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posted by NCommander on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the wipe-your-feet-at-the-door dept.
By the time this post goes live, we'll be proudly serving our first few users. Right now, we are still working on nailing some outstanding issues with slash (most notably, moderation), but we're at the point that I'd like to get some early feedback, and allow others to run through the system and test stuff. Please make sure to read the preceding posts, feel free to comment, and enjoy!

EDIT: Struck a naught word -- NCommander

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by mattie_p on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:29AM

    by mattie_p (13) on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:29AM (#7) Journal
    Had to do it.
    • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Dopefish on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:47AM

      by Dopefish (12) on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:47AM (#10)
      I second this comment!
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:00AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:00AM (#15)
        Thirded!
    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by CowboyTeal on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:56AM

      by CowboyTeal (15) on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:56AM (#11)
      If I had modpoints I'd mod you down you horrible, horrible person you!
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      • (Score: 1, Funny) by mattie_p on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:58AM

        by mattie_p (13) on Thursday February 13 2014, @12:58AM (#13) Journal
        Don't hate the playa', hate the game, fool!
  • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:26AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@soylentnews.org> on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:26AM (#22) Journal

    can't make a new base level comment in the beta test story

    You sure about that?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by FrogBlast on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:33AM

    by FrogBlast (21) on Thursday February 13 2014, @01:33AM (#28)
    Make a 115x80 version of the logo without "...is people!"
    • (Score: 1) by FrogBlast on Friday February 14 2014, @02:53AM

      by FrogBlast (21) on Friday February 14 2014, @02:53AM (#67)
      I have provided a revised logo.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:05AM (#35)
    Nice try, capn burrito!
  • (Score: 1) by AudioGuy on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:25AM

    by AudioGuy (24) on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:25AM (#37) Journal
    There is an off by one error in the red colored boxes, between the fill and the border. Suggest using border-radius in the css, this will show a rounded corner for the newer browsers and square corners for older browsers. And will not need graphic pieces at all.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2014, @12:50AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2014, @12:50AM (#202)

      yeah there is some things to be adjusted in the stylesheets, for example the
      [Reply to This] -links could be a bit less eye-stealing visible.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2014, @12:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2014, @12:56AM (#204)

        the system should not add blank lines before&after comments when submitted as Plain Old Text either

  • (Score: 1) by neagix on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:35AM

    by neagix (25) on Thursday February 13 2014, @02:35AM (#38)
    ...that we are going to make it even better than before :) One minor UI issue: the Reply button could be on the left side, more visible
  • (Score: 1) by Maow on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:10AM

    by Maow (8) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:10AM (#51) Homepage

    There's a smilie-face next to each and every commenter's name - indicating friend / foe type of relationship.

    Gah, I hate those things - yellow laser pointers aiming at my eyes from the pages - all the pages...

    (I know it's not an actual smiling face, but it has the same annoyance level.)

    • (Score: 1) by Maow on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:14AM

      by Maow (8) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:14AM (#52) Homepage

      Also notice that Plain Old Text comment style in user prefs doesn't "stick", I keep getting HTML Formatted when making a comment or reloading User Prefs page.

      During the composition of a comment, I can set Plain Old Text and it works.

    • (Score: 1) by Covalent on Friday February 14 2014, @01:31PM

      by Covalent (43) on Friday February 14 2014, @01:31PM (#80) Journal

      Agreed. We want old school...but not THAT old school.

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      • (Score: 1) by unitron on Saturday February 15 2014, @10:11PM

        by unitron (70) on Saturday February 15 2014, @10:11PM (#186) Journal
        I'm stealing your sig because sooner or later it's bound to come in handy somewhere. : - )
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        • (Score: 1) by Covalent on Saturday February 15 2014, @11:53PM

          by Covalent (43) on Saturday February 15 2014, @11:53PM (#196) Journal
          I stole it myself. I liked it so much I figured I'd take it. You're welcome to use it.
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    • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Friday February 14 2014, @04:44PM

      by janrinok (52) on Friday February 14 2014, @04:44PM (#102) Journal
      I wish I knew. It actually is far better looking than I am and that really annoys me.

      Just checking how the text formatting works.

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    • (Score: 1) by ragequit on Friday February 14 2014, @04:50PM

      by ragequit (44) on Friday February 14 2014, @04:50PM (#103) Journal
      They are bestest.
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      • (Score: 1) by ragequit on Friday February 14 2014, @04:56PM

        by ragequit (44) on Friday February 14 2014, @04:56PM (#106) Journal
        Atleast

        they

        1. don't
        2. move
        3. like

        the ones in Skype [skype.com]. lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter lameness filter

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  • (Score: 1) by paulej72 on Sunday February 16 2014, @01:11PM

    by paulej72 (58) on Sunday February 16 2014, @01:11PM (#278) Journal

    This is a test

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    • (Score: 1) by jaxo on Tuesday February 18 2014, @02:02AM

      by jaxo (400) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @02:02AM (#1432)

      so is this