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I had reservations about complaining about the new update interface. I was giving the developers time. However, when they fixed the box alignment problem, other problems showed up--namely the custom filters were inaccessible and the preview button didn't preview--it opened a blank window (new) and *updated* the journal in the original window.
True to form, I complain about incompatibility and now I can't use the new interface *at all*.
That's right--I try to open an edit or update page and the browser crashes. LJ developers need to realize that while PPC Mac users are in the minority, a lot of us are paid users. Alienate even four of us and you lose the money to buy 10 pizzas (twenty if you have coupons--more if you like crappy pizza).
It would be nice if they'd explain what the new "improvements" are fixing. The old interface wasn't broken, was it? Is this one more efficient? It's not efficient for me and it's not the kind of service I want to pay for. It's *not* the kind of service I expect to pay for, either, though I guess I should be used to it by now.
LJ support suggests using one of the "several" preOSX mac clients or another browser, like Opera.
There is exactly *one* client for PPC macs available and when I tried running it, I ran into serious memory leaks and problems with crashing and gibberish posts. That's not good, either. I've tried other browsers and they don't run well and tend to crash. Opera is the worst when it comes to navigating LJ. This has happened in the past--LJ does a new update and once again alienates specific subsets of their userbase. They consistently marginalize users of older Macs. I'm not sure about other platforms since I don't use them. Whatever happened to accessible programming? Whatever happened to making stuff that looks good on the simplest browser? It seems nobody cares about functionality anymore and looks are all that matter. I suppose we have marketing execs and affordable broadband to thank for that.
I'm stuck with IE for now and will be until I can afford to buy a new computer. That won't happen until well after we buy a house.
Sure, I can live without LJ, but it's a community I enjoy. I spend many days housebound and like the diversion.
Maybe it's time to return to Usenet and IRC.
And despite my best intentions, I'm going to go get some coffee.
True to form, I complain about incompatibility and now I can't use the new interface *at all*.
That's right--I try to open an edit or update page and the browser crashes. LJ developers need to realize that while PPC Mac users are in the minority, a lot of us are paid users. Alienate even four of us and you lose the money to buy 10 pizzas (twenty if you have coupons--more if you like crappy pizza).
It would be nice if they'd explain what the new "improvements" are fixing. The old interface wasn't broken, was it? Is this one more efficient? It's not efficient for me and it's not the kind of service I want to pay for. It's *not* the kind of service I expect to pay for, either, though I guess I should be used to it by now.
LJ support suggests using one of the "several" preOSX mac clients or another browser, like Opera.
There is exactly *one* client for PPC macs available and when I tried running it, I ran into serious memory leaks and problems with crashing and gibberish posts. That's not good, either. I've tried other browsers and they don't run well and tend to crash. Opera is the worst when it comes to navigating LJ. This has happened in the past--LJ does a new update and once again alienates specific subsets of their userbase. They consistently marginalize users of older Macs. I'm not sure about other platforms since I don't use them. Whatever happened to accessible programming? Whatever happened to making stuff that looks good on the simplest browser? It seems nobody cares about functionality anymore and looks are all that matter. I suppose we have marketing execs and affordable broadband to thank for that.
I'm stuck with IE for now and will be until I can afford to buy a new computer. That won't happen until well after we buy a house.
Sure, I can live without LJ, but it's a community I enjoy. I spend many days housebound and like the diversion.
Maybe it's time to return to Usenet and IRC.
And despite my best intentions, I'm going to go get some coffee.
