Oh yeah, that too! I forgot that was there even before the new site change. xP
Thankfully they didn't touch the dashboard.
All this panicking had us forget half of the features, lol. It took me a second to remember as well 
Oh yesh, thankfully they didn't. I need my stats. Else I die.
This is SUPER unrelated and I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but the morning cup of Pepsi really threw me and it made me smile, so thanks 
I can't view my unpublished/scheduled comics to see if they look okay, it tells me they're "Coming Soon". There's a reason I used Tapas instead of Webtoons but now what's the difference?
Not going to repeat all of the points made, but I loved the old design way more.
RN I have the feeling I'm on Webtoons and I hate that feeling, tapas always looked way more comfy and inviting... where's my tapas yellow? Where's the Corporate Design? My eyes hurt because now there's too much white on each page x____x
Where's my episode side bar? Why do I have to click on every page to open up a menu? Etc...
Seriously, tapas, please fix this. You tampered with Rule #1: Never touch a running system...
For creators who don't want to read 260 post..
We're working on it. Please stay tuned!
Also Thank you all for the reporting/suggestions/feedback!
My partner spent 11 years as a developer in Silicon Valley for several different companies and had this to say as their thoughts as to why it got changed so drastically:
"It's nearing the end of the first quarter and there's probably a board meeting coming up regarding securing more funding. These board members are not users of the end products, they are usually just investors wanting to see a profit. As long as the they can be convinced that they will get something back from their investments, they'll continue to fund the project. They also want to see major differences between updates and the bigger the differences the better in their minds. They don't notice the smaller, smarter updates that have been done to make the product better, they just want BIGGER and SHINIER.
The developers, however, care a lot about what they're creating and quite often don't have a say. They have to implement changes that come from the top down, even if it's something that isn't actually possible to code, they still have to 'make it work'. They also have insane deadlines to meet for set release dates, which means coding errors can occur or things get left out until after the release date.
More than likely, things will not return to how they were. Some of the key features that creators like may be added back in, but the change is probably permanent. Until the next round of funding..."
Don't know if that helps anyone understand what's going on, but I thought a different view might be interseting to add. Personally, I think the new desktop version isn't very intuitive and, along with the need to change the thumbnails into book cover style art, seems to be a way to weed out a lot of creators by just making it too difficult to have their series seen.
Anyways, lots of love to the devs and the moderators here who are trying their best in this bad situation.
This must be a part of it considering twitter just announced it's adding a 'stories' feature xP
Every site be making changes.
Ha! I had a friend who refused to be a nice/well mannered person till she got her morning Pepsi x3 thankfully she’d always have some in stock unless someone drank the last bottle without telling her XD
"I'll make my own website! With black jack and hookers!"
Seriously though. The one thing I dont like too much is the trending section on my comics page.
I dont MIND the popular comics. Im sure they're quite good. But just keep them away from me, yeah? lol ^^' Its hard enough as it is to keep and get readers for my comic. And Im sure others feel the sameway..
well, i know for a fact that the layout is set in stone, they wont change it back, that would be too easy
this is more infuriating than the mature ban on the app cause there before they were being secretive and wouldnt tell us fuck all... so why bother trying to reason with them
Thing is... if the investors want to secure their money, they shouldn't piss users off (who are the ones giving them their profits). If users are ok, why would they want things to change? Sure Tapas may had many things to work in, but this is just exasperating. You can't change everything in one night (to the detriment of users) and expect everything to go smoothly. If they don't want to listen to developers, at least they should listen to the people whom are paying for their service.
And as Deviantart, their are making the very same mistake of making the site responsive, like in mobile code. PC is a whole another different format. Thus, you can't arrange things the same way. It's wholly upsetting the ungodly huge images that don't fit in the screen, as if I were reading in a mobile screen (in theatre format). Like, no. A big NO.
I know moderators and developers are not the ones at fault, but the message needs to get to the ones in charge so they come into reason. They need to understand that if we are going to pay any cent for a service, we are the ones that need to be listened. Otherwise people will migrate to another friendlier place, as we have always done (just see how dead Tumblr is nowadays because the board members did as they pleased without asking their users before doing major changes).
Sorry for the rant, but I'm truly upset with this issue -__-
See, that's the thing about investors. They don't care about users or creators. They do not listen because they don't have to. Some of them probably don't even know what Tapas is other than something in their portfolio that they can profit from it. If the pitch is good and they are shown examples of how the site has changed and evolved, then they sign on the dotted line and open up the cash flow. There's a lot of competition for those dollars in the different tech companies.
The mods can bring up our concerns and some things may get fixed after the bugs are dealt with, but this is how things work in the tech industry. It's not nice, it's not fair, but it is what it is.
It's not true.. I've worked for 8 years but I have never cared our our investors because I don't know who they are.. We're working on progress and we will have better solutions for users and creators..
Thank you,
I don't mean devs or mods, I'm talking about board members that invest their money into companies. Those are the people that don't always care. I know you and the other staff members are working hard
Ohh.. sorry for misunderstanding.. I'll get back to you all with improved version of web!
Thank you,
I actually like the new design to me it seems more organized. My only complaint is the lack of banners.
Most everyone else here is complaining (not everyone.) I am, too. Mostly rehashes of what's been said, and this will be lost in the sea of other comments...but....
I also dislike this layout. What these platforms are forgetting is that carbon copies are not necessarily what people want. I mean, if I wanted a webtoon-like website, I'd be on Webtoon.
Oh wait, I am!
Or Smack Jeeves.
Oh wait, I am!
I have the most interaction with my readers here and on on ComicFury. And I loved the frame option which allowed me to easily pick a page and go back to look at it if I thought I missed something. The site had personality! It had its own unique branding. It was mostly pleasant, and I liked the banner at the top, and the tasteful placement of the ads (which, by the way, I don't benefit from, they just weren't annoying and intrusive.)
It was well designed, and most of all--NOT BROKEN! If it's not broke, don't "fix" it, because all they've achieved is alienating a lot of people, much like Smack Jeeves. But, this is the problem when a website is driven solely by making money (not necessarily the creators, the platform itself.) Like Smack Jeeves, our complaining will lead to nothing, because it's mostly smaller creators like me who aren't bringing in the big bucks complaining. They don't care. We don't matter, because we're not making them money.
I've seen a lot of nasty things said about ComicFury (mostly our community over there,) but you know what? The creator of the site is not driven by money. He does the site as a side project, and when we ask or complain (or geez, he often asks US what we want, God forbid!) He listens and weighs his options and asks what we think about the changes. This is the difference between a money driven platform, and a passion-driven platform.
It's sad, because I really love this site. And like with Smack Jeeves, I'll just keep my f*ckin' head down and keep uploading and stop getting readers because I have no idea how to get seen there (particularly now that there's no forum...not that I was on theirs much.) I just want to get this angry rant out more to make myself feel better than to actually attain any goals, I suppose.
I want to also impress I am able to accept change in format when it's for the better. I'm not necessarily adverse to change. This isn't a "oh it's different, I hate it thing!" Just looking at my site today, since I upload on Wednesdays, it was the same hassle I have on Smack Jeeves and Webtoon trying to view my other pages and make sure everything is in order and posted well. I also intensely dislike that stupid floating menu bar that hides itself. I'm on a desktop/laptop--I don't need it to hide. I don't see why they can't just have a mobile version and a desktop version?
Anyway, I guess I'm done bitching. If any of us think the people in charge of Tapas is going to listen, please don't hold out too much hope. I watched as the same thing happened on Smack Jeeves. People signed petitions, wrote letters (e-mails/DMs, you know what I mean.) It most likely won't change anything (not to say we shouldn't try, but I guess I'm just a pessimist.)
Sorry you guys for this rant. I figure most people won't read it anyway, which is probably for the better. I'm not really going anywhere--I love the people who read and comment on my comic--I feel a connection with them, even if they don't with me (but I won't sell them short, maybe they do :D). I don't want to leave because I like the community I feel I was just starting to become a part of. But I am very disappointed in Tapas.
How boring, how cliched. Just do what you think is going to make you popular, I guess.
To the admins, if you actually are reading:
Nobody ever took the lead by following their competitor.