Welcome to the new LWN.net!

Welcome to the new LWN.net!

Posted Jun 1, 2002 14:42 UTC (Sat) by waltech (guest, #90)
Parent article: Welcome to the new LWN.net!

Using mostly win95/netscape 4.08 800 X 600 for webbing. I'm very glad to see: 1. The page fit is compatible. 2. Neither the right border nor text runs underneath the right side window scroll bar! Horraah ! 3. Page displays nicely with my pc java and java script setting off. 4. You are not using too much in the way of IE's blue tone for links- which is impossible to see on this netscape. Far too many Linux sites reduce themselves to using MS's IE default blue, rendering viewing with Win netscape 4 useless. 5. the light grey on headliners provides 'some' contrast. 6. Your pages still download and render FAST ! 7. Regular new submittals thoughout the day, as always, which is why I visit frequently. If you ever start collecting and posting, say, twice a day, I will be gone. What I miss: 1. the center screen text and columnn width of the old pages. (almost 'newpaper column' style, which makes reading easier and faster) 2. the nice yellow to contrast the text.. it prevented too much of my screen from being 'white' and the light emitted washing out my eyeballs. What was omitted: 1. In the newaccount screen, tell us you require cookies at the top area. 2. Tell us if any area should use java or java script- preferrably you won't use any. I generally keep cookies off, so I always have to switch on those few sites where I will use them. Same for java/script. I'm not sure that with your new style I would read your pages 5,6,7 times as day as I used to. 3. I don't see a "Letter to the Editor" I really enjoyed reading those letters from those who took the time to address issues. I feel that simply being able to place comments about articles is a different horse. Internal discussion on your part may be needed to define how that should occur. Perhaps you could accept letters addressed to the editor, or perhaps selected 'comments' to be placed in an 'editor' section. I'm not overly interested in reading 'comments' that may consist in the hundreds, threaded, and looking like a general discussion list. I want selected material. Your judgment selecting news and commentary has always been very good. After writing, I previewed and was dismayed that all the careful editing I did to make this comment readable had gone away, and there is now simply a mass of text. Perhaps it's industry norm to prevent long comments, or I need to be more concise ?? W.........

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