Here's an idea. Go to them, and ask them

Although I figured out how to navigate the site and do what I needed to do, it is still very confusing in spots. (:( When will they learn that simplicity is everything!

i really can't think of one thing i like about it, not the color scheme, not the layout, and since my subscription just recently ran out, i've come to see that this version is around twice as ad intensive and invasive with a huge box on every page saying "hey hey, click here and subscribe to get rid of this annoying "click here to subscribe" box! because if we can't provide any real appeal, or real benefit to subscribing, we'll just hold the site ransom to you by making it suck till you do".

"SUBSCRIBE TO
DEVIANTART NOW!

Remove ads... and experience deviantART the way it was intended!"

if you wanted me to experience the site the way it was "intended~", well... you sort of missed the perfect opportunity to do so when making this new version, otherwise what's the point?

anyone else find themselves missing jark?

i suppose though, i do love the footer, my problem with it is i think it should either be the header or be the home page itself, it's the only thing i want to see on the current layout and i don't like scrolling down to the bottom every time. it would also be cool to customize the footer to add more channels to it as we were able to before.

oh well. =/

DeviantArt is good for some unique wallpapers (e.g. photography, Vista/OS X wall mods, ect.) and some simple, minimalistic skins. I find stuff there that I would never see on Wincustomize (or anywhere else for that matter).

It just shows you how HUGE the skinning/graphics community is!

WinCustomize is still the best, though...

You know.. while were at it... I'm sick of people who want to flash themeselves naked all over DA using the excuse "oh you can simply block adult content if you want to'

First off.. I shouldn't have to block something.. I should have to log into it to see it.. and secondly.. What about all the lil kids, older folks, not so PC savvy that don't even know there are ways to block this stuff from their account, or for those that dont even HAVE an account.. I think It's an awful thing that DA continues to put nudity on their Main pages... Male or female.

I shudder to think how many underage children have opened DA to see some guys chopper as a Daily Dev.

I think it's ridiculous. :NOTSURE: 

For people who aren't logged in, they can't see anything marked as mature content (that's how it's supposed to work). And I totally agree, nothing from the *nude galleries should be displayed on the front page, newest or not. I don't want to see it unless I specifically go looking for it.

LOOK AT *MY* CHOPPER!!

Well, it's not really mine... it's some other guy's, but it's pretty cool.

  

You two should get some sleep..   

Link FAIL

Had to copy the link, open a new tab, and manually insert it....clicking on the link = fail.

I guess *I* could use some sleep... only slept about 4 hours last night but I'm kinda used to it. Then again it'd be kinda weird going for a nap while I'm at work at 3pm. My boss might not appreciate it. Go figure.

Anyways, I like the new Message Centre on DA. Found it much easier to work with.

Yep....;)

Devart is an art site....and depicting the human form, clad or not is an artform.

The only valid 'screening' should be a header page warning prospective browsers/visitors that 'this site contains nudity'.

Other than that censorship/restriction of content should only be about inherent legal boundaries [eg. unlawful depiction of child nudity, etc].

Anyone with a history of Fine Art education, etc. should not have a problem with nudity.....;)

First nude I ever drew [life drawing] was 36 years ago. [yes, we had them then, too]...;)

I have no problem with tasteful artistic nudes (=Pelicanh has a nice gallery of these)...but the myspace-style "hey look at my hoo-ha" is just wrong and tacky on so many levels.

You've never seen any questionable deviations on DA, Jafo?

I've come across *many* since I first joined in 2001 and I'm all for nudity in art (I've done life drawing myself) but (here's the age-old question) where's the line between art and porn?

Oh yes....I made a particular point with one's removal too....crossed the 'iffy' lines of 'child-exploitation'.....the same issue currently a hot topic in Oz, lately....;)

Bebi.....'tasteful' [or not] is an opinion.

Artistic expression is often more 'confrontational' than 'cute'.  It's the nature of the beast....;)

Warning up-front that it's an ART site 'should be enough'....;)

Fullfrontalational is more like it over there.



Maxstyles is an art site.. we dont pose naked for the world to be exposed to on it though.

You can't expect every underage person to be as wiley and knowledgable as us...just doesn't stand to reason.

That was my point... it is inexcusable as far as I am concerned. There is no logical excuse.

unless you are logged in, images flagged as adult content won't appear, and even if you are logged in you need to have a certain check box marked.

that takes care of DD's and "popular", but not "newest"

i'd imagine most people's problems with nudity on dA comes from when the author doesn't check the box for "adult content" and it shows up in the "newest" channel, but there's surely a lot of viewers that say "hells yeah lets see that nudity, i don't want my dA censored", but there's no one to remind them "be careful what you wish for". lol

as far as kids go though, there are parental controls. yet sure, the kid can make their own account to bypass the security, but they can also click on that domain bar and go to a site that's really "neat". you can't save people from themselves, and dA does have standards by which they allow nudity. they are more concerned with "is it sexual", "is it pornographic" rather than is it just "graphic".

you'll still have crotch shot terrorists looking for thrills by shock factor come by time to time, but that could happen here just the same if one of our journeymen felt so inclined to give us a farewell to remember, or someone went on our forums and made a thread called "hey look at this, it's funny". though correct me if i'm wrong, while it might be rare as hell, there is nudity on wincustomize as well is there not?

nothing will ever be perfect or make everyone happy, but considering dA has no intention of telling people "your art isn't good enough" and since they believe "art needs no working value, practicality, or quality standards set by individuals in order to enjoy or appreciate it", and that dA is truly an art for art's sake community, it's quite different than maxstyles, wincustomize, or any other applied arts.

you can call anything art, but the sole definition of art, the only thing necessary for anything to be art is merely in its creator's "intention". whether people see their dentists as being artists, or see nudity as not being artistic is entirely beyond the point.

a toilet can be a piece of art, but that doesn't make all other toilets in the world art as well, and that is the point. it's not the subject matter, or the appeal others find in something that validates it.

personally i have no care to see dA carefully scrutinized each submission piece by piece, or exercise fig leaf protocol, and thankfully neither do they.

horizon got it in 'one'.

But...

We digress.

The debate re art and censorship is probably better as a thread on its own.  This one is about the features/functions of DA v6 ....;)

While that is a good post with pertinent points horizon, I don't feel swayed.

Let me tell you about the chilii I had.....   

case in point was a urinal~

I stumbled upon goatsee at DA. It's not art of any kind and is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. If you don't know what goatsee is, you are better off.

I would question the age of some of the models as well. Naked children is kiddy porn no matter how you justify it. Simply browsing DA could be enough to get your PC raided by the feds.   

Ugh.. sometimes, google is not your friend..

Thank goodness I haven't seen any cleveland steamer pictures there at least.
Vintage choo-choo's just annoy the hell out of me.