situation.

Try it without the lines between articles. The white space will do its job and the look will be cleaner...

I like the old style better

Now if there were only some way to set the display of things so that my default would be "Threaded - Expand All" it would be good...

@GirlCat: Yes, when I say "ads" - I mean the short little advertisment showing the SAME STORIES THAT ARE RIGHT BELOW. (not actual advertisment - that I would understand)

I mean I would guess 99% of the people who come to this site come to read the stories - so I don't understand why they have to take up 1/3 of the page to show quick highlights of the stores that are RIGHT BELOW??? I mean I most users are here for the stories - there is no reason to try to "hook" the user into reading the stories.... again, isn't that why most come to the site anyway?

I like the expanded old version better. I don't like having to click to see what the article is about.

Hopefully my "expanded" click will get saved in cookies.

The above posters are fools. This is much better. thumbs up!

It doesn't care when I click "Expanded". :(

...On second look, it's not as bad as I thought. I thought it was hiding pictures for some stories, but I see now that there are just more stories than I thought without pictures.

Why is the "views" image a tear drop? Does Consumerist irritate the eyes, or just make you cry?

@CharlesjP: i was going to ask, but since i RSS and couldn't figure out what Meg was talking about, i'll just go on happily.

@BrandonOBrien: *upmods*

Bad design choice is bad.

Yeah, Gawker's really been Condensing the Consumerist lately. First by getting rid of the great staff and now making everything in one page. It's okay, we consumers don't rely on help Gawker.

Nice new layout btw.

@ryan89: +1 and I'm not a fan of either...