You know, exactly like the old interface, but with unicode.
There are lots of things that are annoying about slashdot, but almost none of them are found in the interface. None of them really need changing, except the lack of unicode support. Instead of wasting time trying to change the way slashdot looks when it looks just fine (It's not fancy, but it's clean compared to most of the web and it doesn't waste horrible amounts of space) you should spend the time on unicode. It's not sexy, but it is important.
There are a *few* interface changes I'd like to see. The way that accidental moderations can't be corrected is stupid. The current default (AJAX) mode forces you to preview your post before submitting (which is great!) but applies moderation immediately on the "onmodified' event of the drop-down, without any ability to change it if the wrong thing got selected (which is stupid). A way to require that people confirm a moderation, or a way to change or undo a moderation (hell, even if it costs an extra mod point, though then you're just being silly) immediately after making it... those would be REALLY GOOD interface changes.
Another one I'd like to see is, if I post in a thread, remove all the moderation drop-downs immediately (don't force me to manually refresh the page to get rid of them). Similarly, replace all "Reply"-type links/buttons with something like "Reply to this (will undo <N> moderations in this thread)" or similar, so I don't spend a bunch of time writing a response on a thread I'd forgotten I moderated on, only to discover *afterward* that I have a decision to make. These changes would not only be handy, they're *really* simple. As in, I could probably write a bookmarklet to implement that. It's not a complicated piece of JavaScript that I'm asking for.
With that said, I completely agree that Unicode support is long-overdue.
We really would like a new interface (Score:5, Insightful)
You know, exactly like the old interface, but with unicode.
There are lots of things that are annoying about slashdot, but almost none of them are found in the interface. None of them really need changing, except the lack of unicode support. Instead of wasting time trying to change the way slashdot looks when it looks just fine (It's not fancy, but it's clean compared to most of the web and it doesn't waste horrible amounts of space) you should spend the time on unicode. It's not sexy, but it is important.
The moderation interface could use a few fixes (Score:2)
There are a *few* interface changes I'd like to see. The way that accidental moderations can't be corrected is stupid. The current default (AJAX) mode forces you to preview your post before submitting (which is great!) but applies moderation immediately on the "onmodified' event of the drop-down, without any ability to change it if the wrong thing got selected (which is stupid). A way to require that people confirm a moderation, or a way to change or undo a moderation (hell, even if it costs an extra mod point, though then you're just being silly) immediately after making it... those would be REALLY GOOD interface changes.
Another one I'd like to see is, if I post in a thread, remove all the moderation drop-downs immediately (don't force me to manually refresh the page to get rid of them). Similarly, replace all "Reply"-type links/buttons with something like "Reply to this (will undo <N> moderations in this thread)" or similar, so I don't spend a bunch of time writing a response on a thread I'd forgotten I moderated on, only to discover *afterward* that I have a decision to make. These changes would not only be handy, they're *really* simple. As in, I could probably write a bookmarklet to implement that. It's not a complicated piece of JavaScript that I'm asking for.
With that said, I completely agree that Unicode support is long-overdue.