Looks much brighter, more inviting too, I like it.

Well, clean and simple is always a good thing, but I do wish I could see a bit of the description again. I’d really like it if like netflix one could hover and the full description would pop up for quick review. no clicking back and forth. btw, this is a great site. I really enjoy and appreciate it a great deal, and I’ve referred several friends and clients. Thanks!

I like the new design, but one feature I would love to see is an organization of the documentaries by year, and as shorts or feature length productions.

I think I prefer the old page better. Here are a few reasons:

1) VIDEO DESCRIPTIONS! the old page had a description of the videos below them. that was informative. the new style has barely the title in it, and you have to mouse over to see the title. i would rather have the WHOLE title and description WITHOUT having to mouse over, like before.

2) black background. i like to watch documentaries at night. a bright white background around the video is blinding. if i turn my display down to reduce the background intensity, i lose definition in the video.

3) larger thumbnails. smaller does not improve anything, but since it is a single frame, it really isn’t a huge deal. i preferred the larger pictures better. add more than 9 videos per page would be nice too.

4) smaller stuff to the right. the “categories” of the different genres was in a small font before. you didn’t have to scroll down a mile to see them all.

5) no social media stuff. i know its the web 2.0 thing to do, and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, but please remove the social media junk. it’s cheesy. i know you had a big facebook link before, but that was unnecessary too. i’d also like to say that i think the “comments” section is useless. no one comments on stuff. the “being watched now” kind of stuff is borderline. it’s as if you are trying to facebook-ize this site with comments and favorites and stuff. bleh.

I think that Documentary Heaven has a good thing going for it. It’s a great resource for people who want to flex their brain and think about stuff, rather than the most-viewed eye candy on the front of YouTube. But, it feels like you are trying to focus on a Facebook kind of world. Of course I use Facebook all the time, but I am not here for that.

I hope I didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings, you’ve obviously put a lot of design into this. I just think it is misguided.

I got sucked into a wow-pool recently and missed all these changes happening, after visiting the site since last year by stumbling upon it. I exploded in instant joy when I quickly realised what this site was, and like Anti-theist so strongly put, looking at the front page now, I’m not so sure I wouldn’t mis-interpret it.

I like the features and functionality you’ve added (though I have yet to explore them fully, you may hear back), but I think the farcebook colour scheme is my biggest turn-off. You have a wonderful creation here and looking like you’re sucking up to fb doesn’t help and isn’t necessary.

Furthermore, the buttons (however decorative) beside links to popular pages/videos, and links to categories, should be different. They look like two categories of one thing, to the uncommitted eye with a stumble hotkey. The category button should be grander, since one category instance contains many of the other buttoned entity.
One more thing you might try would be enlarging and putting the main heading within your screens panorama, because right now they’re fighting for attention and the heading lost, even though I knew it should be there. I think facebook has trained my eye to look within the white blob for all my information.

Lastly, tiny colourful buttons do not impress me. I may be alone in that but it’s the reason I stopped using ICQ many years ago. If I can find all your functions without my eyes being sandpapered then you’re doing well. Fb is losing ground there. It’s the colour contrast that gets me, picking a shade and sticking with it just seems slicker. It’s the internet equivalent of Entropic Heat Death, and IMHO it’d be shrewd to avoid that trap, not that I’m saying you’re too far in it yet.

I’ve also just left a site where all there was left to do was argue, so I may have put things stronger than necessary just for elegance, but I’ve endeavoured to cite my reasons.

Good luck with the mint new site! I’m glad youre so open to collaboration. Very 2.0 lol

It would be cool if you could sort the documentaries by rating.

I understand where you are going and see the need to shift to a more inviting interface but I think this page needs refinement still. My only concern it is appears very “bloggish” and plain. I like the light colors but maybe add some edges and make the different aspects of the page really stand out for easier navigation. I love the site though! Thanks for providing such quality information! Bravo!

I Love the new look…its clean and inviting. I’m sooo delighted i Stumbled onto this site

TY