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OmegaSlayerr
Jan Member 2022

OmegaSlayerr

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I like the traditional look much more than this change.

I see why you'd be doing this. To make it appealing to newer players. I don't think that is necessary to go to a full on change like that.

I think things can be changed around without changing the look. I personally do not like it. I enjoy the one currently very much.

29-Apr-2015 20:39:09

Xx-Paine-xX

Xx-Paine-xX

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Mod Allstar said :


...It is in no way our intention to make this website look like RS3... Also the horizontal nav is slowly becoming a web standard and also adapts very well on mobiles. Also I promise it will have far less JavaScript so it will be much much faster than RS3 and even the site you have now.

"Why even bother making it responsive? Nobody visits the site on their phone"

This is actually slightly untrue. We do have some mobile traffic but really any website designs that does not adapt responsively to mobiles is poor. More and more people will skim the web on their phone over the coming years and we should be looking to accommodate that now.

But again this is purely feedback for a TAPP project and not something that we are definitely going to do. The guys working on this are not game content developers so this will have no impact on your gaming experience :)


"It is in no way our intention to make this website look like RS3.."

I call bullsh*t. regardless of intention, the new design looks JUST LIKE rs3. and horizontal bars becoming "web standards"? this isn't about f**king web standards. this is about being loyal to '07 rs AND YOU"RE NOT BEING LOYAL TO '07 RS.

not to mention, the current site's fast enough as is. it took me 2 seconds on my galaxy s5 to navigate it. i call pure bullsh*t on this "speed" crap.

"This is slightly untrue". lol. but mostly true, right? you forgot to mention that. not a lot of people go on the website so many times per week that it demands some sort of change and even if they did, it's still no justification to change the osrs website because it's supposed to be how it looked in 2007. what you're doing is disloyal to oldscape.

"...not something that we are definitely going to do."
Sounds like you really want to do it! you even took time out of your own life!how about you STOP TRYING TO DESTROY OSRS!

29-Apr-2015 21:51:33 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2015 22:24:41 by Xx-Paine-xX

Xx-Paine-xX

Xx-Paine-xX

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OmegaSlayerr said :
I like the traditional look much more than this change.

I see why you'd be doing this. To make it appealing to newer players. I don't think that is necessary to go to a full on change like that.

I think things can be changed around without changing the look. I personally do not like it. I enjoy the one currently very much.


i've been wondering this as well. if the mods are so concerned about "speed" on phones, why do we have to change the look of the website entirely?? You can just change the coding to achieve that end. it seems they're just trying to bullsh*t us by saying the ONLY WAY to make the site faster is to change the look of it entirely. smells like sh*t!

and if they absolutely can't improve the speed without changing how the website looks, then don't do it! keeping osrs like how the game was back in '07 is the main goal of old school runescape. this is why we call it OLD SCHOOL in the first place. this is why we WANTED '07 back- because of the old memories, looks and gameplay. stop introducing new sh*t that we don't even need/want!

and if the mobile users start to complain- which is highly unlikely- just ***** them. this is how the site's supposed to look. anyway, it's not like they're playing the actual game on their phones.

besides, it's fast enough already. it takes me literally a couple of seconds to navigate to and around osrs webpage. are they seriously complaining about a few wasted seconds??

29-Apr-2015 21:54:38 - Last edited on 29-Apr-2015 22:27:28 by Xx-Paine-xX

Sir Durial
Aug Member 2023

Sir Durial

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Looks clean. This design gives Oldschool its own identity and represents the atmosphere of us veteran players, and those who are newcomers. Please add a profile feature like RS3 website has with stats on your player such as activities and logs to show what progress you have made throughout the day. Also, added features to this profile including total experienced gained and achievements made (skill level ups, bosses killed, people defeated in PK and duel arena areas, quests completed, etc...) would be EPIC!!!!! MM

30-Apr-2015 05:30:00

juulsx

juulsx

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Why? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS JAGEX? I love the look of the OLD website. After all this is OLD SCHOOL RUNESCAPE for a reason. Seriously if all you guys are going to do is update and change the website and the nostalgic feel I get when I visit it then I don't know how much longer I'll pay for your services. My account is ten years old. Be faithful to veterans such as myself please. Please keep Old School exactly that. Old School.

30-Apr-2015 15:26:38

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