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What are they trying to fix? Maybe they have a requirements document somewhere that defines the goals of this redesign, but I don't see anything like it on the
by Amadou 13y ago
What are they trying to fix?
Maybe they have a requirements document somewhere that defines the goals of this redesign, but I don't see anything like it on their blog post. Just a couple of hand-wavy statements that don't describe the changes in any level of detail.
If they can't tell us their goals and how the changes achieve those goals, all I can do is take the changes at face value which is basically too much white-space and reduced functionality for reading comments.
Also not happy about the reliance on googleapis - as far as I can tell, every significant amount of javascript added to slashdot over the years has been of questionable usability at best. Maybe it is nicer under the hood, but from the user's perspective all they've done is add complexity without any corresponding improvement of the user experience.
- alphakappa 13y agoSlashdot has never been a beautiful website. I remember the previous redesign - it made the site look a bit different, but it was essentially the same. (And the html is not very pretty either) However, Slashdot has also always been about the discussion, so a lack of prettiness is easily forgiven. I feel that this redesign fails on this count, since the new design while being still average, it makes the discussion page less usable. Instead of the wide discussion page that made it easier to navigate large threaded discussions, you now have a narrower page that makes the comments feel like an added afterthought.