Comments on: Report: mental_floss launches new homepage

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:24:49 +0000

If you’re using Firefox, CTRL-+ (CTRL-Plus) and CTRL– (CTRL-Minus) will change the text size. Use CTRL-0 (CTRL-Zero) to go back to the normal size.

By: EV

EV — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:53:05 +0000

I’m fine with the update. My only issue is the font used for comments. I rarely have trouble reading anything on screen, however I think the font here is too small.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:28:44 +0000

Personally, I dont like it. It looks like too many other sites. Kind of like you had a template to work off of, instead of your own design.

(Eeyore sigh) probably wont change back, and this will be the site that new users see. not as comfortable to me, will likely push the floss farther down on my list of sites to visit.

My biggest gripe is simply that I have to scroll down to get to the stuff I want. Too many menus up top.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:27:24 +0000

I’m pretty sure I like it, after thinking about it all day. ;-) I’m slow to adapt to change, but in general I can definitely see where this is going to be a more dynamic (and higher volume) design. I have to go along with some others, though – when I first pulled up m_f this morning (part of my ‘Morning Coffee’ Firefox plug-in, of course), I had to do a double take and verify that it hadn’t opened CNN instead…

By: Laffy_Taffy

Laffy_Taffy — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:26:09 +0000

my server is not agreeing with this…now i’m forced to upgrade. Boo.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:21:46 +0000

My thought -> Bleh.

Sorry ’bout that. Just don’t care for the new look.

By: meta

meta — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:12:01 +0000

it looks like cnn.com. almost.

By: zaahit

zaahit — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:39:56 +0000

yea this is definitely cnn.com-esque

clearly cinco de mayo must be some kind of obscure april fool’s day holiday at mental_floss…

By: Jason English

Jason English — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:21:33 +0000

Sandy & Kara’s morning quizzes can be found in that ‘Daily Flossings’ box under the Recent Articles. Click on ‘5 Questions’ for the most recent quiz.

By: dee

dee — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:29:16 +0000

where’s the daily quizzes and not the lunchtime ones!