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Re: Some news from LWN

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Post by MBCook »

I've been supporting LWN for years, because I love the Kernel page. I've learned so much from reading it over the years. I don't know of anything else like it. Their other articles are often great, but kernel nerdery is what keeps me.

I'm happy to keep supporting them.

(Since others have commented on the design/redesign I'll say one thing: The way the sidebar works now means I can't zoom text in on my iPad because it gets covered by the sidebar. It's a serious functionality dent which I wish would be fixed. That's it.)

Keep up the great work.

Re: Some news from LWN

#102

Post by karma_vaccum123 »

ckastner wrote: post #13
grabcocque wrote: post #3

I stopped subscribing. The thing is, the Glory Days when kernel development was a scary, exciting wild west are lone gone. By necessity, the Linux kernel is now a part of the tech firmament and development is necessarily not as sexy as it used to be. So it's gonna be tough to get people to pay to read about it.

To be fair, LWN is more than just about Linux kernel development. I find it a useful aggregator of information of note from the F/OSS world. For example, as of right now, most of the articles on the front page aren't about kernel development: distro security updates, LibreOffice, Firefox, GnuPG, ...

Right, but most of that aggregation is reposts from other aggregators, many of which are free. This is why I stopped subscribing; I don't need to pay for reposts from proggit.

Re: Some news from LWN

#103

Post by jimktrains2 »

This policy of having the strict title on the page is a bit much. The original title provided context as to what this link was about; the current title, the title on the page, is meaningless. It also makes the current top comment, mherdeg's "There is no "Subscribe" link anywhere in the text of this article.." make little sense

Re: Some news from LWN

#104

Post by Analemma_ »

karma_vaccum123 wrote: post #90
gluegadget wrote: post #23

I'm a subscriber but I don't look at it as a subscription to a weekly magazine but an investment. Enabling knowledgeable people to write in-depth analysis of various patch sets or subsystems of Linux kernel—which rarely change dramatically—ensures that, later on, there'll always be an article in Google search results that'll explain the reason behind certain behaviours in a more approachable manner than reading the s…

I felt the same way and subscribed for years, but lately most of the content seems to be links out to external sites, and many of those seem to be reposts from HN or proggit....just not worth it anymore to me

I don't see the behavior you describe. A lot of the content references external sites, to provide additional information and context, but that's a good thing: it means more people in more places are having knowledgeable discussions that are worth referring to. I don't think it has turned LWN into a content-free link farm.

Don't be afraid of hyperlinking; it's the reason the Web was created, after all.

Re: Some news from LWN

#105

Post by Grishnakh »

oblio wrote: post #86
csense wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> design elements which would make it more easy to consume the content For me, "design elements" tend to make content harder to consume. > it just feels clunky Pages that load megabytes of JavaScript to display kilobytes of text feel clunky. The modern trend toward large icons, large fonts, wide margins, and slow response times because everything has to go through JS/XHR makes websites that keep with today's design f…

You're mixing up design "fads" with solid principles. > large icons, large fonts, wide margins I have 20/20 vision but even for me, all these are boons. It's the "design types" that want small fonts because they look cool. But for reading, give me a 14 or 16 font any day of the week, much more relaxing on the eyes. All those things you're complaining about improve readability and discoverability. I can't even imagine…

If you like gigantic fonts, feel free to press "Ctrl +" in your browser. I'm sure there's also a setting you can change to make the fonts larger by default if you're having problems with your eyesight.

Re: Some news from LWN

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Post by tlrobinson »

mherdeg wrote: post #52

There is no "Subscribe" link anywhere in the text of this article or on the web page that hosts it ( http://lwn.net/Articles/696017/ ). I was able to find the link from the front page, but it's kind of hidden -- https://lwn.net/subscribe/Info which says "Get started! The first step is to log into LWN. If you do not yet have an account, please create one now; otherwise, please log in to continue:". Which seems like a…

Over the years of occasionally reading LWN articles I've never noticed, or at least internalized, that LWN is subscription supported.

Not saying they should introduce annoying "subscribe now!" modals, but they definitely could sell it a little harder.

Re: Some news from LWN

#107

Post by AceJohnny2 »

LWN is and has been the best in-depth news source about happenings in the Linux world. I particularly love the articles explaining kernel internals, or covering the pros and cons of some approaches.

I'm proud to have been a subscriber for the past 4 or 5 years.

Re: Some news from LWN

#108

Post by sdkmvx »

zeveb wrote: post #80
1_2__3 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of us vastly prefer a time stamp to an utterly useless relative measurement displayed.

> Some of us vastly prefer a time stamp to an utterly useless relative measurement displayed. Ditto. Maybe I loaded the page yesterday. What does '1 hour ago' mean? Was it updated by JavaScript? Is it an hour from now, or from yesterday, or what? Give me a timestamp, and I know.

It gets even less useful as time goes on. Eventually it'll say one year ago. A timestamp would give the exact time rather than a huge range.

Re: Some news from LWN

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Post by karma_vaccum123 »

Analemma_ wrote: post #104
karma_vaccum123 wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I felt the same way and subscribed for years, but lately most of the content seems to be links out to external sites, and many of those seem to be reposts from HN or proggit....just not worth it anymore to me

I don't see the behavior you describe. A lot of the content references external sites, to provide additional information and context, but that's a good thing: it means more people in more places are having knowledgeable discussions that are worth referring to. I don't think it has turned LWN into a content-free link farm. Don't be afraid of hyperlinking; it's the reason the Web was created, after all.

I'm not afraid of hyperlinking, but I don't need to pay for it either.

Re: Some news from LWN

#110

Post by sdkmvx »

bflesch wrote: post #7
bflesch wrote: post #4

I've never been a subscriber of this page and I don't think I am their real target audience. But I'm a professional programmer and I have been using Linux for around 15 years. I must say that this website comes across as very unprofessional due to the total lack of any design elements which would make it more easy to consume the content (spacing, choice of font). Also it seems like they don't use CSS to enhance the s…

For the person downvoting me: Let's look at the article's comments. It is so hard to actually follow the conversation between the users. The article's title is repeated multiple times and has a red background. Underneath each comment's title is a full-height line with a font stating the UTC timestamp, and in the next line we can finally read the actual comment. I can't be the first person to criticise those issues, a…

I like that. It helps me to see where one comment ends and another begins. I can't stand these modern sites which have no borders at all, making it very hard to visually distinguish separate posts.
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