Linked by Adam S on Mon 2nd Apr 2007 21:53 UTC
After several modifications, feature tweaks, and revisions, please feel free to beta test our revision of OSNews.com version 4. Recently introduced to the site? Amongst many other things: Themes! Read on for a more complete changelog!
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RE[2]: All constructive feedback is welcome.
by dejf on Sat 7th Apr 2007 12:51
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Member since:2007-04-03
If people feel that the new site really sucks compared to the current one, and say so, that is constructive criticism and should be treated as such.
That's "I don't know art - but I know what I don't like" criticism.
That's "I don't know art - but I know what I don't like" criticism.
No, that's the I know what I like criticism. Many people here simply like the current setup and they're saying so.
RE[3]: All constructive feedback is welcome.
by StephenBeDoper on Sat 7th Apr 2007 20:27
in reply to "RE[2]: All constructive feedback is welcome."
Member since:2005-07-06
No, that's the I know what I like criticism.
Uh, there's a difference?
Many people here simply like the current setup and they're saying so.
But the vast majority don't include any useful specifics of what they feel to be the disparity between the V3 and V4 designs.
Hell, I have my own criticisms of the V4 design. But I'm not going to whine about it unless I have a an actual specific suggestion for making improvements (and, ideally - a link to a mockup of what I think would be an improvement). And I'm certainly not going to phrase my criticisms as immaturely as most of the ones posted in this thread.
Most of the criticism of the redesign I"ve read is along the lines of "Well, I known next to nothing about web design - but I read a lot of websites, so I must be qualified to comment. And hey, egalitarianism tells me that my opinion is as good as that of anyone else - so you better listen to me!"
The thing that many people apparently *never* learn is that their opinions are worth less-than-nothing if they can't provide proper support for them.
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2005-07-06
That's "I don't know art - but I know what I don't like" criticism. The vast majority of the critical comments I've seen here are quite vague (not to mention rather rude/ignorant) - and of the few that do include specifics, even fewer include any constructive suggestions.
Perhaps there are exceptions that prove the rule, but I've never encountered a constructive criticism that included the word "sucks." The responses of Thom's that you quoted are pretty mild, IMHO - and certainly less childishly-insulting than most of the posts he's replying to.