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Dilbert Goes Flash, Readers Revolt

Posted by timothy on from the please-please-please-mr.-adams-pleeaaaase-no dept.

spagiola writes "The Dilbert.com website just got an extreme makeover. Gone is the old, rather clunky but perfectly functional, website, replaced by a Flash-heavy website that only Mordac the Preventer of Information Services could love. Users have been pretty unanimous in condemning the changes. Among the politer comments: 'Congrats. Vista is no more lonely at the top in the Competition For The Worst Upgrade In Computing Industry, this web site upgrade being a serious contender.' You have to register to leave comments, but many seem to have registered for the express purpose of panning the new design."

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  1. Heh by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You have to register to leave comments, but many seem to have registered for the express purpose of panning the new design." I know some PHBs that would consider the boom in registrations as a positive thing.
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    1. Re:Heh by me+at+werk · · Score: 5, Funny

      "some" meaning "all"

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    2. Re:Heh by Chapter80 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Pure genius!

      Only Scott Adams could come up with such a great parody. That's one way to get your cartoon talked about - screw it up in a way that only a PHB would love. Get on the front page of Slashdot. Energize your audience!

  2. Well, a good, unintended slashdotting ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ought to make them think a little more carefully about extensive use of resource-heavy options such as Flash. :-)

  3. At Least it's not Silverlight by BlueBoxSW.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    At Least it's not Silverlight...

  4. Double standard... by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    I flash MY dilbert and I get four months.

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  5. Re:No Linux? by justthinkit · · Score: 5, Funny

    BrianRegan.com got flashed a year or so back and I sent a complaint email (parts of it didn't work in Opera). Next thing I know, Brian used my first name for one of the dumber characters in a comic routine. So I'd suggest complaining anonymously...

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  6. Re:Actually, much of it is accessable. by Stellian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, you non web-2.0-adopting retrograds... here's the html version:
    http://www.comics.com/comics/dilbert/archive/index.html

    Excuse me while I emerge myself in the synergistic experience of the new flash interface, and step into the 21st (maybe even 22nd) century, while leaving you the prisoners of the old web 1.0

  7. Shoulda Used Quicksilver by STrinity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody prefers Quicksilver over stodgy ol' Flash.

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