stderr writes: "I used to visit a certain website quite often, but if Dice Holdings decide to switch the interface to what is currently known as "Beta", I'll have to find another site for my "stuff that matters" fix. So, SoylentNews, what sites can you recommend for a "maybe-ex" /. user?"
(Score: 1) by Covalent on Monday February 17 2014, @04:43PM
Ugh. S'Qute is uglier than Beta. Pass.
I'll stick with Soylent for now, thanks.
You can't rationally argue somebody out of a position they didn't rationally get into.
(Score: 1) by Koen on Monday February 17 2014, @04:54PM
"Ugh. S'Qute is uglier than Beta."
True. But my beef with Beta is not the esthetics, it's the loss of functionality.
The impressive thing about s'qute is that it builds a slashdot-like interface with moderation etc... on top of Usenet. If one day Slashdot or SoylentNews folds, all old comments are gone. If s'qute or Google Groups go down, all comments are still available through Usenet's distributed database.
/. refugees on Usenet: comp.misc [comp.misc]
(Score: 5, Informative) by tdk on Monday February 17 2014, @04:58PM
I'm the developer of s'qute. It's a proof of concept not a beauty contest.
You can always use custom style sheets [mozilla.org], and when you're happy with them, send them to me and I'll add them as an option on the site.
Moderated Usenet [squte.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by kru on Monday February 17 2014, @07:30PM
This is why Slashdot (and now Soylent and other alt sites) are awesome. Some user posts a comment about an unknown (to me) utility and the actual developer him/her-self chimes in with a brief and useful reply. That's the sort of stuff that I've been missing.