ZDNet's new Global site

Summary: ZDNet has gone global. This means you have access to even more great content from Australia, Asia, UK and US Editions, and valuable resources that connect you with industry experts and your peers from around the world.

By Larry Dignan | July 1, 2012 -- 23:52 GMT (16:52 PDT)

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Is there a new site

Where authors don't get cheap hits on bash MSFT articles? Now that would be a revolutionary change to the site!

tshinder@...
2 July, 2012 08:42

Reply 7 Votes
I missed a page like...

http://www.zdnet.com/news/

where I can see all latest news [in reverse chronological order] at one place, now looks like will be too difficult to go through the zdnet, especially if i come back after couple of days.

can we have it back!

deep@...
2 July, 2012 09:25

Reply 10 Votes
- Agreed...
  
  Agreed - I found the new method of 'more', 'more', 'more' continuously expanding the screen is far less useful/friendly.
  
  I like having global content, but it would be nice to have something more like CNN where there is a truly International edition that aggregates the content from the other sites. It is pretty cumbersome to have to switch to each location's page to see that content.
  
  techwatcher
  2 July, 2012 14:29
  
  Reply 4 Votes
  - @techwatcher
    
    Note that all the content is on all the sites. The biggest difference between them is the emphasis and features will be locally focused. It is one global river. Re News page duly noted going forward. We found over time that the news page and home page were basically the same.
    
    Larry Dignan
    2 July, 2012 14:55
    
    Reply 1 Vote
    - Where please?
      
      Is there a url for the old column of news (on the right) or is there some series of clicks? I've spent some time and can't find it
      Thanks
      
      Ross44
      2 July, 2012 18:53
      
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Bad move

The changes make it more difficult to find a wide number of articles of interest. Why would you take an excellent series of pages and turn them into a hunt and seek disaster?

Change for the purpose of changing is for grocery selves, not Zdnet.

Jackums21
2 July, 2012 16:34

Reply 6 Votes
Brand new site, same old photo gallery . . .

Brand new site, same old photo gallery . . .

Like the fact that it works great on my iPhone. Not that it was terrible before, though.

Dunno what's up with the international stuff, doesn't seem to make a difference.

But the photo gallery is still the same? Seriously?

Every time you come up with a new site, you seem to fix everything except the biggest problems.

CobraA1
2 July, 2012 16:39

Reply 6 Votes
Looks interesting.

Guessing it is a work in progress....
Look forward to how it will turn out....
I have to say though, I too prefer seeing all the news/blogs etc in both chronological and topic/blog... not as easy to navigate and see all at once......

Also I am having trouble getting to the second or more pages of the comments..
for Example
http://www.zdnet.com/comments/7000000040/page/2/
returns a page with a line
{"status":"success","pageElements":{"comments":{"html":"\n\tTalkback\n\t\n\t\t29 comments\n\t\t\t\t\tAdd your opinion\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tThe "Show All" button and the "Edit" button \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlong with the font tags for bold and quoting.\r\n\r\nOtherwise, it's a step in the right direction.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tCaviarBlack\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 16:47\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tagree \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThere needs to be a link to show all comments on a single page rather than needing to page through them. Most definitely a giant step *backwards* in the new layout.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tUser name not displayed\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 18:21\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tWelcome to the new ZDNet \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt looks a lot cleaner. The fonts look larger and you got rid of that bar at the bottom of the screen.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tLoverock Davidson-\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 13:23\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tA further look \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLay out is nicer but some other stuff needs work. More comments per page please! Also bring back the news page.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tLoverock Davidson-\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 18:33\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tTerrible design, slow scrolling \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe W3 validator reports 60 Errors, 6 warning(s) for the ZDNet home page!\r\nVertical scrolling is almost impossible when using the latest Firefox browser.\r\n\r\nWill delete ZDnet from my browser's bookmarks.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tJNeuhoff\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 13:41\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 2 Votes\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tBlogs \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t*Please* bring back a chronological option on the blogs page. I really don't want to have to choose all of the bloggers by topic to see what they are saying. \r\n\r\nMy typical use case has been to go right to the blogs section, scanning through everyone's posts. Opinionated or not, they were very good at linking back to the primary stories behind their posts. I rarely had to navigate elsewhere.\r\n\r\nWhile I've only been nosing around for a few minutes, so far it seems that I would need to do a LOT of additional navigation to replicate the information retrieval that I desire. Probably enough to keep me away from the site.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\ttechwatcher\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 14:43\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 3 Votes\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tComments \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI liked the other commenting system better with the featured and top rated comments. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the old commenting system that ZDNet used before?\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tclcrockett\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 15:03\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 2 Votes\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tTo add to this \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI would prefer it if we could see more then 10 comments on a page.\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tnab123\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 16:34\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 2 Votes\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tAgree \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat happened to the "Show all" button?\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tCaviarBlack\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 16:40\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 1 Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t \r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tLike and don't \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSnappier and runs better ... almost.\r\nI am having format issues on Windows 8 RP.\r\nThen there is the lack of an edit feature. Reason?\r\n\r\nWill continue and add another post later (instead of updating this one.... :( )\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\trhonin\r\n\t\t\t 2 July, 2012 16:41\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Reply \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Vote\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Flag\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrev\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n\t"}}}

oh well hope it all gets worked out.....

LazLong
2 July, 2012 19:21

Reply 3 Votes
- Wow
  
  By golly, you can even obfuscate JSON XD.
  
  CobraA1
  2 July, 2012 19:27
  
  Reply 6 Votes
Obfuscate what?

not that I will be able to see your reply.....
as it I can't get to the second page and it only shows 10?

LazLong
3 July, 2012 00:50

Reply 2 Votes
So 2005

In a world with jQuery, why do you still refresh the page when you're looking at an image gallery?

Eh, at least the page scales well for mobile devices.

shoebaccaMS
6 July, 2012 13:16

Reply 1 Vote
Love the Global look!

Thanks Lary, I like the new global page, I know with time all the bugs, will be tweaked!

Fran Constantine
10 July, 2012 14:41

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