Hi, a couple thoughts here. First, thanks to timothy for reaching out like this - it's the result of the #fuckbeta protest, so good job to everybody. But if we have a better avenue for communicating our concerns then we can tone down the protesting I think. At least maybe not destroy the comment threads any more.
My biggest concern for the beta is it seems to destroy the tools needed for a robust commenting and conversation, including notification of new posts, easy ways to quote prior posts, easy way to lin
My biggest concern is that frankly, the beta just plain sucks. It sucks in every single possible way. I get that they're saying it isn't ready, but the concern for many of us isn't just that the beta is just bloody horrible now, but that the direction its going suggests that it will never be an adequate replacement for the current "classic" Slashdot.
The question is, "WHY does the beta suck?" I can point to a few key points.
1) White Space is noisy. As Noisy as overly dense is. Hard to read, hard to navigate... hard on eyes.
2) Dumbing down the interface is Dumb. What the beta does, is take take away the information needed to be intelligent. We don't need that, as we are (typically, mostly) bright, intelligent, capable people. We aren't your "http://www.nbcnews.com/" who wants pretty pictures. STOP IT.
3) Removing information is dumb. For example (glarin
Don't you mean a "dumb black" site? Oh wait, that would be 'racist'...
And by the way the word 'dumb' means 'unable to speak' as in 'dumb animal', it does not mean stupid, unintelligent, etc... Those words are reserved for the people who don't understand what the word 'dumb' means...
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Cue the flood of flame . . .
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Hi, a couple thoughts here. First, thanks to timothy for reaching out like this - it's the result of the #fuckbeta protest, so good job to everybody. But if we have a better avenue for communicating our concerns then we can tone down the protesting I think. At least maybe not destroy the comment threads any more.
My biggest concern for the beta is it seems to destroy the tools needed for a robust commenting and conversation, including notification of new posts, easy ways to quote prior posts, easy way to lin
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My biggest concern is that frankly, the beta just plain sucks. It sucks in every single possible way. I get that they're saying it isn't ready, but the concern for many of us isn't just that the beta is just bloody horrible now, but that the direction its going suggests that it will never be an adequate replacement for the current "classic" Slashdot.
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The question is, "WHY does the beta suck?" I can point to a few key points.
1) White Space is noisy. As Noisy as overly dense is. Hard to read, hard to navigate ... hard on eyes.
2) Dumbing down the interface is Dumb. What the beta does, is take take away the information needed to be intelligent. We don't need that, as we are (typically, mostly) bright, intelligent, capable people. We aren't your "http://www.nbcnews.com/" who wants pretty pictures. STOP IT.
3) Removing information is dumb. For example (glarin
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Don't you mean a "dumb black" site? Oh wait, that would be 'racist'...
And by the way the word 'dumb' means 'unable to speak' as in 'dumb animal', it does not mean stupid, unintelligent, etc... Those words are reserved for the people who don't understand what the word 'dumb' means...
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Some words have more than one definition
1dumb adjective \dm\
Definition of DUMB
1
a : lacking the human power of speech
b of a person often offensive : lacking the ability to speak
2 : temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)
3 : not expressed in uttered words
4 : silent; also : taciturn
5 : lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment; especially : having no means of self-propulsion
6 a : lacking intelligence : stupid
b : showing a lack of intelligence
c : requiring no intelligence
7 : not having the capability to process data — compare intelligent 3a