My opinion on the new layout?
It sucks. It just sucks. Not that the staff will care about people's opinions anyway, lmao.
Depending on how things turn out around here... I still can't leave this site. Where am I supposed to go if I leave deviantART?!?
Eclipse tries so hard to look modern and with a layout for smartphones or something, but it just doesn't fit well. It ticked me off back then when they ditched their iconic symbol for a weird Z and made a few other changes.
But enough about the unsatisfying looks, what about the functions? Is the new Eclipse functional?
Sort of. But it's not saveable. It sure makes a few things look more tidy and ordered, but mixed with the bad layout, it doesn't do a good job. But that's not it, what about other functions?
With the normal deviantART layout, you see those icons in upper right and check the notifications. It both warns you and let you manage those. Simple enough.
dA: "You got 32 new pictures to check, 16 new comments, 8 new watchers and 64 favs!"
Me: "Cool, can I quickly reply back, quickly fav and then quickly delete the notifications?"
dA: "Right away, anytime!"
With the new deviantART layout, however, the site pretty much warns you. A lot of times too. It just warns you. That's it, really. You need to do a few more things before managing those notifications.
Eclipse: "Hey, I'm warning you multiple times that you have got new pictures to check, new comments, favs and watchers!"
Me: Nice, but how can I quickly reply back and then delete the notifications tho?"
Eclipse:
Why add extra steps for something that has been easy to do for years? It's stupid.
Thus said, I hope you guys are doing well in this period of the year!