One of the biggest annoyances I found in the beta is the way it handles comments in the User section. Right now, in classic, I can do a quick check of all my posts and see all the replies and mods to said posts in one nice table. In the beta, I can only see them one comment at a time (and have to click on each one to see if there were any replies or mods). Not to sound like a narcissist, but I do like to keep track of replies to my posts. And the shitty beta makes it almost impossible to do that.
But on the upside, I get to see all my Slashdot "Trophies" on the left!! Woo hoo!!
Nothing. The problem with forking it is that you need a really BIG name in geekdom to head it. Otherwise, you'll end up with a shitload of forks, each with a tiny userbase (defeating the whole point of Slashdot).
In all fairness to MBA programs of the world, I'm pretty sure most of the execs at Dice never made it past their first year of community college. I mean, it's kind of hard to study with your head up your ass.
Yeah, I was wondering who the fuck was even submitting articles at this point. Guess they're down to having to make up submitters to keep up the pretense that everyone isn't in open rebellion.
I have swallowed my pride and dignity and, against all my best instincts, I have entered the beta. I find myself standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
They seem to view anything that destabilizes or deposes an anti-U.S. socialist leader in Central and South America as to their benefit (financially and politically). And they have a very long history of going to very great lengths to achieve those goals.
Because I'm not famous in the geek community. If every dipshit does their own fork, then you just end up with a million forks with a tiny userbase on each (and probably all fighting with each other over which fork is best). It's the same reason Linux on the desktop has been (and always will be) a complete fail: 1% marketshare divided by a million.
As a super-programmer who's better and more smug than any other programmer in the universe, I would just like to say that you're ALL wrong and only *I* have it right. There are only two ways to do any programming task: MY way and the WRONG way. And none of you know MY way, so that kind of narrows it down.
Use the classic design, slap a little paint on it to make it look better, and slowly add some features that could actually benefit users (that we've been calling for for some time). And ASK the users what those new features could be, and have them discuss them. Give the users a VOICE in changes instead of just forcing them on us.
One of the features I would propose would be the ability to edit posts after your post them (for a short time, anyway). I can't tell you the number of times I've ruined a great post with an embarrassing typo or grammar fuck-up, only to have my entire argument ignored as a million grammar Nazi's jump in to inform me of the difference between your and you're (as if I DON'T FUCKING KNOW THAT ALREADY).
In Dice's defense, they've simply realized that what the users here REALLY value is the incredibility elegant prose of the summaries and the wonderful ads. The comments are a mere afterthought. So they've adjusted the new UI accordingly.
Slashdot Mirror
And if people don't like it, and stubbornly keep choosing the classic interface--no problem. Just FORCE it on them!
One of the biggest annoyances I found in the beta is the way it handles comments in the User section. Right now, in classic, I can do a quick check of all my posts and see all the replies and mods to said posts in one nice table. In the beta, I can only see them one comment at a time (and have to click on each one to see if there were any replies or mods). Not to sound like a narcissist, but I do like to keep track of replies to my posts. And the shitty beta makes it almost impossible to do that.
But on the upside, I get to see all my Slashdot "Trophies" on the left!! Woo hoo!!
Seriously, trophies???? Wtf??
Everyone these days wants to fuck beta. How about a few of us show some charity, drop trow, and fuck alpha too?
Nothing. The problem with forking it is that you need a really BIG name in geekdom to head it. Otherwise, you'll end up with a shitload of forks, each with a tiny userbase (defeating the whole point of Slashdot).
They haven't noticed. They've spent all morning in their weekly circle-jerk. It's Timothy's turn as pivot man.
Slashdot MBA management dipshits
In all fairness to MBA programs of the world, I'm pretty sure most of the execs at Dice never made it past their first year of community college. I mean, it's kind of hard to study with your head up your ass.
Yeah, I was wondering who the fuck was even submitting articles at this point. Guess they're down to having to make up submitters to keep up the pretense that everyone isn't in open rebellion.
Speaking of Amazon, has anyone seen that new Amazon show "Betas"?
So it's one of those situations where the business that's deep in debt suddenly has a mysterious fire and burns to the ground?
So instead of turning off the lights, they're burning down the house?
Hey Henry, what are you doing? You look like you're decorating a birthday cake.
Maybe Taco can pick it back up at the yard sale.
Everyone is talking about the beta. Somewhere, there is a very jealous alpha.
I have swallowed my pride and dignity and, against all my best instincts, I have entered the beta. I find myself standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
They seem to view anything that destabilizes or deposes an anti-U.S. socialist leader in Central and South America as to their benefit (financially and politically). And they have a very long history of going to very great lengths to achieve those goals.
They really aren't the only people capable of acting badly.
No, but in South America, they're certainly one of the best and most consistent at it.
I suspect that Taco signed some sort of agreement with Dice not to set up a competing service, as part of his deal to leave.
Why not give it a shot yourself
Because I'm not famous in the geek community. If every dipshit does their own fork, then you just end up with a million forks with a tiny userbase on each (and probably all fighting with each other over which fork is best). It's the same reason Linux on the desktop has been (and always will be) a complete fail: 1% marketshare divided by a million.
As a super-programmer who's better and more smug than any other programmer in the universe, I would just like to say that you're ALL wrong and only *I* have it right. There are only two ways to do any programming task: MY way and the WRONG way. And none of you know MY way, so that kind of narrows it down.
Programming: You're doing it completely wrong.
Well, I'll post something on-topic: Fuck beta, and also Panasonic.
Sure, here you go:
Use the classic design, slap a little paint on it to make it look better, and slowly add some features that could actually benefit users (that we've been calling for for some time). And ASK the users what those new features could be, and have them discuss them. Give the users a VOICE in changes instead of just forcing them on us.
One of the features I would propose would be the ability to edit posts after your post them (for a short time, anyway). I can't tell you the number of times I've ruined a great post with an embarrassing typo or grammar fuck-up, only to have my entire argument ignored as a million grammar Nazi's jump in to inform me of the difference between your and you're (as if I DON'T FUCKING KNOW THAT ALREADY).
So there you go. Your welcome.
I've been wondering for a long time why no one has forked Slashdot. All you need is someone with some massive geek clout to front it.
Well, judging by the new design, Dice doesn't seem to think that the comments matter anyway. So why stay on topic?
In Dice's defense, they've simply realized that what the users here REALLY value is the incredibility elegant prose of the summaries and the wonderful ads. The comments are a mere afterthought. So they've adjusted the new UI accordingly.
Wisdom
One of the last great Brat Pack movies.
Good change = good
Bad change != good