Loving the new site layout!

I'm not normally one for change, particularly in websites (despite the fact that they are almost always for the better;) as some may know, Youtube is one of the worst culprits for this. But, the new FiMFiction layout is incredibly more appealing to me.

Starting of from the home page: the homepage feels much more of a home page to me now, before it felt more like a new story page than a home page. Sure it had its 'recent form posts' but it was just new stories. Now it includes the featured stories (completely eliminating the bulky and obscuring box from the header,) and my favourite, the recent update box.

The actual header is much more beautiful, would be the word I'd use. The site banner has been resized perfectly between the search box and the navigation box, (which is beneficial for OCDedness.) The selection of pictures has also transformed form its happy-love only feeling as it now features more epic, humorous and dark pictures which can totally swing the mood of any page your looking at; it's also filled the spice rack a little more.

The my stories page (which some my not be very familiar with,) as well as the story cover page are vastly improved in both functionality and appeal. The my stories page now including the stories' cover picture and more accessible edit and delete buttons, the story cover page having a chapter order button diced in (which I have been asking for for months.)

I think the biggest improvement is the colour scheme (once again, Youtube's Achilles' heal; the black one just before was bad but appealing, oh here goes my rants.) The site changed from more yellow and orange feel (I actually cant remember specific colours) to a much sleeker and cosy white and grey façade, with grey-blue and blue dashed in every once in a while, IT'S F''K'N AWESOME. More buttons have now also been boxed and old ones are re-boxed with a round corners and small shadows. Most buttons are now highlighted with a pale sky blue, which is once again a very nice colour. I'm worried now that some will see the site as a flatter plane but I'd have to disagree, I think the pallet aims to give more subtle contrasts, gradients and whatnot. I wouldn't have noticed even the formatting box has an amazing amount of shading detail in it, just look at it yourself.

All in all I'd say the site layout has improved 110% of what it was, it was good before, but it's better now. The sites functionality has improved 200% (the chapter thingy giving big boosts; I even just noticed a 'NSFW?' check box just below the blog text box.)

I should really be doing something else right now...

Edit: change that to 1000% improvment in functionality, there's an author's note box at the bottom of every chapter.