Today we stand proud, fellow Soylentils. Two stories have been received to explain why:
Slashdot.org switches accounts to Classic-like interface
It now appears that Slashdot has now completely changed its interface to the new "beta" interface - which looks almost the same as the "old" interface. Users can no longer view the non-beta classic site, which is being reported by users all around the site.
The only official news on the matter is in the form of a journal entry.
Does this mean it's time to go after our original mission and let them know we're here?
"Beta" Delenda est!
Remember Slashdot? Remember Beta? This blog post might be tagged "sudden outbreak of common sense," if it wasn't well over a year too late:
...effective today, we've jettisoned the Slashdot Beta platform out the side portal. [...] After heavily experimenting on the Beta platform and splitting traffic between Classic and Beta, we've made some decisions about which platform changes ultimately make sense: starting today, we're unifying users back on our Classic platform.
A raft of minor changes came along with this announcement. Still no comment, though, on whether those users are a "community" or an "audience."
And frankly, that's why soylentnews is better.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by wonkey_monkey on Friday February 27 2015, @01:33PM
As always, Slashdot's preferred method of beta testing is to roll it all out and look (or not) at the complaints that come in.
They can't even get a consistent page background colour between browsers (white on Firefox, grey on IE).
The top level "Post" button, along with several others, are (rather comically) rendered without a visible button until hovering, in green text on a slightly different green background. Seems they've been reading from the Hitchhiker's Guide To UI Design.
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