yagu's Journal: slashdot

Is it just me, or is the "new" slashdot almost indecipherable. Normally I write to the source for bugs, or complaints, but this make-over, over the last six months or so disappoints on almost all levels. I work with tech, so I'm pretty good at figuring out some of the weirdest and most complex interfaces, but I've not figured rhyme and or reason with the new slashdot.

I get random announcements of moderator points, but when viewing comments I see no widget with which to moderate. I get screens that say "done", but are completely blank except for the left and right margins. Weird.

Anyone else have similar experience?

The Emperor Has No Clothes

[damn_registrars]

Slashdot has been in a state of design decay for some time, though the rate of decay has accelerated dramatically since November (I was one of many to point out back then how bad it was [slashdot.org], and it hasn't gotten much better since then). It doesn't help that there is a hacktacular idiot [slashdot.org] writing a significant portion of the code, even though he refuses to test on anything other than a mac with an enormous monitor and a connection that makes your closest state university look slow.

Add to that the fact that Mald [slashdot.org]