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U.K. Group Wants DRM'd Media Labeled

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-with-toxic-substances dept.

peterfa writes "The BBC reports that the U.K. 'All Party Parliamentary Internet Group' wants companies to label their DRMed products. Consumers will see a label on the product before they buy. The label will spell out clearly just how easy it is to copy media, and what they can and cannot do. This is in response to Sony BMG and their virus-like DRM. The group claims the industry is turning media into a rent system, rather than a purchase system."

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  1. In simple mode the FONT SUCKS by EQ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry - the new serif font is unreadable against the blinding white expanses of the new sparse layout.

    Did you guys even TEST this with the simpel and the low-bandwidth layouts?

    And Blue with Green? Come on, lets select the 2 most common colorblind combos out there.

    The msg/text density is WAY low - making a ton of scrolling neccesary, and the most immediate criteria on read-worthy-ness for a message are no longer colocated nor do they scan quickly: topic is there on the left margin, but the Moderation results are WAY the hell over - farther right than even Rush Limbaugh would look. And far seperated form the rest of the message data, completely forcing the eyes to dart back and forth.

    So your layout was idiotic, and so was your font choice. How about letting us overide it?

    Fix this -or at least give us the option to go back to the old CSS. This shit is giving me a headache. If I wanted Digg, I'd go there.

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    1. Re:In simple mode the FONT SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      As someone who is color-deficient, I'll say that I personally don't seem to have a problem with the new look. The colors seem very bright, so I may change my mind if my head starts to hurt. I'd also like to ask that you don't mod the parent down(and no, I am not him), since this is a big issue for usability.

      There are a few different types of color-deficiency, though, and as such, I think the old theme should be an option. Please add it back to be sensitive to people who have problems with colors.

      You can see how slashdot might appear with different types of color deficiency by going here. Thank you.

    2. Re:In simple mode the FONT SUCKS by EQ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It may have been off topic - but where the else are visual acuity and color-deficiency (color-blindenss) and other usability ("handicapped") issues to be raised?

      They conveniently did NOT leave a topic for these sorts of posts.

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  2. OFFTOPIC BUT IMPORTANT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look! Google is retarded! how's your wonder company now?

    1. Re:OFFTOPIC BUT IMPORTANT! by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Nah, they simply disagree with you.

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  3. Konqueror Broken on new Slashdot.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Oh well. SO much for QA.

  4. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is up with this new layout.

    Is this really /.?

  5. broken fortune cookie by yerdaddie · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is mighty off topic but it seems like the new design hosed fortune:
    Usage: fortune -P [] -a [xsz] [Q: [file]] [rKe9] -v6[+] dataspec ... inputdir
    Take a look at the bottom of the page. Your fortune: reading a man page?
  6. Durrrrrr.... by JimXugle · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Subject says it better than the intellectual argument I started typing here.

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  7. Off-topic: Sans-serif font by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone know what I can do to make Slashdot use a serif based font for the comments? This sans-serif font is making it hard to read anything where there is a large amount of text. I am using Firefox, so something that works with that would be handy.

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