This has been on the front page http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4320147 and had received pretty negative reviews from many HN users as well. Personally, I don't think that looking like a newspaper/magazine and adopting a techmeme like share mechanism is a significant enough change that the market would need.
Sure, they received many negative comments. I used the old digg as well and lets say: they trashed the old accounts, the UX/UI is worse then before and facebook login is the only option. The reactions are not that surprising.
The new Digg doesn't look terrible, by any stretch. But - the developers' insistence on an arbitrary six week push deadline when there clearly remain unsolved problems is fairly amateurish and reeks of self-indulgence.
Users /with existing expectations/ (which Digg invariably presents) do not care about "release early, release often." They want something that kicks ass and gets it right on the first try.
Things I wanted to do but couldn't/couldn't immediately figure out: 1. Comment. What is the point of an aggregator without comments? 2. Go to a specific category. Are those things above the titles categories? Why aren't they clickable? WTF?
Their argument is that commentary on the original Digg was essentially the first of its kind, whereas commentary happens "everywhere" and they need to spend time aggregating commentary too. Not sure how they can do this effectively, but will appear over the next few releases.
Personally, and I'm probably in a minority, I hate these huge, slabby, infinitely scrolling displays of photos/images with precious few items on the screen. It's a lot of work to try to find any sensible number of items of interest.
I seriously prefer an interface like HN - spare, clean, and information rich.
I'm personally not a fan of this layout. Looks like Pinterest. It's good if you have some time to spare and looking for pretty images, etc... like most Pinterest users, but for power users it's too much distraction.
Personally, and I'm probably in a minority, I hate these huge, slabby, infinitely scrolling displays of photos/images with precious few items on the screen. It's a lot of work to try to find any sensible number of items of interest. I seriously prefer an interface like HN - spare, clean, and information rich. Added in edit: I my POV differs significantly from that of jgrahamc: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4321…
High on irrelevant imagery, low on content. It's the same reason that I'm not fond of The Verge's layout (despite their great content).
Lists of titles (old Digg, reddit, HN) is a great way to browse links.
Personally, and I'm probably in a minority, I hate these huge, slabby, infinitely scrolling displays of photos/images with precious few items on the screen. It's a lot of work to try to find any sensible number of items of interest. I seriously prefer an interface like HN - spare, clean, and information rich. Added in edit: I my POV differs significantly from that of jgrahamc: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4321…
I'd like something in between myself, maybe more like Slashdot but with better summaries. Or shorter ones, even, but more than the title. The problem I have with HN's titles-only index page is that there's far too much emphasis on the title as attention-grabber, which tends to favor either linkbaity things, or else stuff that is just relatively simple to state ("Company A does thing B", "Why you should use C"). In particular it disfavors things that need any context to explain, even 2 sentences of context: it has to be immediately clear from the title why you should click.
Good luck Digg team! You have achieved a whole lot in a short time. Some people love it, some people hate it. Whatever you do, it will happen. Stay true to your vision!
Haven't they just changed their vision, what ever a vision is?