stefanlasiewski's Journal: I like the greenlight/redlight/bluelight better

Hmm, looks like they replaced the green/red/blue liglights with happy faces.

friend
fan
Friend of Friend is a 404, as is http://images.slashdot.org/eof.gif.

I think I like the old system better. Gave some color to the otherwise drab ./ layout. Plus, I thought it was pretty intuitive for those of us who grew up with stoplights.

Green = good. Red = bad. Blue? Ok, blue wasn't very intuitive, but at least it was pretty.

Now it's smily = friend? Or does it mean Fan? I forget. Winking face does that mean Friend or Fan?
Red frowning face, ok, I know it means they hate me. Blue frowning face?

Like WTF!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$$$$$$##########

IAWTJE

[sulli]

The smileys are weird. But slashdot is weird, so I guess we'll get used to them.

Unless they got 0WNX0RED? Because all the other images [slashdot.org] are fucked too, I wonder.

Re:IAWTJE

[stefanlasiewski]

It's odd that the smiley faces are the only images that are work at all.

Did someone do an 'rsync --delete' ?

Re:IAWTJE

[heliocentric]

I think it went more like this:

[[e-mail] root]# up2date slash-code

Error Message:
Your demo account has been disabled. To enable your account, you must
fill out the latest Red Hat Network survey by visiting:

https://rhn.redhat.com/renew/

You may also enable your Red Hat Network account by purchasing service at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/sales/index.pxt

Your account name: cmdrtaco
Error Class Code: 112
Error Class Info: Survey not filled out; service disabled

What I thought you meant

[GMontag]

I thought you were talking D/s and I was going to ask who uses blue.

ow I still have no idea what you are talking about because I hhave the same old dots in my browser that I had yesterday.

Re:What I thought you meant

[stefanlasiewski]

No, I swear! There was a happy face, winky face, frowning face, etc.

And indeed, these colored dots really do look better now.

wierd

[subgeek]

i never saw any of the mangled images. still seeing the colored dots. all of the images you linked looked like they always have. maybe i just missed it and it's over now.

Problems from the move?

[L-Train8]

I too briefly saw smiley faces, as well as images that just wouldn't load. I wonder if it has anything to do with the Slashdot move [slashdot.org]. Taco commented that it was producing technical difficulties. Or maybe it was just some kind of hack - website defacement with a face?