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Designer on Slashdot Overhaul Plans
EdwardianDandy writes "Web designer Khoi Vinh, whose firm Behavior is responsible for the redesign of the Onion, argues on publish.com that an upcoming contest to overhaul Slashdot's look will yield interesting results, but the outcome will suffer because the underlying architecture is off limits." Normally I don't post stuff "About" Slashdot here since I find meta naval gazing very boring, but this article has many good points about architecture and design, even if his whole premise is based on a contest that we haven't spent more than about 5 minutes thinking about, and is mostly just meant to be a fun way for users to contribute themes to Slashdot. If Khoi wants to enter the contest, we'll consider his designs along with everyone else's. (I'm sure we can't afford him tho). And if he (or anyone) wants to make changes more substantial than cosmetic CSS, I'd consider them too. The upcoming Slashdot Redesign contest is intended to be more about design than architecture, but good ideas are good ideas.
"it's now possible for any enterprising designer to develop a new, production-ready (or nearly ready) 'skin' for the site completely on her own."
I told you guys! Once we shaped up and went CSS the females would be all over us! I'm talking SKIN!
When did the Navy get involved with Slashdot?
I think that /. should include a new background that has a random pattern of sub-1mm yellow dots in it, for the tinfoil hat people so they can feel safe about printing articles posted here.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Now the Annapolis Grads are ready to make their move...
Best Slashdot Co
D00D, leave my boy Taco alone!! He said "naval gazing." He was talking about taking the afternoon off and watching the Coast Guard maneuvers off the shore of Lake Michigan.
Guy works hard, wants to slip out early, watch some cool ships sail around, what's the problem?
Huh?
The Onion makes my eyes water.
*bdumTSH*
I agree. I stopped reading the Onion quite some time ago when the content started sucking, so I wasn't aware that they had redesigned the site.
When I pulled it up to check out the new design, my first thought was "Huh? The guy who designed this piece of shit is being quoted as an authority on web design?"
This happened to me. I couldn't post to Slashdot for about a year - I think anyone using Telefonica in Spain was banned, which is pretty much anyone in Spain. I emailed Slashdot about it but got no reply.
Actually I was pleased because it stopped me wasting so much time posting rubbish to Slashdot. Damn you Slashdot for banning me! And damn you for not banning me now!
Hell, why is the BSD section even still around?
Why wouldn't it be? It's not like BSD is dying or anything.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
Agreed... the new Onion design is one of the most God-awful redesigns I've ever seen. I sometimes don't even bother reading it anymore it's so annoying to navigate. Thus, I'm all for Slashdot going with this guy-- it will free up more time in my day with one less site to read.
E pluribus unum
Whatever Slash does, it had better do it quick, and it had better stop sucking.
One major thing that brings me back to slashdot, is how easy it is on the eyes.
Only if you're colorblind. If you think that purple color in the Games section is easy on the eyes, I'm sorry, but I think you need to see an optometrist immediately.
Comment of the year
The new site is a disaster, and it's all about generating revenue through obtrusive ads.
So a couple years ago I was working in London and I was given a laptop to use by my employer. I decided to download the onion to read offline while riding the train home from work one day. Turns out the page wouldn't render because of a reference to a 3rd-party adserver graphic I hadn't downloaded. To fix it, I opened up my editor and was removing these ad tags from the code. Next thing I know, a man grabbed my laptop off my lab and bolted out of the train.
Apparently, the Onion REALLY wants you to see those ads and has implemented some pretty excessive means of enforcement.
Seth
$5 / month hosted VPS on linux = awesome!
The Onion -*AD*-
/||\cntnt /||\
/||\
\!!/
-AD-cntnt
cntnt \!!/
cntnt -AD-
cntnt
\!!/ cntnt
-AD- cntnt
What? Who doesn't appreciate the artfull design and delicate balance of subtle content decorted with blindingly colorful and flashy ads?
"One major thing that brings me back to slashdot, is how easy it is on the eyes"
How soon we forget...
Quick, someone post a goatse link.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
"aren't we the ones who always speak of freedom of choice being such a wonderful thing?"
Let's test this, shall we?
"I think Slashdot's site should look more like Microsoft's!"
"Derp de derp."
The Iron Law of the net states that if you post a spelling flame you'll inevitably make a spelling error in it somewhere. It's been that way for decades.
It's still a good point. A spelling error can jolt some people just as badly as a ringing telephone interrupting a coding session.
Rocket surgery? That's a new one...
"Next thing I know, a man grabbed my laptop off my lab and bolted out of the train."
Now that's just mean. Stealing a blind person's laptop.
You've never heard of Rocket Surgery? Its a common practice of Killer Coding Ninja Monkeys. The rest of us Code Stealing Drunken Pirates use Occum's Razor to avoid such practices.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs