new LJ things
Dec. 11th, 2012 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snickficThe Snick verdict on new LJ features:
* the new "expand/collapse" feature: I love it, I use it all the time, and I would never want to do without it again. Thank goodness DW has had a similar feature for quite some time now; I just have to remember to click on the arrow next to the cut rather than on the cut itself.
* the notifications that now (usually) have the title of the post/comment included in the subject line: LOVE. I know this is a fairly old change, but I think it's worth noting that LJ does make strictly positive changes sometimes!
* the spoiler-cuts: again, an old change, but oh so useful! Even though the formatting is sometimes hinky and they don't show up on the mobile interface at all. :P
* the new posting page: ew ew ew. I need my drop-down icon menu! And also everything is so shiny, which I do not quite see the value of. Another great reason to cross-post directly from DW.
* the new "feed" (friendslist) page: eh. I'm ambivalent about the eternal scrolling (which has some other name than that, and also can or soon will be able to be turned off, I believe). I don't mind the general look of it; I DO mind that it doesn't seem to have a "custom friends colors" option. You folks know that I have spent the last four years choosing my layouts partly based on whether I get to have my custom friends colors! It's so much easier to color-code people than to have to actually read their name / recognize their icon (especially if they're someone that has a like a million of them)!
* the new profile page: eh. Again, shiny, but I can't see any particular features I dislike. I do miss being able to see (via bolding / not bolding) which friends of theirs I don't have friended, as well as the ones I do. Also, as a piece of grammar, the "Mutual Friend-ofs" category amuses me.
* the new "expand/collapse" feature: I love it, I use it all the time, and I would never want to do without it again. Thank goodness DW has had a similar feature for quite some time now; I just have to remember to click on the arrow next to the cut rather than on the cut itself.
* the notifications that now (usually) have the title of the post/comment included in the subject line: LOVE. I know this is a fairly old change, but I think it's worth noting that LJ does make strictly positive changes sometimes!
* the spoiler-cuts: again, an old change, but oh so useful! Even though the formatting is sometimes hinky and they don't show up on the mobile interface at all. :P
* the new posting page: ew ew ew. I need my drop-down icon menu! And also everything is so shiny, which I do not quite see the value of. Another great reason to cross-post directly from DW.
* the new "feed" (friendslist) page: eh. I'm ambivalent about the eternal scrolling (which has some other name than that, and also can or soon will be able to be turned off, I believe). I don't mind the general look of it; I DO mind that it doesn't seem to have a "custom friends colors" option. You folks know that I have spent the last four years choosing my layouts partly based on whether I get to have my custom friends colors! It's so much easier to color-code people than to have to actually read their name / recognize their icon (especially if they're someone that has a like a million of them)!
* the new profile page: eh. Again, shiny, but I can't see any particular features I dislike. I do miss being able to see (via bolding / not bolding) which friends of theirs I don't have friended, as well as the ones I do. Also, as a piece of grammar, the "Mutual Friend-ofs" category amuses me.
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