New look for the Mosaic site.

[Cliff Englewood]

Old one had a Blue Note vibe to its design. The new one is just fugly.

That's exactly what I was thinking, the old one just looked more "Jazzy".

[neveronfriday]

I wish they would add the discographical info for the old sets.

I have no idea why they remove it once a set goes OOP.

Stupid.

[brownie]

I wish they would add the discographical info for the old sets.

I have no idea why they remove it once a set goes OOP.

Stupid.

Absolutely. Would not take that much space and would be very helpful to a lot of fans of the label!

[J.A.W.]

I wish they would add the discographical info for the old sets.

I have no idea why they remove it once a set goes OOP.

Stupid.

Absolutely. Would not take that much space and would be very helpful to a lot of fans of the label!

Why not ask Mosaic?

Edited October 6, 2007 by J.A.W.

[brownie]

Why not ask Mosaic?

This was done earlier today. Will report any reply

[neveronfriday]

Why not ask Mosaic?

This was done earlier today. Will report any reply

[BruceH]

I prefer the old look. But maybe I was just used to it.

Old one had a Blue Note vibe to its design. The new one is just fugly.

Yeah! That's it---that Blue Note vibe! Gotta love it.

I take it "fugly" is short for "fuckin' ugly"? I'd have called it bland and standardized, but fugly, well...yes.

[brownie]

Why not ask Mosaic?

This was done earlier today. Will report any reply

The Mosaic reply came in today:

Good suggestion and we will look into it. Thanks for the comments. They

are

much appreciated.

[king ubu]

I'm not sure how much I like the new design... I think the old one might have been better. But the site looks easy to handle now, that's for sure.

I also asked them about posting the old/OOP sets' discographies, it would be great to have them all accessible!

[Swinging Swede]

I thought the old look was the new look. I remember an earlier one. Or possibly even two earlier ones?

[Van Basten II]

By the way there is currently a sale. All selects for the next week are available for 39 bucks, singles at 13 $.

[J.A.W.]

By the way there is currently a sale. All selects for the next week are available for 39 bucks, singles at 13 $.

..And 10 - 15% off the prices of the big sets. See also this thread. The sale ends October 14.

Edited October 8, 2007 by J.A.W.

[Van Basten II]

Woops, did not see the note about the big sets, let's get busy.

Edited October 8, 2007 by Van Basten II

[Swinging Swede]

Yep, two earlier versions. I checked with Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, and the first one seems to have been active in 1999-2003:

Mosaic site in 1999

Mosaic site in 2003

Then there was the second one which only seems to have been used in 2003-04:

Mosaic site in 2004

Then the third version was used in 2004-07 and this is what has been called the old design in this thread. And now we have the fourth version.

What was wrong with the older ones anyway?

[Daniel A]

Funny, I could've sworn the 2004 design lasted longer, but the archive proves differently.

After checking out the links above I realized I'd forgotten how the site looked like up to last week! So here's:

The 2004-7 version

[Van Basten II]

If we use the link circa 1999 that advertises the Mosaic Andrew Hill , will there still be copies available

[Swinging Swede]

Sure. But it is dangerous to change history. If you buy one, some other board member's copy will instantly disappear from his shelf. And he won't be happy!

[Adam]

"Add to Wishlist" is now present, on the right side of each set's page.

[king ubu]

"Add to Wishlist" is now present, on the right side of each set's page.

well, who cares - wishlist is just all that I don't have yet...

[tranemonk]

Hate it...

Too much verbage... Just plain old ugly....

[Brad]

I was just looking at the new Hampton set and the website IMHO is really fantastic on all the different things you can see about an upcoming set, related sets, etc.

A quantum improvement over what existed.

[billyboy]

The design of the page is ok, it's the marketing-speak descriptions that completely turn me off. I have no need for words like "Feel the Passion," "lovingly researched," "CDs encased inside." Sounds more like Pottery Barn or Godiva Chocolates than Mosaic.