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Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by GrooveStomp »

steve918 wrote: post #13
andresmh wrote: post #7

I was going to make a snarky comment like Slash..who? But I clicked and it the UI looks much better!

It definitely looks better, but as with everything new I see on Slashdot and SourceForge these days it seems a little to late.

It probably looks better, as I remember Slashdot being really ugly, but the new design is still ugly. The Slashdot header font in particular is an eyesore, but very little on the site actually looks modern or pleasing.

Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by randall »

asnyder wrote: post #19
randall wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the record, Flash will respect z-index if you set the wmode param. http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=e5141

If I remember correctly, setting the wmode param slows down flash performance significantly. I also remember it having significant trouble in opera. However, it's possible that these issues are now fixed in the newer browsers, but I'm pretty sure that older browsers still experience them.

Def some quirks back in the day (I think FF on Linux still doesn't even listen to the wmode param, iirc) but I think modern browsers deal with wmode better now.

Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by jinushaun »

atgm wrote: post #2

I liked slashdot more when it was plain, quick-loading HTML. I liked most sites more when they were plain, quick-loading HTML. Ain't It Cool News is the only other one coming to mind at the moment, though.

Google's Marissa Mayer said it best: The web likes to be square. Rounded corners and other elements slows down a site.

Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by jessriedel »

I was hoping Slashdot was going to reduce the huge amount of padding around each comment, but no luck. For instance, on my screen right now I can fit 13 comments on HN or reddit but no more than 5 on slashdot. This makes it much harder to navigate comment threads, connect replies with comments, etc.

I'm I the only one who thinks this is easily the worst part of Slashdot? It's reminiscent of a bad forum where each 3-word quip comes with an avatar, a custom border, and a 5-line signature.

Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by fleitz »

Does the redesign involve removing most of their userbase? There's some kind of aversion to people charging money on that site that just doesn't jive with me. I assume that HN will at some point reach the critical mass that killed slashdot for me. Hopefully that day will be far far in the future.

Re: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

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Post by dreyfiz »

jinushaun wrote: post #25
atgm wrote: post #2

I liked slashdot more when it was plain, quick-loading HTML. I liked most sites more when they were plain, quick-loading HTML. Ain't It Cool News is the only other one coming to mind at the moment, though.

Google's Marissa Mayer said it best: The web likes to be square. Rounded corners and other elements slows down a site.

I don't doubt that she said this, but I can't find the quote by Googling, and I would love to see it for myself, in context. Can you provide a link? Thanks!
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