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Why do you say that? It seems fairly certain that if NYTimes one day looked like a blog, then their revenue would dry up. It would scare away a lot of people,

by palish 15y ago

Why do you say that? It seems fairly certain that if NYTimes one day looked like a blog, then their revenue would dry up. It would scare away a lot of people, such as my dad, who don't like change and who don't care about whether a website has rounded corners.

eric-hu 15y ago
On the other hand, Facebook has forced some fairly annoying changes with their chat interface, news feed and friend/group management. Maybe people won't be scared away that easily (put off is another story).
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago
  >Facebook has forced some fairly annoying changes with their chat interface They didn't force that change, you can just turn it off.
  - esrauch 15y ago
    How can you turn it off?
    - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
      I don't really remember but when it appeared there was an option button/link and I followed it and one option is to switch off the sidebar. Never use messaging really. Looking just now I have the old style tab, if I click it the sidebar pops open, there's a "cog" for settings in the bottom right corner. IIRC you have to set yourself as "unavailable" to all and then use the cog to select "hide sidebar". Try that.
      - esrauch 15y ago
        Hm, I think we had a slight disconnect in our topic! In the last week or two, Facebook changed their messaging UI so that you cannot get a list of all your buddies that are online to chat (it guesses who you would care to see) among other mostly cosmetic changes. AFAIK there is no way to use the chat UI that was available a month ago now (or see if a particular person is online unless you specifically type in their name).
        pbhjpbhj 15y ago
        Indeed. I don't think there is a way to get back the scrolling list of who is online at present - but like I say I never IM people on FB.
esrauch 15y ago
I am completely unqualified to say anything about both the NYTimes and website design for news. I simply am stating that many decisions made at billion dollar companies do not have as much thought put into them as you might expect.

by palish 15y ago

eric-hu 15y ago

On the other hand, Facebook has forced some fairly annoying changes with their chat interface, news feed and friend/group management. Maybe people won't be scared away that easily (put off is another story).

pbhjpbhj 15y ago
>Facebook has forced some fairly annoying changes with their chat interface They didn't force that change, you can just turn it off.
- esrauch 15y ago
  How can you turn it off?
  - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
    I don't really remember but when it appeared there was an option button/link and I followed it and one option is to switch off the sidebar. Never use messaging really. Looking just now I have the old style tab, if I click it the sidebar pops open, there's a "cog" for settings in the bottom right corner. IIRC you have to set yourself as "unavailable" to all and then use the cog to select "hide sidebar". Try that.
    - esrauch 15y ago
      Hm, I think we had a slight disconnect in our topic! In the last week or two, Facebook changed their messaging UI so that you cannot get a list of all your buddies that are online to chat (it guesses who you would care to see) among other mostly cosmetic changes. AFAIK there is no way to use the chat UI that was available a month ago now (or see if a particular person is online unless you specifically type in their name).
      - pbhjpbhj 15y ago
        Indeed. I don't think there is a way to get back the scrolling list of who is online at present - but like I say I never IM people on FB.

esrauch 15y ago

I am completely unqualified to say anything about both the NYTimes and website design for news. I simply am stating that many decisions made at billion dollar companies do not have as much thought put into them as you might expect.