Posted by imp9824 on May 29, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The site lags as it pre-loads the videos. Some of us don't want to watch the videos. We come to look at an online version of a newspaper.

Maybe I am just anti-change, but I am not thrilled with the new design.

Posted by ebrockway on May 29, 2008 at 11:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I like it overall, but the media player shouldn't load videos automatically, some still have bandwidth issues.

Posted by Hueneme_girl29 on May 29, 2008 at 12:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with the other posters, It's ok - dont like the automatic video load. If you want to see it, you should click on it, you shouldnt automatically have to see it though. Just my two cents.

Posted by bugmenot on May 29, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

media player on the front page is throwing flash errors.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var player = new SWFObject("http://media.venturacountystar.com/co..., "playlist_player", "320", "465", 9, "#FAF6EF");
player.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
player.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
player.addVariable("type", "playlist");
player.addVariable("site", "VCS");
player.addVariable("styleSheet", "http://web.venturacountystar.com/stat...);
player.addVariable("targets", "home");

player.addVariable( "source", "http://dev.venturacountystar.com/play... );


//player.addVariable("mailfriend_url", "");
//player.addVariable("content_url", "");

player.addVariable("autoPlay", "no");
player.addVariable("continuous", "yes");

player.write( "player_None" );

function playerEvent( event ) {
switch( event.type ) {
case "start":
if(event.media == "content")
{
s_pageName = event.label;
setNewPath( event.stats_path );
s_dc(s_account);
}
}
}
window.playlist_player = document.getElementById('playlist_player');
</script>

Posted by bugmenot on May 29, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found.

Posted by bugmenot on May 29, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If you use Firefox with the Adblock extension, you wouldn't have even known this web page had ads in the first place.

Posted by hotwildflower on May 29, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am not good with change...sorry.

Posted by FedUp on May 29, 2008 at 12:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I noticed you are not allowed to write out certain words anymore. this is making it harder and harder to post on articles. swear words I can understand, but what is wrong with the word S.U.C.K?

Posted by monagirl1975 on May 29, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The previous page was better. Ads are bigger in this one too.

Posted by star on May 29, 2008 at 12:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I like it much better. Of course, I'm using Firefox with NoScript installed.

Posted by Jacksprat on May 29, 2008 at 1:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't ask me now, wait a few days and then I will know how I feel about the new page. We never like change, get use to the old one and it is like a old friend, then you come along and make a change, we don't see any good reason for it, I don't. This happens a lot in the ciber space, places decide to make a change, I think the reason is that the people running the page get bored and want to stirr up things, not really good for business.

Posted by sandypants83 on May 29, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

its s.u.c.k.s.

Posted by venturaguy39 on May 29, 2008 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This new design is WAY cleaner and is less confusing without all those small ads that were all over the page. I don't mind a few bigger ads if there aren't hundreds of small ads everywhere. Just my two pennies for the Star Gods.

Posted by thsomerville on May 29, 2008 at 2 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Change is nice. Refreshing to have something different every once in a while.

Posted by Relvd98 on May 29, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Nah...not so quite pleased with it.

Posted by justmeinsp on May 29, 2008 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

and some people are just born complainers.. they obvisously don't practice "adapt, improvise and overcome..." they just complain about those who do...

Posted by SpiderWoman on May 29, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Get rid of those annoying flashing ads that dart across the screen!!!!!

Posted by archtmf on May 29, 2008 at 2:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's a good improvement. It's much cleaner and better organized now. I like that there is more room for more breaking news headlines, and that the title of that section is now an actual LINK that you can click on and it takes you to the rest of the headlines.

Posted by sydney on May 29, 2008 at 3:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't like it and I keep getting error messages and closes out and back to desktop! Why can't you make it like the regular paper pages?

Posted by 805m0mma on May 29, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

steve pell must pay some big bucks to have his face plastered everywhere!
anyhoo, not all that bad, videos don't load automatically for me...maybe they fixed it already??

Posted by sdetatae on May 29, 2008 at 3:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

thanks for trying! to be honest, your old lay out was one of the main reasons i came to the star's website daily & rarely others like the times... i peak at the articles around other tasks & the larger pics / layout you now have make it much harder to navigate if you don't have the window open to full screen (i.e. spreadsheet or doc on half the screen & newspaper on the other half).

Posted by darias on May 29, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hahaha wow you guys changed it again huh Bruce? Well I do have to say there are some things i like and some things I may not agree with. For starters I like how it looks a little more open and free thats a something good, the flash player with the pics and headlines is something else that is great to see, I think it helps you guys out because there have been times where the words were too big to fit and I was unable to read them or change the slide. I do miss having the headlines right next to the flash player, easier to see.

I don't know about the brief of the main article though. I know it does help bring attention to the related articles and pieces that are attached the story. The biggest thing that just sticks out to me is the media bar or whatever that has photos, videos, Studio 805, etc on there. It just seems like a real eyesore right there and yea I can see how it may be dividing the headlines and the main article from everything else but there has to be something else that can do the job. I dunno its alright. But other than that, everything else seems fine. Keep up the good work Bruce!!!

Posted by lizlemon on May 29, 2008 at 6 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Love the "most discussed" tab.

Posted by spy805 on May 29, 2008 at 6:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You should also start banning all the racist commentators that post here everyday. I can't believe how many racists live here in ventura county. You know who you are.

Posted by craftandbake on May 29, 2008 at 6:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree with previous comments - it'd be nice to see less of the Steve Pell spam/ads when I visit this website. Otherwise, the new look is nice.

Posted by mgnm257 on May 29, 2008 at 7:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Change is good, no matter how many people complain. The one thing that stood out to me was the blue bar behind The section tabs (home, news, sports). They weren't super easy to read before and It looks great. Keep up the good work Bruce and Team!

Posted by spy805 on May 30, 2008 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

mmshoot you are a regular commentator, I am sure you have read some of the news stories and the accompanying comments, specially if it has to do with a hispanic person, man those guys just go off and post some degrading stuff, and yet they never get banned.

Posted by Face on May 30, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Mute the white man right? Boo hoo hoo, I am white and entitled!

Posted by Adam_Monroe on June 1, 2008 at 1:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Same old crappy paper!

I also recommend using the Mozilla Firefox browser and installing the Adblock Plus and Flashblock add-ons.

They do WONDERS on this site and it loads so quickly! I feel sorry for the people that are being forced to load a flash video...