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.
If Slashdot wants to do something, they should take a step back and fix the mobile site. Then people will have confidence that they can make the beta site work.
If Slashdot wants to do something, they should take a step back and fix the mobile site. Then people will have confidence that they can make the beta site work.
Oh, yeah, the mobile site. I recommend it gets the same treatment as the Beta. Shitcan them both.
Today's mobiles can handle the full site. Even small phones handle it just fine. There is no reason to have the mobile site any more. Scrap it all.
(Well, maybe there is this one guy still using Lynx or something. He needs to man up and install X).
> There is no reason to have the mobile site any more.
Hmm. Sounds good in theory but Chrome/Android has had this bug for years where is just cannot render text at the correct size. It tries to be clever, but because everything Google does is half-arsed/beta, it fails, so reading Slashdot on my phone is tedious as every 5th story headline is too small to read. Add that to the fact that Google seem to have taken a decision to not wrap text, because they're convinced there'll be a mobile version o every site, and it means panning left and right EVERY SINGLE LINE OF TEXT, which is tedious. My workaround here is to send it to a non-Google app; I'm using Pocket.
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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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If Slashdot wants to do something, they should take a step back and fix the mobile site. Then people will have confidence that they can make the beta site work.
Oh, yeah, the mobile site.
I recommend it gets the same treatment as the Beta. Shitcan them both.
Today's mobiles can handle the full site. Even small phones handle it just fine.
There is no reason to have the mobile site any more.
Scrap it all.
(Well, maybe there is this one guy still using Lynx or something. He needs to man up and install X).
Re:Why? (Score:1)
> There is no reason to have the mobile site any more.
Hmm. Sounds good in theory but Chrome/Android has had this bug for years where is just cannot render text at the correct size. It tries to be clever, but because everything Google does is half-arsed/beta, it fails, so reading Slashdot on my phone is tedious as every 5th story headline is too small to read. Add that to the fact that Google seem to have taken a decision to not wrap text, because they're convinced there'll be a mobile version o every site, and it means panning left and right EVERY SINGLE LINE OF TEXT, which is tedious. My workaround here is to send it to a non-Google app; I'm using Pocket.