Can you believe this guy????

[Ben]

It starts out, i forgot the ending to slashdot's address (.org, .net...i forgot it ) and since i didnt want to type the wrong address and end up at some pr0n site, i search google for the address. Slashdot.org was right on top. But i looked down a few and i see this web site trying to shutdown Slashdot because it
"Is a plot by microsoft to destroy the productivity of Linux users"


Here's the site:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/k.../slashdot.html

And this guy says slashdot has "ugly visual design"

[Bruce]

Well, he does have an point with this one:

#5. Butt-ugly visual design.


Of course, this one's a matter of taste. However, in my analysis, the visual elements of the Slashdot site are basically hopelessly confused and wrong. From the cryptic links in the left margin, to the drop-shadowed graphics (hello, digital design cliche circa 1994?), to the offensively lousy color scheme (let's use circuit board green, because it's "News for Nerds", right?) I can't find much to like about the design of Slashdot.

SlashDot definately doesn't have the most visually-appealing site, but I don't go there for design, I go there for news, so it's not that important to me.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Ben
...And this guy says slashdot has "ugly visual design"

You gotta hate people who think too much, eh?

Re: design - you are of the opinion that the design is 'beautiful' ?

[Ben]

Originally posted by Chicken

Re: design - you are of the opinion that the design is 'beautiful' ?

No, I never said slashdot's design was beautiful....

[Belgiumdude]

Two words: Jon Katz.



Every community has its resident gasbag. The difference between Slashdot and other communities is that they have the means to kick their village idiot off his soapbox, but they lack the will. If Jon Katz is not the single worst writer for any webzine, anywhere on the planet, alive today, then I am a penguin. His writing manages to be endlessly meandering and verbose, and simultaneously utterly content-free.



lol