Gizmodo! NO! UPDATE: How to Use old Gizmodo still

[HydroSqueegee]

Are they really using independently scrolling frames? Is this Netscape Navigator 2.0?

when something is so old and tacky, it eventually becomes retro, hip and cool with the younger crowd. It makes the rest of us barf.

 

[HN]

pretty bad, the left and right panes scroll independently

good fucking god thats bad

Are they really using independently scrolling frames? Is this Netscape Navigator 2.0?

damn this sht sucks hard. at least with giz, i can jump over to engadget and just catch up on news there. but it also affects lifehacker which i thoroughly enjoy but now...now D:

 

[destrekor]

Independently-scrolling frames doesn't bother me, in fact I find it kind of awesome, if I'm using a touchscreen.

But on a computer with mouse and keyboard, it's annoying as shit.

Here's to hoping they kind of keep this only as a tablet/fancy-mobile version.
I'd love to use that layout on my nookColor, it looks designed for screens larger than phones but smaller than desktop monitors. If I have to keep using that layout to view it on my desktop, I'll only read the gawker sites on my nook or rss reader on my phone.

 

[Lotheron]

The navigation bar being on the right like that is a huge mindf*ck. 10 steps backwards and I'm usually all about redesigns. Obviously when they're done correctly..

 

[KaOTiK]

I saw they moved to this on Kotaku too. I closed the tab for it and removed it from my bookmarks. It wasn't that great to start with and I just went there to catch any stuff I missed, but now it isn't even worth going too.

 

[Viper GTS]

Google reader is your friend.

Then again if you post here and you're still hitting up the front page of tech blogs you're probably a lost cause.

Viper GTS

 

[Patranus]

Have to kick up the page views/ad impressions.

 

[shortylickens]

I saw absolutely nothing until I reenabled Java.
As soon as I saw it I wanted to disable Java again.

 

[shortylickens]

Also
http://gizmodo.com/#!classic
is the same exact god damn thing.

 

[HAL9000]

Also
http://gizmodo.com/#!classic
is the same exact god damn thing.

Crap isn't it, I've deleted my bookmark, moving on now...

 

[ViviTheMage]

wow, that is uggggggly....

 

[Paratus]

 

[Nik]

gizmodo, gawker, jalopnik, they're all the same company running the shit. When one updates layout, they'll all update.

 

[Nik]

Also, http://us.gizmodo.com/#!classic

 

[IBuyUFO]

gizmodo is not usable to me now.

 

[NFS4]

Google reader is your friend.

Then again if you post here and you're still hitting up the front page of tech blogs you're probably a lost cause.

Viper GTS

What the hell? Where the hell have you been? I could have sworn that I haven't seen you around here for years.

 

[ultimatebob]

Wow... Thanks to the redesign, I can only fit half as much of the damn article on the screen than I could before. That sucks.

 

[0roo0roo]

meh, what they need is more quality control, less output flood of mediocrity.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

That is totally screwed.

 

[rudeguy]

gizmodo sucks donkey parts...has for a while now

 

[Aikouka]

Looks like it's trying to be twitter.

 

[arcenite]

I've decided to not shave my neckbeard until you change to your old name. You better do it soon or my fiancée will not be happy with either of us.

 

[rudeguy]

I've decided to not shave my neckbeard until you change to your old name. You better do it soon or my fiancée will not be happy with either of us.

pics of neckbeard?

no....

pics of fiancee?

no...

pics of fiancee growing a neckbeard?

 

[dennilfloss]

That layout only uses 1/2 my screen width and I browse at 125% magnification. This ain't 1998 for people to have ~1000 pixels wide monitor screens. Then again, AnandTech & Ars Technica and many other sites are barely wider.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Gizmodo have gone down the same route as Jalopnik and others with a new/ awful layout.

See for yourself: http://us.gizmodo.com/

So what path do you follow, Hal 9000? What do you do with the web page that you make your living off of? There is clearly something wrong here, clearly, but that something is a self-hate you have had reflected back at you. No doubt the function of the sight isn't the problem, but rather, the function of the user.

For my next trick I will channel neck-beard:
Nef.