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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: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 27 2015, @02:33PM
That's a bit overly sensitive.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday February 27 2015, @06:30PM
It's way oversensitive, and I say this a jewish person. The star here isn't a Star of David -- it's a 5 pointed "Gold Star" -- like the sticker you get in the first grade when you do well on an assignment (at least back in the 70s -- not sure what goes on today). It's the same kind of 5 pointed star that used to feature in the icon of a linux distro with some wizard iconography (KDE based, French company maybe -- help me remember the name, obviously I'm getting old). It's the same kind of 5 pointed star that famous actors want to have embedded in a sidewalk with their name on it. The same 5 pointed star that cartoon characters see when they get punched.
So yeah -- the five pointed gold star is just fine. It means we did a good job, just like in the first grade. Or maybe we are magicians. Or movie stars. I sure don't want to get punched though.
Now I remember: Mandrake: http://www.muylinux.com/2010/03/11/de-mandrake-a-mandriva-un-paseo-por-la-historia [muylinux.com]
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Friday February 27 2015, @07:42PM
I believe you're recalling Mandrake Linux. Throwing that name into google gives you a star and a little blub that explains Mandrake suffered from an identity crisis and is now called Mandriva.
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrake Linux) is a Red Hat-based operating system created by the French software company Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). It is the result of the technical merging of the former Mandrake Linux and Conectiva distributions.
Okay, it was a merger that caused Mandrake to drop off the face of the earth. The identity crisis happened when the PHBs could figure out how to make the two distributions blend.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base