The new website is looking good. I like the catalog search box a lot--no drop-down menus to block it when you'r
e trying to search! I like the easy account log-in box as well. It's great that both of these stay at the top of the page even when you navigate away from the main page.I must say that the only problem I have with the drop-down menus on the "old" website is when they block the catalog search box (which, admittedly, is all the time)--otherwise, I really kind of like them. Am I the only one? On the old site, for instance, it only takes one click to get to get to "Premium Resources A to Z," while on the new site it seems to take two clicks. On the other hand, you can see the Events calendar at a glance on the new site--zero clicks. That's pretty slick.
Speaking of the new Events calendar, I think it is vastly improved over the old one because of its calendar-like layout.
With the old one, it was easy to get mixed up about what day you were looking at.I think the two clicks to the "Premium Resources A to Z" issue I mentioned above is an isolated incident because everything else seems to be easier to get to. I like the footers because everything seems to be there without having to dig (it's organized logically--yay!), and it looks really sharp.
I think, like anything, a lot of people (staff and patrons alike) may need some time to get used to the change, but in the end, I think everyone will embrace it as a vast improvement over to old one.
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