Linux.com

I'm sure the bug reports are piling in, so I'll keep this quick and simple. Firstly, The site loads around every third attempt. Not only the front page, but every page. If it doesn't fully load, I only receive a blank page. If I view the source, it's totally blank. I assume this is being worked on though. Secondly, It's not possible to log in with a password that isn't alpha-numeric. My old password contained a few symbols, and I had to change it to log in to the new Linux.com. Otherwise, I get an error message when tying to log in or change my password. It reads: "A system error occured while processing your request - Please retry shortly" Thirdly, There is a nice big fat Microsoft advertisement on the front page that's trying to convince me that companies are switching from Linux to Windows Server: http://linuxinit.net/site/images/screenshots/snaps/0264.jpg Fourthly, I'm unable to click the pagination links on the top of the forums. For example, |< < 1 2 > >| I can see the link, and I can tab to it, and hit enter, but I'm unable to click it, as if something invisible is on top of it, such as an invisible image element or something similar. Fifthly, The hover background colour effect on forum posts is EXTREMELY annoying. As a designer myself, I like the idea, and have used it, but can I suggest using a slightly more subtle hover colour? Overall, I love the new site layout and design. But as far as usability goes, it needs more work. :)

@milky thanx for the pointer to /feed/ with the direct links. A separate /feed/ page however is a separate tab to keep open, thus the old combined view - with direct links - on newsforge was better. Intermediate pages MIGHT be useful if there are worthwile comments on it (or to avoid legal probs). But for newsvac items, I kind of doubt their usability, as the "visibility" is only for a few hours at most... . Now if comments is one of the reason, giving the last 1-2 comments in a *SMALL* font on the /feed/ or in the newsvac column page might work. Another bug(?): in /feed/ the first 3 entries now display their text using only 60% of the textual width. Entry 4 and onward display normally - using full page width. With identical markup, same div-class, etc. Possibly something in the css? All in all, the newsvac /feed/ for me displays only 2 and a half items, due to spurious wide space / bad choice of font size (and no more truncation limit?). Links and high-detail info that's only read on interest can be in fairly small size; esp. the links info :). We had a lot more information displayed in far less space in the small newsvac column on the old newsforge main page. Something like 7 entries I think (maybe truncated to the first 100 chars per item, but that IMO was a GOOD THING). (this is firefox 204, linux; no greasemonkey/ etc, just ad block / noscript (with sf.net and linux.com being permanently allowed); browser window about 1100x900 to allow grabbing the frames of other windows...) cu Peter

One word. S----L----O----W .... I have tried to access the new website over the past couple of days and have encountered numerous problems: 1. Consistently get no response from the web server or connection timouts. 2. Database connection issues with Xaraya 3. Portions of the site do not work through proxy server (Privoxy). In the past, I would read most of my IT news from Newsforge and Newsvac. If the issues can't be resolved, I will need to find another site. Sorry about complaining, but the new site has been really s-l-ow the past couple of days. jb

I also see, or rather DON'T see a 'Home' button to return to the Haome page for Linux.com! Slight oversight? ;^) Rick Stanley

What a difference! I never liked the (old) website style because it was very hard to read with too much text with headers not to distinguish so good from the other text. The new layout, margins, fonts and font sizes are much better to read! Shows perfectly on Opera 9.21 on Ubuntu Linux - great!

I like this layout best. The previous one was the worst you had since you bought linux.com url centurys ago (that's just my opinion). This layout feels more news oriented. I don't wish you to turn into a slashdot clone (and I like slashdod raw look), but I think less redundant info is better.

Hi, please do try moving that d*** <div style="clear: both;"></div> and wrap it around the <div class="xar-sub"><div class="xar-pager">. That way, it might finally be possible to use the top of page navigation to indeed switch to page 2 or 3, or whatever. You _DO_ read the mailed bug reports? This one's an easy one to try quickly. And should fix the problem if my guess is correct. In contrast to the column width changes, font size changes, css and javascript slim downs, all of which would profit from some time spent in careful consideration to ensure a change to be an improvement. thanx, Peter

I like the new site, but there seem to be a few bugs still. One, the load times are still incredibly slow, but only for POST operations. GET operations are fine. I've also noticed that there's a forum post with no title. It's hard to access, and Quick Reply is broken on it as a result. Also, on the Quick Reply, the "Submit the following?" is really annoying. It would be understandable if it was a preview page, but it's just a text box. Oh, and one Page 1 of forum posts, the thread navigation links at the top don't work. The ones at the bottom do, though. Firefox 2.0.0.0 on Debian 4.0, x86_64. [Modified by: James Buchwald on June 26, 2007 01:53 AM]

I think you should have a link to email stories to friends.

Hey hey hey! I actually like the forum. I dont like forums in general but i love the idea of giving technical support to new linux users. I dont find the site slow myself but if many others do re building the site using php might be an idea. Kind Regards EDIT: Would be nice to see the avatar option enabled :D [Modified by: alpinesatan.com on December 16, 2007 09:46 PM]

OS X 10.4.11 and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, not forgetting fedora :D