Comment For what it's worth in one buried comment... (Score 1) 2219
...by a guy who's been a frequent reader for more than a decade, but one who never submits and almost never comments:
I like the new design. I find it to be cleaner, easier to read, and more aesthetically 'balanced'. A bit ubiquitous these days, perhaps, but I don't think that undoes its merits. I wouldn't have mentioned my like of the new look/platform, but this story seems to be *about* this change, so a comment seemed reasonable.
I'm all too familiar with reworking things to look and/or function better/faster/stronger, only to have a lot of people instantly complain about a feature that disappears, a divergence in personal taste, or the various "growing pains" a new incarnation may have on its journey to maturity.
I usually find myself naively hoping that the people who see changes will think something along the lines of "Wow, this is interesting and different - I wonder what all has changed? It'll be cool to see how this develops.", but, inevitably, it's more like "WTF did they do to my thing!?". This always happens on any new version of any thing. When I see this backlash on others' projects, I tend to find it annoying and (often) unconstructive, even when I would generally agree.
So, I would say keep working out the kinks - I think it will be great.
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But then, perhaps I'm simply too much on the periphery to "understand" the fatal flaws in the new system. I see Slashdot as a news reference site, pure and simple - and the new layout presents said news snippets in a clean format. Good enough for me. If I want more info, I'll usually hit up the external link, only rarely looking into comments for something "Insightful" or "Interesting". I don't have any problem doing anything I did on the old site on this one, and some things are better/easier.
I've seen mention of problems with the new site with respect to the "community". I'm not really a contributing part of the community here, so those are issues I can't speak to, maybe they're a big problem. My only thought is when the first comment I see on a post like the one Timothy put up is "Why say anything it isn't like you are going to listen or act on our concerns.", followed by post after post of the same - and when many stories' comments contain depressing levels of cynicism, elitism and backstabbing - well, that doesn't sound much like a "community" to me. Sounds a bit more like an "arena".
~PS
I like the new design. I find it to be cleaner, easier to read, and more aesthetically 'balanced'. A bit ubiquitous these days, perhaps, but I don't think that undoes its merits. I wouldn't have mentioned my like of the new look/platform, but this story seems to be *about* this change, so a comment seemed reasonable.
I'm all too familiar with reworking things to look and/or function better/faster/stronger, only to have a lot of people instantly complain about a feature that disappears, a divergence in personal taste, or the various "growing pains" a new incarnation may have on its journey to maturity.
I usually find myself naively hoping that the people who see changes will think something along the lines of "Wow, this is interesting and different - I wonder what all has changed? It'll be cool to see how this develops.", but, inevitably, it's more like "WTF did they do to my thing!?". This always happens on any new version of any thing. When I see this backlash on others' projects, I tend to find it annoying and (often) unconstructive, even when I would generally agree.
So, I would say keep working out the kinks - I think it will be great.
--
But then, perhaps I'm simply too much on the periphery to "understand" the fatal flaws in the new system. I see Slashdot as a news reference site, pure and simple - and the new layout presents said news snippets in a clean format. Good enough for me. If I want more info, I'll usually hit up the external link, only rarely looking into comments for something "Insightful" or "Interesting". I don't have any problem doing anything I did on the old site on this one, and some things are better/easier.
I've seen mention of problems with the new site with respect to the "community". I'm not really a contributing part of the community here, so those are issues I can't speak to, maybe they're a big problem. My only thought is when the first comment I see on a post like the one Timothy put up is "Why say anything it isn't like you are going to listen or act on our concerns.", followed by post after post of the same - and when many stories' comments contain depressing levels of cynicism, elitism and backstabbing - well, that doesn't sound much like a "community" to me. Sounds a bit more like an "arena".
~PS
