MGoBlue Site Design Complete
I think this is version 4.0 for them. I was never a huge fan of v3.0, and that v2.0 was actually better. This new one is supposed to help with formatting and RSS feeds, which, like, awesome.
Check it out. Leave some comments.
Mgoblue.com
September 10th, 2009 at 8:36 PM ^
This is light years ahead of the last design. The last design was absolutely awful.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:38 PM ^
As long as they fix the video compatibility issues with different browsers then I'm cool.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:41 PM ^
- Schedules are now CSTV style, which is both awesome and a bummer. I liked the old style better myself.
- The Team Info boxes on the schedule page is scrolling, which I'm not a fan of. (noticed it here)
- The top bar icons don't always work perfectly. When I scroll over them, I've had to click on the bar before they highlight or show text.
- The stats icon in that bar takes you to a CBS College Sports page just for Michigan related things. It didn't load properly for me, but this is the same system that I've seen at other schools for all multimedia to be brought together. It runs with microsoft silverlight iirc
- They have Michigan mgoblue.com email accounts you can set up at http://webmail.mgoblue.com/
- M Zone is their new feature page - http://www.mgoblue.com/mzone/
- They've incorporated twitter feeds on each sport's page on the bottom right
- ESPN.com style page to open for each team with big pictures for news stories.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:43 PM ^
The desktop communicator is the most awesomest idea ever.
http://michigan.newtier.com/
September 10th, 2009 at 9:26 PM ^
top dollar site.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:59 PM ^
So far so good on mac. I had problems with audio and sometimes video with the old version. The podcasts are helpful.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:14 PM ^
FA your original link is borked.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:17 PM ^
Fixed.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:17 PM ^
I really like the new design.. Cosign on the video comment above.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:21 PM ^
Does Silverlight 3.0 work with Safari in Snow Leopard?
I'm using Firefox right now and it seems to be ok. Silverlight is not bad, when it works.
September 15th, 2009 at 5:50 PM ^
Yes, it does. I am currently running Snow Leopard and I've been able to view Silverlight videos on MGoBlue.com and Netflix.
Of course, I'm not booting up using the 64-bit kernel, just the 32-bit (default for Snow Leopard).
By the way karpodiem, will you be uploading the Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan game that is on Saturday? I don't have the Big Ten Network, so I won't be able to see it.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:25 PM ^
i always loved that we have our own sports site. it seems like a ton of schools just have a [your school].cstv website
September 10th, 2009 at 9:29 PM ^
I felt the same way. We were absorbed into the CSTV family with the last update which tried to buck the usual trend. I used to love CSTV before CBS took it over. The old CSTV sites used to offer variety, but the CBS corporate take over appears to have put on the pressure to conform.
That and CBS cut out 99.7% of the college baseball content (and all non-football/basketball content as well). That stung pretty bad as it was the only source for Olympic coverage for a good 2 years.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:42 PM ^
Why the hell are there ads? The Athletic Department makes plenty of money off basketball and football, so I dunno why they've plastered the site with ads. Other than that, I like the redesign.
September 11th, 2009 at 5:20 AM ^
Much harder to get to the multimedia... its just a mess right now with the new CBS sports thing...
How does one access the football videos with Doug Karsh????
September 19th, 2009 at 10:29 AM ^
i'm really disappointed that the new site locks everything inside a silverlight app. sure, it runs fine on my laptop (Mac OS X 10.5 fwiw), but not having access to WMA audio feeds is a real dealbreaker. i _relied_ on those for listening on my phone, especially during hockey season. does anybody know of an alternative stream for the radio broadcasts?