News Feb 12, 2015 at 8:14 am

The Morning News: We Have a Redesigned Website, and Commenters Have Feelings About It!

Eli Sanders
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Will the new design help you better be able to monitor our credit card usage, etc?
dnt trust me on February 12, 2015 at 8:20 AM Report this
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You should sic Charles on this
Achaiwoi on February 12, 2015 at 8:39 AM Report this
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Ugh - no html allowed here now? Here's the correct post:
You should sic Charles on this Amanda Knox blowjob piece at the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/202…
Achaiwoi on February 12, 2015 at 8:40 AM Report this
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Why no Slog poll on the disastrous redesign?
seatackled on February 12, 2015 at 8:48 AM Report this
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Why are there pop-ups now? Did your redesign take place in 2002?
abbot312 on February 12, 2015 at 8:59 AM Report this
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The user Profile function used to allow you to jump back to one of your comments to easily catch up to the later comments on the same article. Now, it just brings up the article and you have to navigate through from scratch. Also, I liked the comments opening in a new window, rather than navigating away from the article as now.

That can all get fixed, of course. I'm not sure if I miss the dividing section between days or not. I could probably get over that.

That said, there's a lot to like about the new layout. It's definitely prettier. But please fix some of the navigation issues. A lot of stuff was in the old version that made it very convenient.
Brooklyn Reader on February 12, 2015 at 9:03 AM Report this
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@6 Okay, wait. Now the comments are opening in a new tab, so never mind what I said about that. Was it doing that yesterday?
Brooklyn Reader on February 12, 2015 at 9:05 AM Report this
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Hmmmm.... Personal first impression opinion: I liked it when comments were displayed at the bottom of the post. Now it seems they must be opened in a new window. Do not like.

Also, received errors trying to post yesterday. Today again: Error saving comment. (88912)
in-frequent on February 12, 2015 at 9:27 AM Report this
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Anyway to increase the font in Safari on an iPad? I can always use a different browser, but that's kind of a pain.
ProstSeattle on February 12, 2015 at 9:51 AM Report this
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why not ability to vote up and down on comments? Did your redesign take place in 2002?
biffp on February 12, 2015 at 9:56 AM Report this
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@9 Why display comments at the bottom of the post when you can get more ad views by opening a new tab?
gnome on February 12, 2015 at 9:58 AM Report this
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I like the new design! I reminds me of when I had aol.
Senor Guy on February 12, 2015 at 10:08 AM Report this
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*It

Senor Guy on February 12, 2015 at 10:09 AM Report this
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@13, +1
biffp on February 12, 2015 at 10:17 AM Report this
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Marcia MCNutt, chair geoengineering committee of the National Academy of Sciences, on mitigation of climate change through geoengineering : “To use football analogy, it would be similar to a Hail Mary with only 2 seconds on the clock. We hope our quarterback and coaches never put us in that place.”
anon1256 on February 12, 2015 at 10:37 AM Report this
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Sure, the redesign is a pain in the ass and looks like garbage to 50% of mobile users and 100% of laptop/desktop users, but look how BIG the ads and shitty stock photos are now!

So BIG!
Theodore Gorath on February 12, 2015 at 10:46 AM Report this
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The mobile version is not working here (iPhone or iPad, both on iOS 8.1.2) - I just get a blank white screen. So something is fucked up.

Not a fan of the redesign so far.
Chase on February 12, 2015 at 10:53 AM Report this
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Well, everything looks pretty. I wanted to say something positive. After checking mobile slog, I, too, preferred the much easier to use older version of Slog Mobile.
in-frequent on February 12, 2015 at 10:57 AM Report this
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Hm, previous comment doesn't seem to have uploaded.

Let's try this AGAIN.

@12, 16:

Is there REALLY anyone here NOT using an ad-blocker on either the full or mobile versions?
COMTE on February 12, 2015 at 11:08 AM Report this
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I like it that when I read the comments, then go back the slog page doesn't automatically go back to the top.
Tingleyfeeln on February 12, 2015 at 11:54 AM Report this
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Holy shit, have you seen the cop shooting video from Pasco yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0uqFTB…

Murderers. The guy was unarmed and running away. No excuse - those officers should be charged with murder. Also, the first round of gunfire (which all apparently missed) is fired at the guy while he is in the middle of a busy intersection with cars waiting at all four approaches. Lucky they didn't kill someone else too.
MiddlePerson on February 12, 2015 at 12:29 PM Report this
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i don't have a smart phone. i have a stupid mutherfuckin dumb as shit ratchet ass flip phone so whatevs.. but i do miss the the separation in days and dates. itd be nice to have 'thursday' seprated from 'wednesday ' by that usual banner.
reverend dr dj riz on February 12, 2015 at 12:35 PM Report this
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With each redesign, you're basically tearing down Pike street all over again.
Dougsf on February 12, 2015 at 12:50 PM Report this
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@21, as far as I can tell there are no longer distinct mobile and "full" Slog versions. Both slog.thestranger.com and slog.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/mobile automatically redirect to slog.thestranger.com/blogs/slog.
rob! on February 12, 2015 at 12:50 PM Report this
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I see what appears to be a large print version - for Slog's aging demographic!?!
RonK, Seattle on February 12, 2015 at 1:02 PM Report this
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My thoughts on the redesign:

1 - overall, it's cleaner, and better. Victory.
2 - I can't see both the article and the comments at the same time. Big time boo.
3 - Comments aren't threaded. Would vastly prefer comment threading so I don't have to wade through two peoples slogwar or scroll upwards all the time to figure out what someone is referring to. Opportunity missed!
fetish on February 12, 2015 at 2:36 PM Report this
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YES! So nice finally to have the page load in less time than it takes to boil 5 gallons of water! Love it!
Arsfrisco on February 12, 2015 at 3:20 PM Report this
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Like it
jeffg166 on February 12, 2015 at 3:37 PM Report this
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One thing I don't like: when you comment on a phone, you can't go back to the article without going back to your comment - composition again.
Fnarf on February 12, 2015 at 5:31 PM Report this
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It's better.
wilbur@work on February 12, 2015 at 6:23 PM Report this
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oops, this is just a test.
stinkbug on February 12, 2015 at 10:02 PM Report this
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Hm, yeah, having the comments at the foot of the article/post was nice, because you could easily open the entire posting in a new tab, and have the whole thing -- post+comments -- in one window, then you could then zip to the top to re-read the content before continuing excoriating your opponent's logical flaws & reading comprehension.

When you click the 'comments' icon, could you create the new page with the original slog posting at the top? Thanks.

Also, the VERY BLUE Name line could stand to be a bit smaller (2-3 point sizes), and probably right-justified. As it is the commenter's name gets in the way of reading the comment.
treacle on February 13, 2015 at 11:22 AM Report this
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Your redesign pretty much sucks...and you keep making it worse.

Now comments open up on top of the article, so there's no way to skip between the article and comments via scroll or tab? Terrible.

And I have to scroll through a shitload of ads to see the Most Commented sidebar? Lame.

And you only have a few articles on each page? Amateurish.

And once I comment I have to use the Back arrow to return to content? Is it 1998?

I've been here since Day 1, and recently SLOG was borderline unreadable based upon lack of good content. Now it's unreadable because it's just simply hard to read!
DOUG. on February 13, 2015 at 5:59 PM Report this
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The beloved Firefox GreaseMonkey extension I used to thread posts and hide registered trolls and "Dan's trans- and biphobic!" commenters is now useless. Sigh.
jade on February 14, 2015 at 6:57 AM Report this
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I use a feed reader to read Slog, and click in when I want to see comments. Now I have to load two new pages to do that. My life is basically over.

But seriously, having the article and comments on different tabs will take some getting used to. I didn't realize how much I go back and forth between them.
beatgrl on February 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM Report this

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