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Posted at 2:39 AM on Saturday 11/3/07 by
Ben
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Welcome to the newly redesigned BensBargains.net We've been hard at work here redesigning BensBargains.net for the 21.08th century, and here it is. You'll notice several things immediately, which we'll go over below so that your bargain-shriveled walnut of a brain can more easily comprehend:

Page Width Increased
We kept the layout from BensBargains 2.0 when we went to 3.0 in July of 2006, however that was a layout that was originally designed way back in 2000, when 800x600 was still a widely used resolution. Now we can safely cast all of those users aside (the few that remain, at least) for a page width that is more amenable to today's hard hitting monitors and resolutions. You'll notice that most of the font sizes have increased as well, for the same aforementioned reasons.

Larger Images
We know you've been squinting at the tiny product thumbnails, and now you can put that magnifying glass away because we've increased the size of our product thumbnails by about fourfold. We figure that most of you have made the jump to some sort of broadband since the ole days o' 56k when this site was first envisioned. Our sympathies to those who have not yet upgraded, well, not really.

Navigation & Left Bars
We've added a dropdown menu for our most commonly accessed areas, saving you an oh so precious click when navigating around aimlessly. You'll also notice that the Left Bar features some of the recently expanded offerings of BensBargains, including our proprietary Tracker technology for locating the latest hot products, as well as Ben's Coupons - a coupon section that lets you see what coupons we've come across in our daily plunders.

We hope you like the changes! We're working tirelessly to make your bargain shopping experience that much better. If you happen to come across a bug, feel free to file a Bug Report and we'll be right on it!
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    dokteriq - Posted 5:04 pm PDT 11/2/07 (55 Posts)  Report Spam

    yay ... nice look mate ... good work ....

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    febdragon - Posted 5:04 pm PDT 11/2/07 (21 Posts)  Report Spam

    congrats!! looking spiffy...

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    dellguy2 - Posted 5:26 pm PDT 11/2/07 (438 Posts)  Report Spam

    In a day or two I won't even remember the old look.

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    njitxc - Posted 5:27 pm PDT 11/2/07 (25 Posts)  Report Spam

    I love this new look i think the changes that ben made will make bensbargains the place to be.

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    daviddad - Posted 5:28 pm PDT 11/2/07 (22 Posts)  Report Spam

    I definitely like the new look of the site. Keep up the good work.

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    leo - Posted 5:29 pm PDT 11/2/07 (944 Posts)  Report Spam

    The site looks a lot more attractive now.

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    tomithychen - Posted 5:30 pm PDT 11/2/07 (80 Posts)  Report Spam

    the page width is my favorite improvement. With a widescreen monitor it just seemed way too narrow

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    pcspecialist - Posted 5:32 pm PDT 11/2/07 (277 Posts)  Report Spam

    Nice improvement!

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    newchen - Posted 5:33 pm PDT 11/2/07 (19 Posts)  Report Spam

    Great improvement. Bigger picture is better.

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    clamchowder - Posted 5:45 pm PDT 11/2/07 (193 Posts)  Report Spam

    it's cool but dissy

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    zippy2 - Posted 5:46 pm PDT 11/2/07 (255 Posts)  Report Spam

    Bigger pix - better browsing. Don't let the pages get too "busy" though. I like Ben's because of the clean layout. Thanks for the upgrade.

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    krisot1995 - Posted 5:46 pm PDT 11/2/07 (609 Posts)  Report Spam

    I like this website much better than before, good job ben

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    alien62933 - Posted 5:59 pm PDT 11/2/07 (48 Posts)  Report Spam

    Everything is so big, it's making me dizzy.

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    qtpie - Posted 6:09 pm PDT 11/2/07 (359 Posts)  Report Spam

    i like it with the new bigger image for each product...

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    S_Klass - Posted 6:18 pm PDT 11/2/07 (1512 Posts)  Report Spam

    Over all an improvement over the old but I was rather attached to it's clean/quick feel.

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    Anonymous - Posted 6:22 pm PDT 11/2/07 (16776922 Posts)  Report Spam

    new site looks great!

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    rsx - Posted 6:35 pm PDT 11/2/07 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

    Better layout. Is the avata image customizable? Kinda limited choices.

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    NoWomanNoCry - Posted 6:37 pm PDT 11/2/07 (175 Posts)  Report Spam

    Very nice layout. Congratulations...

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    kshahk - Posted 6:49 pm PDT 11/2/07 (4 Posts)  Report Spam

    i liked old one more man. it was easier to read. please do me a favor and get rid of some adds.

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    david_chiu21 - Posted 6:51 pm PDT 11/2/07 (66 Posts)  Report Spam

    Love the redesign.

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