[Karunamon]

FTA> "You could say it isn't such a big deal. But if they don't care about this what else they don't care about? Quality of the courses? User experience?"

This entire line of thinking really bugs the ever-loving crap out of me. Slamming the entire service based on a few misaligned elements? Pedantic much?

Edit*

I'd almost argue that the alignment was by design. Having the "start here" lined up with the middle bar implies that you would "start" by taking some action on that bar, since most of us read left to right. In this case, a bad cue. By breaking up that line, you cease going right and look down instead.

[dashN9ne]

I also find the tone of that post aggressive and a majority of the criticism unfounded.

I agree with the criticism about lack of visual hierarchy. Feel as if the whole page doesn't really take the user's goals into account as much as it should. I'll try to send a detailed e-mail about my thoughts as soon as I get a free minute.

[zds]

Really appreciate that, dashN9ne. Looking forward to reading it as we fix things up.

[tomcreighton]

He's not slamming the entire service, he's slamming the redesign, and rightly so. The entire purpose of the site is to teach - and the changes to the design have obfuscated what course you're supposed to take next. The design is objectively not working as well as it could.

[zds]

We've heard comments from both sides of the table and we're working as fast as possible to create something that's easy to use for all of our users. Thanks for bearing with us.

[dmragone]

Couldn't agree more. As someone's who is using Codecademy to learn, I find myself hunting around for the way I got to that useful page with the week-by-week lessons all spelled out in a nice list. Unfortunately I end up guessing URLs until I get it right, as it seems there's no easy way to get there via the actual interface.

[zds]

Thanks, Karunamon. We most definitely do care about what's going on the site and that's why we're dedicating so much of our time and attention to making sure the user experience reflects that and is easy for users.

I'd love to hear any other feedback you have. Feel free to email us.

[bicknergseng]

I think it looks great. Like the OP said, "The thing is that each individual part of the page is actually great." Each part is very clear, and important functions are easy to find. Keep up the good work and iterate!