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Todo ocupa demasiado espacio. Hay que ir muy abajo en la pantalla para leer las respuestas y más importante, los avatares, que es por donde yo me guío para buscar los hilos, se han convertido en miniaturas.
A otras cosas supongo que puedo adaptarme, pero el cambio de los iconos no me gusta nada.
I'm getting a headache reading small grey font on white.
On the old site, the Black comments on Grey background was hard enough, but at least it served a purpose of making the boundary between posts very obvious. Now we have a grey-on-white dotted line between posts, which is almost invisible to me, and certainly useless.
I'm not expecting the site to be designed specifically for people with aging eyesight, but it would be nice to view a website that didn't tire my eyes quickly. 
Vale, la vista en general parece mas limpia, menos aborrotada. Esto es bueno. Creo que la familia de SD voy a tener unas quejas, siempre is asi cuando cambian las cosas, pero... es un buen principio.
Dejame registrar mi primera queja! No hay un grupo de letras con accentos debajo! Por eso he omitido los accentos en este mensaje.
One thing I just noticed is that by my avatar in the upper right hand corner, the 3 categories of points, badges and reputations is not there anymore. I have to go to my profile for that. I like to have it there no matter what page I am on so I can see the points go up... it helps me know when to go check to see if I need to do revision of my posts. Have I missed it in a new location?
I notice the new unanswered posts aren't in brown anymore. I think that should have remained for more visibility. Good vis is very important to me
It's different.
I'm not sure the "little" formatting changes add much, but we can get used to it.
The answers each begin with "Asked by..." - but these are not Questions, but really "Answers" or "Responses". I would rather see the the user name first, right next to the avatar - No need for useless text like Asked by.
What happened to the character boxes under the compose window?
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I'm often not at a computer with a multi-language keyboard and it's a great help for me to have these.
I am enjoying the practice section under grammar.
My eyes would appreciate a change in color for the text of all the small details about Q&A posts. Categories, views, last updated. This greyish color is a strain for me to read at such a small size.
Ok, I'm on. So far so good. I like the quiz section. I'll test it when I have more time.
Quisiera hacer unos cuantos comentarios más. Voy a ser crítica, advierto.
Después de algunas horas de uso, cada vez estoy más convencida de que el nuevo diseño de la página no me gusta. He sentido un enorme alivio visual al volver a la página original, que es desde la cual estoy escribiendo.
Con respecto al material añadido, que es la mayor ventaja para mucha gente, tengo algunas cosas que decir. Para empezar, echo muchísimo en falta material para aprender inglés, y me refiero a material útil, como una sección de phrasal verbs, o al menos algún artículo de referencia. ¿Por qué no se añaden habiendo usuarios aquí (samdie, Izan, pesta, lorenzo...) que han aportado excelentes respuestas? En ningún sitio veo la más mínima referencia a "aprender inglés", aparte de los dos antiguos cursos que solo contienen vocabulario básico. A mi entender, esto es una enorme carencia.
Por otra parte, lamento decir que mi incursión en la parte "Quizzes"ha dejado mucho que desear. Es verdad, el diseño parece a priori muy atractivo, y no cabe duda de que os ha llevado un montón de tiempo diseñar y subir todos esos ejercicios. Pero bien, he probado a hacer uno... y para mi sorpresa, he sacado un mísero 83% en "adjectives placement". ¡7 errores!, y eso teniendo en cuenta que algunas respuestas las acerté de casualidad. ¿Quiere esto decir que no sé colocar adjetivos en mi propio idioma? ¿o es que la gente va a aprender un idioma distinto al que yo hablo? ¿Por qué no prestan atención a la calidad del material en la web, antes que al diseño o a la cantidad? Estamos tratando que la gente aprenda español aquí, y parece virtualmente imposible corregir todos los errores que acabáis de colgar. Por favor, prestad más atención a esto: la gente se va a creer lo que decís ahí, y hay ciertos errores que pueden pasar, pero otros son garrafales.
Siento mucho sonar tan negativa en esta comunidad que me gusta tanto, pero si nosotros no decimos las cosas ¿quién va hacerlo?
6 hours later....
Ok, this is really nice. Six hours after my first post, a lot of what initially bugged me has been fixed. Evidently the developer guys are paying attention, and they're doing a great job of tuning up as the comments pour in. It is good to see the effort being applied.
I am much, much happier now than I was six hours ago, that's for sure.
I still wish that the avatar icons in the Q&A section were larger (they're rather useless at the current size), and that the smileys came back to the edit box. But I can definitely use it the way it is now. Good job!
Uhm... Hasta ahora, la verdad es que al menos la parte visual no me gusta mucho. :-( ¡Oh! ¡Y los emoticonos han desaparecido de l editor de texto!!! Punto en contra.
¿Por qué los títulos taaaan grandes, y los íconos taaaan pequeños?
Tendré que ir probando las funcionalidades, para ver si el cambio vale la pena, pero hasta ahora, lamento reportar que no estoy encantado.
It was less cluttered when the Avatar of the person posting a question,a s well as the link / flag / edit buttons were under the question, instead of on top.
It's hard to tell which questions are unanswered.
Old SD made it easy to tell...the red really stands out.
New SD uses blue, which blends it with everything else
One of the most frequent things I usually do when I see a post to read is to learn the following things:
Who wrote it?
When was it posted?
Was it edited since posting?
Who edited it last?
When was it last edited?
In the old SD, I could learn all of this at a glance.
I have to agree with Pesta here. All this information is very useful/important to know and it was easier when it was all grouped so that I could read it in one glance. That said, I do like having the poster's avatar & name at the top left in clear view (although it does take some of the fun out of trying to guess who wrote the post as I'm reading it hehe). The old edit notice was much easier to read. I can barely find it under the new system.
I can't comment on any of the visuals (font, colors, etc.) because I've got my browsers set up to override MS colors and fonts. Instead I've got a blue/gray background and Arial black font. Much easier on the eyes, although it does make navigating certain features difficult because they are invisible unless you mouse over them for the tag!
You finished! You were correct 80
percent of the time. Keep practicing! Want to try again and see if you can reach 90 percent correct?
O M G, I need to keep practising
Pero bien, he probado a hacer uno... y para mi sorpresa, he sacado un mísero 83% en "adjectives placement". ¡7 errores!, y eso teniendo en cuenta que algunas respuestas las acerté de casualidad. ¿Quiere esto decir que no sé colocar adjetivos en mi propio idioma?
Well, this shows, my Spanish sucks. 
Yours is much better, so depressing.
Well, bromas aparte, there are many mistakes in this particular quiz, I would say , tons .
El _alto (??)__ hotel ___ está cerca de la ópera. (The high-class hotel is near the opera.)
Tiene ___ libros ___ por García-Máquez? (Does he have any books by García-Máquez?)
___ padres ___ son de Chino. (My parents are from China.)
Hay un ___ error ___ en este parafo. (There is a mere error in this paragraph.)
I am sorry, but there are too many mistakes. These are only four.
