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The 100 Best Tech Products of 2006

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-it-is-only-halfway-over dept.

prostoalex writes "You've read about the 25 worst tech products, now it's time to check out a list of the 100 best tech products of 2006 from the same publication. PC World named Intel Core Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Craigslist.org, Apple iPod Nano and Seagate 160GB Portable Hard Drive the best tech products of this year."

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  1. Slashdot CSS by ericdano · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Should we nominate the new Slashdot CSS layout for the 2007 best awards?

    I dunno, I kind of am longing for the old look. I think the colors are lighter or something. It doesn't feel right anymore.

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    1. Re:Slashdot CSS by ericdano · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Yeah. Agreed. They did do a CSS theme kind of like the old slashdot on Slashcode. Why not give us, the users, a choice of this new, terrible design, or the old one?

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    2. Re:Slashdot CSS by iKillCellphones · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Pity it doesn't render correctly in Safari 2.0.3 :(

    3. Re:Slashdot CSS by Propaganda13 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I noticed I don't see as many comments on one page as before. A lot more scrolling is involved.

    4. Re:Slashdot CSS by Bigbluejerk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      It's not rendering properly in Firefox for the Mac either. I'm seeing letters squished together.

  2. Re:New layout? by Darkmeerkat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I see it too. It's still chops my name down to "Darkmeerka" in the user menu, though...
    It seems more "plasticy" to me, I guess. I kind of like it. Reminds me of this comic.

  3. Re:If it were an open poll... OMG PONIES WOULD WIN by kusanagi374 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No way! My vote would go for a "OMG PONIES!" version of this layout... Really, pink would look perfect on this one... *giggle* OMG!

  4. Re:If it were an open poll... by w33t · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    is it really that different? looks like everything is in the same spot to me.

    the functionality is identical - but I admit, it is kind of like a new pair of shoes. They look awesome! but they are a little stiff until you walk around in them for a bit.
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  5. Re:Thank you for your opinion - now here's mine. by EvanED · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    if you don't like it then tell us some specifics on why you don't like it!

    I think it'll take a bit of getting used to... but I think the "read more" links back on the front page should move back to their old location. There was a bit of a shock when I couldn't find it at first. I don't think this is a "wait 'till you're used to it thing" because my cursor tends to hang out in the middle of the screen, so the links used to be closer to their common position.

  6. We need a way to choose CSS styles. by Dash_Rantic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Seriously guys, maybe the old CSS needed to be changed, but this is a hell of a lot worse. It's hard on my eyes, hard to read, way too generic, and looks like it was based on Windows Vista. Come on. Can we the readers of Slashdot PLEASE have a way to switch back to the old CSS if we choose? I've been quite a longtime reader of Slashdot, but if this new design is kept with no way to switch, I'm going to quit reading Slashdot. I don't really know where I'd get my tech news from, since Slashdot is the best, but this design is absolutely horrible and makes my eyes ache (quite literally). Nastily clashing colors too... Yuck, did the guy who made this ever take a design class? OK I'm ranting now. But before I got modded down, ket me please as for some way to switch back! -Dash

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