In this case, there is a lower scroll bar, but it applies to the whole page (and therefore doesn’t really fix my problem). It seems to me that the text column does not automatically adapt to the window size of the browser, and that the add column seems fixed, and thus hovers over the text column if the window size is not maximized.

I’m not crazy about the coloured title bars on the side bar though.

I have to agree with Jim, I’d much rather see categories (& tags) in the sidebar rather than top commenters.

Oh, and now that I scroll down, bump up the line-height of the categories/about sections. $readability++;

And we all need to remember that ad’s pay to keep the site up and running. I’d rather have them and have TAB than not have them and see TAB go away.

So I don’t mind that they are a bit imposing.

The logo is decent, but undersized for the giant black banner.

I like the left sidebar with the comments and tags, it makes it easy to see which articles have discussions.

The content area is MUCH too wide for my taste. Wide columns are harder to read, and having them left justified just makes it worse. The font isn’t the best either. A serif font might have been a better choice - but the existing font would work with skinnier columns.

The ads are just overwhelming. Too many, too large, and too “blinkity blink.” As someone who relies on ads for his site, I can say that I understand why you need them, but this is just crazy. You’ve put the ads in a more important role than the content - as is evident by the fact that I have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to get a category list, and skip over a giant one between the article and the comments.

The “top commentors” list is, well, pointless. Who cares! I would venture a guess that most people don’t come here just to see who the top commentor is. I think you should consider switching the category list with the top commentor list.

You probably have the same amount of ads now as you did before, but the old layout didn’t “shove them in my face.” I use Firefox and use the AdBlock Plus extension which allows me to turn ads off on certain sites and not others. I used to leave the ads turned on with TAB and clicked them once in a while because I liked your content. But this is just too much. I’ll be blocking the ads on TAB now because it’s too hard to read the content with them on.

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My display is 1920X1200 so I don’t think that’s the problem. FWIW, Safari 2.x works perfectly, but firefox has the problem. removing the option to use the font from the page in Firefox worked to correct the page, but I shouldn’t have to do that.

I’d reduce the banners and try to charge more for the remaining spots. Otherwise it looks swell.

Also, the font used for this edit box in Firefox/Windows is a little small. It looks great in Safari/Windows and I don’t know what it looks like for Firefox/Mac. I will when I get home tonight.

Just a few suggestions. Otherwise, the change is very nice.

One thing I noticed though is the footer - 50% of the footer is reserved for tags that don’t exist (yet?). I think a search bar and main navigation links would be a better use of the space. And maybe some featured posts or even featured discussions from the forums??

But I’m not much of a fan of “tags” - never use them and don’t see much use for them. All in all though, great job!