Thoughts on new ESPN Beta?

Chizit

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THE new espn.com

Has anybody checked it out? It's running much smoother than before. Same sort of layout though, not much different there.
 

jdoggivjc

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There are things I like about it and things I don't. First, it's a lot less cluttered than it used to be, and on a standard screen it looks pretty appealing. However, first I miss having all the sports links on the menubar (they only have 4 or 5 now and the rest are tucked away in a dropdown menu). The second thing I really hate is the "visually appealing" thing I was referring to on a standard screen goes away if you have a wide screen. They didn't make the background image wide enough to compensate for widescreens, and it looks REALLY awkward.
 

cyfanatic

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Hated the new look at first...but I am starting to warm up to it. Seems more streamlined...maybe? I used to like ESPN.com a lot more before they added all the bells and whistles! Hate the video that starts automatically...need to block that!
 

balken

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Looks like they tried to fit 10 pounds of crap into an 8 pound bag.