Question

Poll: Restore OS back to its original layout?
Vote YES or NO in the replies section below!
SEE OS AS IT WAS BEFORE HERE:
http://assets.openstudy.com/updates/attachments/5159b1f5e4b07077e0c0db6c-.sam.-1364835163398-os2.png

Answer 1

@saifoo.khan

Answer 2

@Preetha

Answer 3

@AriPotta

Answer 4

@Kitt020912

Answer 5

Already second your opinion. c:

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Thank you.

Answer 8

Hopefully when Preetha logs back on she'll come to this post [as I have tagged her]

Answer 9

And take it into consideration.

Answer 10

Wait does that mean were going to loose our SMART SCORE?

If we don't I agree :)

@help123please.

Answer 11

why move backwards ?As years progress the layout also changes bringing us a better openstudy ! I like the current layout :)

Answer 12

Dayum.
I was just going to post about this!!!

But anyways.
The site right now looks-
I'm be blunt.
crappy.

You don't have to revert it, but at least make it look like how it used to. except with the SS and stuff. and the chats.

But man, I was going to post about it!

I mean, objectively.

Look at this
http://blog.openstudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Topics-OS.png

So clean.
And modernist.

And I'm standing here, thinking... why the downgrade ?

And the site isn't even maintained any more.

I looked at old blog posts! there used to be prizes on OpenStudy (announcements on the blog showed me that, like finding owlfred's glasses), the team was bigger (I believe, the only one posting now is Preetha). And the redesigns were awesome. New features all the time.

What happened ?

http://media1.biola.edu/chimes/photos/2010/Sep/27/Openstudy.png

I think this is when the site started getting a little worse, a little bit more like how it is today
http://www.allmyfaves.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Openstudy_math.jpg
Yep.
http://www.blokeish.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/open-study-worlds-largest-study-group-help-learn-discuession.jpg

And it even appears that there used to be something called "Achievements".
https://s3.amazonaws.com/hackedu/ahievements_openstudy.jpg
No idea why they got rid of it along with the addition of the SmartScore.


Now, this is just me, browsing pictures of how OpenStudy used to be, reading blog posts.

What exactly was the timeline in the design part ?
I'm curious.


And....
what was Studypad ?
http://blogs.cofc.edu/tlt/files/2010/12/openstudy2.jpg


BTW don't get me wrong.
I love this site.

It just seems like a startup team that was AMAZING, brilliant ideas, amazing goals, but is kinda... well, lost it's passion and vigur that startups start with.

Answer 13

Now that i think about it, I LOVE THIS SITE AS IT IS NOW! :)

Answer 14

what made you change ur views @some_someone ?

Answer 15

Well the layout right now is more clean, than how it used to be in some of the screenshots provided by @dumbsearch2.

Answer 16

And i think its more organized.

Answer 17

thats what I am also pointing at

Answer 18

huh ??
saw this one ?
http://blogs.cofc.edu/tlt/files/2010/12/openstudy2.jpg

Answer 19

However, what i liked from before was the colorful sort of things on the avatars.

Answer 20

http://blogs.cofc.edu/tlt/files/2010/12/openstudy2.jpg
What happened to the "send message to followers".
StudyPad.
Achievements.

Answer 21

Yeah I also liked the studypads, even though i wasn't here when that happened, but it sounds great!

Answer 22

@dumbsearch2 I have used these old interfaces .But I like the current interface more

Answer 23

The ones that look crappy are these
http://www.allmyfaves.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Openstudy_math.jpg
http://www.blokeish.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/open-study-worlds-largest-study-group-help-learn-discuession.jpg
Because that's when OpenStudy was turning into what it was now, design-wise.

Answer 24

You have, aravaindg ? cool.
So you've been here since 2010 ? :)

Answer 25

;) check my number of days studied in detailed profile

Answer 26

wow amazing

just studypad seemed amazing ._.

Answer 27

~450 days?

Answer 28

477 :)

Answer 29

bt there are some part of old interface I want back ,we had top user of week ,day ,and many awards

Answer 30

awards, like what?

Answer 31

We should have like most collaborated, etc.

Answer 32

studypad..

acheievments

which kind of awards ? are you refering to the acheievements ?

Answer 33

can anyone help me aftrer you help her

Answer 34

@AravindG what was the XP

Answer 35

that one ^^ ..the top users were the ones with most medals/questions answered and they had a special colour around them and their rank near them

Answer 36

YEAH , that is what i like the COLORS :)

Answer 37

I wonder...

how many redesigns did openstudy go through ?

like, timeline ?
or screenshots for each in order ?

Answer 38

well @some_someone at that time we had something called levels instead of smartscore , to surpass one level we need to get a particular number of experience points like we do in some games

Answer 39

BTW is that top users screenshot from these ?
http://www.blokeish.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/open-study-worlds-largest-study-group-help-learn-discuession.jpg

Answer 40

from this design ?
http://www.blokeish.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/open-study-worlds-largest-study-group-help-learn-discuession.jpg

Answer 41

@AravindG but now we have SS and we never know when we are going to increase lol.

Answer 42

@dumbsearch2 I am not sure we had many interfaces

Answer 43

Personally, I think that was when openstudy was getting how it was now.
Much prefer.
http://blog.openstudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Topics-OS.png

Answer 44

and http://blogs.cofc.edu/tlt/files/2010/12/openstudy2.jpg

Answer 45

ya you are right ...

Answer 46

well the SS system was introduced to remove some flaws in level system ..like we could randomly give medals to get experience points and hence reach a higher leevel easily ..There were many 100 level users at that time unlike now when satellite is the only one with 100 SS

Answer 47

really ?

I thought that 100 didn't even exist!
I thought they just made an exception for satelite because he contributed so much!:P

Answer 48

yeah true true @AravindG and i guess that is good though.

Answer 49

lols @dumbsearch2

Answer 50

Nah. I'm serious.

Salelite is the ONLY one with 100

Answer 51

yeah he is.

Answer 52

YES. The changes in the SS were great.

I just prefered some of the designs.
And studypad.
and acheivements.
and teh good stuf

Answer 53

infact we didnt have message system at all :)

Answer 54

those good ol days :)

Answer 55

what no message? o;

Answer 56

yep private messaging facility was introduced recently

Answer 57

at some point of time when testimonials where introduced we used that to talk to each other :) ...you can see that some of my testimonials are actually talks with people

Answer 58

yeah i noticed, and i was wondering about that.

Answer 59

can you please help me after her

Answer 60

what is ur question?

Answer 61

I regret not having snapshots of old OS with me now :/

Answer 62

look at my question I posted it

Answer 63

there a lot of them online

I found a couple, which I posted here :)

Answer 64

Interesting.
I guess they didn't want this to become like a socila nteowrk through PMs.

Kinda like stackoverflow

Answer 65

but I agree to one satement @dumbsearch2 they had very good feedback response and fast implementations here .Infact some of my suggestions were taken and implemented in 1-2 days !

Answer 66

I would like the original layout with the smartscore color.

Answer 67

I like the original format... especially the colorful SS. (: However, I like the current format as well. Its looks compact and sophisticated, since everything is in the same color theme. Honestly this way it looks more like a quality help site, rather than a social network.

I wasn't here at the time of old OS, but I don't think we shouldn't complain about the responses to our suggestions and/or problems. This has nothing to do with the OS format, but with the traffic in the site. There are plenty more users now than there were 1 or 2 years ago. (:

Answer 68

Doesn't matter. I don't see a big difference.

Answer 69

"sophisticated" isn't always best.

I don't want them to revert back to the old design, I just don't want them to stop developing this site. There used to seem like there were team members active on the blog that aren't there before... is everyone layed off, or what ?

Regarding sophisticated, I love the simplistic, content-centered, content-not-gradient type of design that Metro instills.

Answer 70

"Honestly this way it looks more like a quality help site, rather than a social network. "

Um. No.
Back then, there weren't all these social nonsense, like the chatting and PMs.

Answer 71

@dumbcow wouldnt it be better if you posted about it separately ?

Answer 72

I mean about the developing part

Answer 73

whos dumbcow ?

Answer 74

its a user .Why did you ask ?

Answer 75

or is dumbcow refering to me ?

If so, that's extremely rude!

Answer 76

oops sorry I mentioned the wrong person ..it was to you @dumbsearch2

Answer 77

theres no one named dumbcow on this thread .-.

Answer 78

the design IS developed.

I don't understand, it's all related.

You develop design.
Duh ?

Answer 79

And the old design looks kinda like the StackOverflow/StackExchange network, hardly social network-ish.

Answer 80

Let me rephrase what I said: not sophisticated and not a social network site. I meant it has defined design, unlike a blog. Its simple, yet easy and clear to use... its organized. (:

Answer 81

well then continue :)

Answer 82

so basically you want the site to resemble stack overflow ?

Answer 83

no. I don't.

Answer 84

I just wish they woudn't stop developing this site.

And no need to be rude, there is such a thing called "inspiration"!

Answer 85

then ?

Answer 86

:)

Answer 87

And metro does not apply to specific site.

It's a design concept, a way of designing. It's centered on content, instead of flashing gradients.

Answer 88

And no need to be rude!

Answer 89

who became rude ?

Answer 90

I love the originzation. Just on a study website, I could see a content-oriented design like Metro working quite well.

Answer 91

Was I rude ??

You called me dumbcow!

And you started saying mean stuff to me!!

.-.

I'm just suggesting something, I love this site too!
Geez!

Answer 92

I told you I made a mistake while tagging you :/

Answer 93

LOL @dumbsearch2 you know dumbcow is a user. Very easy to click his name instead of yours... I almost did. :P

Answer 94

Yes, Search. It was not Aravinds intention to ... insult you.