A new look for Gravatar.com

August 21, 2009 | Posted by apokalyptik

A few days ago we released an updated look for Gravatar.com.  We really felt that the old front page was cramped, stuffy, and heavy.  So we worked hard to lighten it up, make it more immediately informative, and gave everything a little more room to breathe.  Playing a starring role on the new front page is our introduction video (which I like to call Gravatar, the Motion Picture.) Anyhow this is just a small update from Gravatar-land.  We hope you’ll enjoy the new look while we cook up some cool stuff for you in the future.

–DK

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  1. Tschai Says:
    August 21, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Looks clean and fresh…hope Gravatars become the standard, one day…someday ;)

  2. Lutvi Avandi Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Cool…!! It is fast loading and good looking

  3. Frank Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 5:19 am

    Big improvement, well done!
    I’m with Tschai, gravatars should become the standard.

  4. Zoro Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 8:18 am

    I got really light. A new fresh look, loving it.

  5. Karol Stilger Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 11:21 am

    For me looks much, much better now!

  6. Tom Parsons Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Its nice to see Gravatars becoming the norm among most blogs and its good to see continuous work being done to improve Gravatars further. Keep it up!

  7. dayonic Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    Looking good :)
    Shame it still uses the squished font x_x

  8. Seba Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    The new home is beautiful.
    A small observation. The dropdown Help menu is covered by the
    “quick overview” flash movie (need a transparent background?).

  9. danscottlive Says:
    August 22, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    Wow! A fresh look and easy to navigate. Way to go!

  10. Tinh Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 1:36 am

    I looks like WordPress new design, I love this one rather than the old design.

  11. Typhoon Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Ya The page is better than earlier but I think it needs some work done around the font.

  12. ikogsakanding Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    nice…… thats a good idea

  13. Surender Sharma Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    New homepage is really superb.
    Add some more features on Gravavtars also.

  14. robb Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    this might be OOT, but why gravatar is not a standard yet ?
    it looks cool, practical, and most of all, useful.

  15. RecycleCindy Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    The new look is nice. Very clean and the colors are pleasant. Keep up the great work!

  16. Lance Haverkamp Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    > A small observation. The dropdown Help menu is covered by the
    > “quick overview” flash movie (need a transparent background?)

    That or bad code:
    http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A//en.gravatar.com/

  17. dan djorgi Says:
    August 23, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Looks good!
    The introduction video is nice too!

  18. Stanley Says:
    August 24, 2009 at 4:48 am

    cool! really flash look! i love it!

  19. uncleboob Says:
    August 24, 2009 at 5:18 am

    I like the video the most. Good work to everybody.

  20. Hesham Says:
    August 26, 2009 at 8:47 am

    Thanks for sharing, it looks great, better than before!

  21. pamelaknits Says:
    August 26, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    I am preparing in the near future to move from wordpress.com to my own WordPress domain. I went into my gravatar account to see where or if I need to make any changes so it all links to my domain. I could not find anywhere for such.
    Is there a need or will my gravatar automatically follow me??
    If not please tell me what I need to do.
    Thank you very much, pamelaknits

  22. seosnippets Says:
    August 26, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    The new page is certainly working or you… it’s great!

  23. muhammad zamroni Says:
    August 28, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Gravatar.com Berganti Tampilan…

    Iseng-iseng membuka website Gravatar.com, saya langsung terkesima. Rupanya website ini telah berganti tampilan!
    Tampilan baru web Gravatar.com
    Yang menarik dari tampilan baru ini adalah tayangan video tutorial bagaimana cara menggunakan layanan gravata…

  24. Smart Boy Says:
    August 28, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    I like it. Easy and simple to find the pertinent information needed.

  25. DanglingWrangler Says:
    August 29, 2009 at 12:46 am

    Your new look feels right…

  26. Małe przypomnienie o Gravatarze « WPMedia.pl Says:
    August 30, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    [...] polega ten serwis, chociażby dla osób nie znających go tak dobrze. Kilka dni temu miała miejsce publikacja nowej, odświeżonej strony Gravatar.com, także myślę, że jest to dobra okazja na małe [...]

  27. kendra12 Says:
    September 22, 2009 at 2:09 am

    yea the new look is def. good for gravatar. way to go!

  28. Vivian Taylor Says:
    September 29, 2009 at 7:51 am

    I’m glad there are some improvement when I join :) keep it up

  29. kermonk Says:
    September 29, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Now if only you assholes allowed us to stop and delete our account, instead of amorally denying us this basic human right.

  30. bfischerb Says:
    October 1, 2009 at 10:13 am

    As a newbee I have never seen the old version, but I like the new one. Nice design and good introduction, especially the video.

  31. solreka Says:
    October 2, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Nice, clean design, It does what it says on the tin. Great job. Gravatar rocks

  32. jacubar Says:
    October 2, 2009 at 9:14 am

    works nice

  33. mosne Says:
    October 4, 2009 at 9:57 am

    Nice and clean! I love the video! Did you consider to develop a mobile version too? the cropping step doesn’t work proprerly :(

  34. Brandon Thomson Says:
    October 4, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Wish you guys would add a bgcolor parameter for the identicons… The white looks awful on dark sites.

  35. Mike Says:
    October 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Avatar site need a translate for some lanuguage

  36. ollie Says:
    October 28, 2009 at 8:09 am

    You might like these: http://retroavatar.appspot.com/

    P.s. @apokalyptik: Sorry found no other way to contact

  37. joker400 Says:
    November 2, 2009 at 6:36 am

    Cool…!! and fast loading

  38. unused Says:
    November 10, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Why is this based on WordPress.com accounts? I’ve spent the whole evening trying to get rid of some old account associated with my email address, but WordPress.com is totally defect: changing the email associated with an account does not make the site forget the old email. Not even when waiting 4 hours hoping some cache clears. WP thinks I’m logged in (as does this site, apparently), but accessing Edit Profile still sends me to the WP login page. Entering the right password just gives me the login page again (albeit without the “wrong password” box). Really cool code to base the entire avatar idea on.

    Gravatar might be a nice idea but the current implementation sucks.

  39. kataztrophy Says:
    November 19, 2009 at 2:35 am

    Don’t care how it looks, just that it still works. :)

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