Introducing GBAtemp v6 - A Fresh Coat of Paint & Our Patreon - celebrating 15 years!

VinsCool · Jun 10, 2017

AsPika2219 said:
Oh yeah! New GBATemp look! I hope animated avatar bugs will fixed SOON™!

it's not a bug. It's disabled on purpose

AsPika2219 · Jun 10, 2017

VinsCool said:
it's not a bug. It's disabled on purpose

Was disabled? Wow! That sad....

Never mind!

TimX24968B · Jun 10, 2017

shaunj66 said:
By that notion it should be overcomplicated and messy? Not sure I get the criticism!

but the old theme wasn't overcomplicated at all. I can see it being a bit messy, but like, even the smallest things, like the old logo at the top left now has a one color background in the new one. Things that had shapes to them just seem way too much of a "flat monochromatic rectangle" feel. Not to mention things look more like they tend to waste more space to an extent. With no borders, it feels like a mobile page on my PC. No offense to the designers, but it looks like more time should have been put into making the site seem at least a bit more unique and less "in your face". It seems the mobile side of things got more consideration than the PC side of things, but thats just from what i've seen so far.

Jayro · Jun 10, 2017

It looks good, just waiting for the darkstyle temp 2 to drop and it will be perfect. Looks great on mobile chrome by the way.

lonewolf08 · Jun 10, 2017

shaunj66 said:
Please can you stop posting complaining about the lack of a dark version, seriously, it's coming - we even addressed it in the first post. You don't need to complain about your eyes hurting from a white web page (maybe you should address your concerns to an optician). We get it! There's just no point making a second version of the theme until we have addressed all the teething issues first with this one which the dark one will be built off of - I'm not about to make bug fixes to 2 separate themes when people can just be patient and wait or revert back to the old dark style.

The dark version is coming just be patient.

From What I seen most people have stated that the dark theme is needed but that they willing to wait and a minority are just it burns I'm changing to old on which those can be ignored. I get you though since you need to sift through the garbage for good feedback and make changes/choose stuff to change accordingly, and I prefer to have bugs and final design ironed out than having two themes. I look forwards to see what you guys do but personally this needs some work as per my previous post.

LinkFan16 · Jun 10, 2017

Happy 15th birthday to GBATemp! I'm usually not a big fan of bright designs since darker designs are simply easier on my eyes. But I like the new layout, it looks great on my LED TV that doubles as the display for my PC. Especially the fact that the new design uses the whole width of the display instead of only 80% or so like the old design did is a nice improvement. Thanks for all the work that goes into maintaining this site and it's community.

Alex119098 · Jun 10, 2017

Loving the new design. Happy 15 year anniversary!

ShroomKing · Jun 10, 2017

shaunj66 said:
> Welcome to GBAtemp v6 !

Dear Tempers,

As some of you may know this August GBAtemp.net will be celebrating it's 15th Anniversary! To celebrate this momentous occasion we have been working tirelessly to make 2017 GBAtemp's best year yet!

Welcome to the latest version of your community - GBAtemp v6!

We have a bunch of announcements to share with you so please read on to see what's new at your favourite independent gaming community:-

A Fresh Coat of Paint

Introducing tempStyle 2 - designed by @shaunj66 we finally have a brand new look for the site that completely revamps your GBAtemp experience including - hi-DPI support, retina icons, faster browsing, improved layout & functionality, but more importantly a better mobile experience! The skin is still a work-in-progress and we need your help to beta test it. Please find a small Q&A and details on how to provide feedback further down below...

A Better Mobile Experience

We have completely revamped the responsive & mobile browsing experience. GBAtemp is now crafted to fully take advantage of smartphones and smaller screen sizes! We have made the site more touch friendly with a range of new design choices. Go ahead, try visiting GBAtemp.net on your phone!

A Patreon

As you can see, we've decided to step up our game this year: we finally have a modern-era site design, and our press coverage has been increasingly extensive and exhaustive. We have published hundreds of reviews for all platforms over the past years thanks to our amazing editorial team. We now provide you with fresh news coverage for the entire spectrum of the gaming industry (Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, computer gaming...), and unlike most other sites we still have the rare freedom of being able to openly discuss console hacking and system modifications. This freedom is due to the independence we have managed to conserve over all these years.

We're working behind the scenes every day to make this community one of the best and largest independent gaming communities on the web and we intend to keep it that way. But in order to make this happen, to be able to keep providing you with fresh editorial content and in order to conserve our freedom under any circumstance, we need your help.

With your support on Patreon, we intend to do great things: just take a moment to check out our campaign and see for yourself. If you decide to back us, there will be amazing consequences from both individual and community perspectives.

Perks include:

Exclusive backer banner/icons (date & details TBC)

The return of the GBAtemp Homebrew Bounty - now the GBAtemp Bounty! (details to follow)

Exclusive site styles

Early access to tempStyle 2 Dark

The satisfaction that you're helping support a site celebrating it's 15th Anniversary!

Please visit our Patreon page and we hope you'll consider supporting us just as we've supported you for nearly 15 years.

GBAtemp on Patreon

> tempStyle 2 Q&A

Can I continue to use the old style?
Change can be difficult but we suggest you try using tempStyle 2 for a while to feel the benefits. The old tempStyle's are now obsolete and we can't guarantee any future forum improvements or changes will be made available in them.

But what about the dark theme?
We know a lot of you browse GBAtemp in Dark mode and we hear you. You're welcome to use the old Dark theme for now while we find the resources to create a Dark version of tempStyle 2.

Why isn't there a dark theme available right NOW!?
tempStyle 2 took over 6 months to create - keeping in mind we all have full time jobs at GBAtemp, finding the time to work on the site can be tough especially just for aesthetic reasons. We have launched the Light (default) version now in order to let our members help us find any bugs that may need working out before work on the Dark version. Otherwise early bug fixing would require fixing multiple templates. Please understand!

Can I help?
We have just launched a Patreon to let our members support our site. If you want to pledge to help support our work not only can we devote more time to the site but you get awesome rewards such as early access to the tempStyle 2 Dark theme! See above for more info on our Patreon.

I found something that doesn't look quite right?
We are still working on the new skin and bugs or sections of the site may have been overlooked when designing it. If you find a bug or something that looks unpolished or in need of updating please let us know in the dedicated thread by clicking here.

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All of this just before E3 2017!

Don't forget that E3 is right around the corner with the EA Press Conference expected to start later today.

GBAtemp will be providing live coverage of GBAtemp E3 2017 both right here on our site and a live Twitter feed. Resident newser @Chary is currently in Los Angeles preparing to provide you all with the latest news, updates and announcements from GBAtemp. Check out our home page for more information!

Follow E3 2017 with GBAtemp on Twitter

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We hope you like the changes GBAtemp v6 brings and that you'll celebrate our 15th Anniversary with us up to this August.

Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting us for these 15 years and for making GBAtemp the best community on the web.

- The GBAtemp Staff

i like the new mobile design, but on my iphone 4s the tabs at the top are now gone and there is no menu icon

yodamerlin · Jun 10, 2017

That $50,000 goal is amazing.
And the theme...... wow.... it is simply incredible.

YayMii · Jun 10, 2017

New icons? What about stuff like

? Are these icons getting replaced too?
(for the record, this prerelease icon has always bugged me after the 3DS's logo was officially revealed)

Reecey · Jun 10, 2017

Happy 15 Years guys, the sites looking fierce! I shall see you in the next 15 years!. Wow over 7 years here for me has gone fast..

RustInPeace · Jun 10, 2017

Congrats but I switched back to the dark theme immediately. Will there not be a dark variant of the new theme? Going from dark to bright, especially how visiting the site first thing after waking up had the new theme set as default, bothered my eyes a bit.

DeslotlCL · Jun 10, 2017

I still find the mobile site a bit weird... It's kind of hard to hit the log in option without needing to enable screen rotation :/

TotalInsanity4 · Jun 10, 2017

I will say that one thing I DON'T like about mobile is you can't directly view your alerts anymore

leonmagnus99 · Jun 10, 2017

it looks fantastic !!

Subtle Demise · Jun 10, 2017

shaunj66 said:
Please can you stop posting complaining about the lack of a dark version, seriously, it's coming - we even addressed it in the first post. You don't need to complain about your eyes hurting from a white web page (maybe you should address your concerns to an optician). We get it! There's just no point making a second version of the theme until we have addressed all the teething issues first with this one which the dark one will be built off of - I'm not about to make bug fixes to 2 separate themes when people can just be patient and wait or revert back to the old dark style.

The dark version is coming just be patient.

Just cancel the dark theme lol

Ev1l0rd · Jun 10, 2017

I don't like the new style. I'm sorry, it's me, but with this and Discord shitting up the channels list as of late, I'm not really happy with the current changes. Looks like the new garbage brand mix between mobile and Desktop things seem to be going with as of late, and I really don't want to join that fucking design train. Please keep the old tempstyle available for users that don't want the new style.

Deleted User · Jun 10, 2017

RustInPeace said:
Congrats but I switched back to the dark theme immediately. Will there not be a dark variant of the new theme? Going from dark to bright, especially how visiting the site first thing after waking up had the new theme set as default, bothered my eyes a bit.

There will, but you gotta pay up 500 dollars for it (its a patreon goal which I find off putting but whatever)

Jonna · Jun 10, 2017

RustInPeace said:
Congrats but I switched back to the dark theme immediately. Will there not be a dark variant of the new theme? Going from dark to bright, especially how visiting the site first thing after waking up had the new theme set as default, bothered my eyes a bit.

The answer is in the FAQ on the very first post.

Very nice design! I'll have to use it more as things travel along, but mobile is quite nice, since I use it more than PC.

It seems a tad cramped, but I also feel I'll get used to it in time. Way to go, guys!

RustInPeace · Jun 10, 2017

VinLark said:
There will, but you gotta pay up 500 dollars for it (its a patreon goal which I find off putting but whatever)

I just read that, aw hell no. The very least it should be a partial goal, like say $100 into the $500.

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