Because it is more or less all I have left to me at this point-and God knows if it goes I've got no way of getting a new one-I am particularly protective of my laptop. So as I walked over to the Awl offices this morning amidst the thin, still-unshoveled layer of last night's snowfall I took each step a little more gingerly than usual. And as I trudged my way across the avenues it suddenly occurred to me that anyone who noted my progress would observe a man whose deliberate but hesitant carriage bore all the hallmarks of the caution and fright. Which is to say, this is how one becomes old. I'm not sure how many more winters I have allotted to me, but every successive season will surely see me moving slightly more slowly, until I am one of those hunched and hobbled figures whose existence you only become aware of as you speedily pass them by. Anyway, consider this a weather report. It's still a little slippery out there, so be careful.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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Let's see if this works!
It apparently does!
I think I miss the nesting a little.
It nests! Inverted nesting
Plus, color coding.
Color coded nesting? That's crazy talk!
(Very nice redesign, though.)
@Choire: I think I miss the nesting a little! Maybe it makes comments harder to read? Observation: That's tricky how you can only see the alt text by clicking through. MANIPULATIVE! I like it!
WE ARE NOTHING if not manipulative!
I was secretly hoping for additional tiers of nesting after the inevitable redesign!, but am too distracted by clicking through to see the larger avatars to care.
You can also change your user icon now in the setting section... also login through your email address if you don't remember your user name...
I think I can infer what 'nesting' is, and I know what alt text is from xkcd, but what I do know is OOH-SHINY-PRETTY-BIGGER-SEXY-AVATARS! It looks great, you guys.
nesting, 1 2 3
"J.D. Salinger Remembered" is the Most Least Viewed. A cautionary tale, Balk.
I should be so cautioned.
JD who?
The Least Viewed list makes me feel like I'm back to being the kid on the playground who was never asked to play tetherball except for that one time when Adriana Willis invited me to join her game and then thwuck the ball really hard right at my head and I got a nasty knot from the impact and had to spend the rest of the day in the nurse's office.
Ha ha, just kidding I was totes popular that never would've happened to me!
(Paragraph breaks are gone? David - do we need to code them in? Can we still use itals and anchor tags and all that good stuff? Could I have just tested it out here rather than lamely asking you? SERVE ME, MASTER.)
THEY WILL COME BACK.
Still working on getting so many bugs fixed. Please tell me whichever ones you see.
@mr. cho--editing comments on whatever probably-not-updated version of Firefox I am using does not seem to be working. But very nice job so far!
@cho - the avatar uploading thingy works JUST FINE.
@David: Will do. Also: I LIKE IT! I do, and I am NOT one who handles change well, so.
(Don't mind me: This is italicized text. This is a link to just some old thing.)
IE8's a bit scrambled. Looks great in FF.
Yes, confirming that IE8 is totally screwed up (or at least I'm assuming it isn't supposed to look like this.) David - I will email you a screenshot because it's hard to explain.
Looks lovely on the iPhone, though.
No picture? Don't you know that this is doppleganger week?!
This was a reply to Balk but shows up ten posts below his with no obvious connection. Problem?
Mallory - IE8 should be fixed. Sidebar: If you go to "settings" on the top, you can upload an image too!
It loads a lot faster for me in IE8 than it does in FF (though work limits me to inappropriately ancient FF).
I had the same problem as sigerson (orphaned replies when replying to a second-level comment). My first reply was to zidaane; this one's to sigerson.
But remember how cute that nurse was? It was always worth a blow to the head to spend an afternoon with her.
Writers who can shift tone and break your heart are the greatest writers there are, but I still think this is a metaphor for blowjobs.
TESTING--
At least the Flat Belly ads are still here to help me through the visual transition with the comfort of some familiarity.
REPORT--slippery on the northeastern seaboard, too.
First glance: I'm digging it. My only warning would be, and I don't know how to say this gingerly or with any tact: don't start looking like a Gawker property please. You're not there yet, I heartily approve.
I LOVE bylines on the front page! Finally. You guys seemed like some sort of anonymous, schizophrenic Livejournal there for a little bit.
Kudos on a job well done. Have fun working out the kinks.
We know your stand on shorts, but what of sensible winter boots?
Yes, please assure us you're wearing Bean ducks!
Oh, I have a swell pair of Uggs, but I forgot to put them on this morning.
Uggs are not waterproof, which is a great source of hilarity, seeing people rush to get out of the rain and snow so as to avoid damaging spectacularly ugly boots that are useless in inclement weather.
Yes. Yes.
My Dear Arnold is lonely over there.
They made you look like an idiot, sweetie.
You really don't need much help with that.
You couldn't have waited one minute?
I changed my password to something I can actually remember!! Hooray!
Few more things! (Sorry! I'm a freak for testing & feedback!)
1. The 'Contact' link at the top right redirects to the homepage, as do both links to sign up for the "Newsletter" AHEM LA LA LA? (The URL on all is www.theawl.com/#)
2. The turned up corner at the bottom of the contributors list led me to believe one could click through for a full list, which would be a nice function actually! If it existed.
3. I LIKE the design of the masthead with the three of you up there as STAFF! Very nicely done!
Is the copy on the "about" page supposed to be that small? Oooh, I like that the commentron machine it tells me to whom I am replying!
CONTRIB LINK IS COMING, DUNNO WHY IT GOT LOST ON THE TRANSFER
Ha ha okay, glad I interpreted your design right then! God, this is so much more fun to do when it's not my site gone haywire... (I tease because I love, and I think it's great, really!!!)
Also, Jolie, your plastered-raptured mug keeps judging me from the sidebar. I'M SO SORRY THAT I LOVE LIFE TOO LITTLE.
Oh, the "department" heading links ("QUICKLINK" and so) are taking me to http://www.theawl.com/#, too. Also, this is just a suggestion but, could clicking the comment number at the bottom of a post on the home page take you to the top of the comments? Also also, I really like the black band at the bottom! Sort of swank?
Looks great in Firefox and IE7 on this crappy old Dell in my office. JUST FYI. Also: yay!
WOW THIS LOOKS LIKE A REAL PAPER NOW. ONLY IT'S NOT PAPER. MAYBE NOT REAL, EITHER.
WOW THIS LOOKS.
Am I rowing in the right direction?
I'm writing this to see if a 'Cancel' button will show up after I hit 'Submit Comment' because sometimes, like right now, I have second thoughts.
Haha, OK then.
Seriously, this looks wow.
YES, in my haste, I forgot to say this looks & works great.
yes indeed, this looks great!
Can we have ALT TEXT through the RSS feed? Or is this a devious plot to make me click through for the jokes that weren't good enough for regular text?
I have nothing useful to add, but the site looks nice on any decent browser -- in other words, not on work-mandated IE 6, which makes everything look like boiled crap.
And my little man-looking-at-pies avatar looks nice at the new! larger! size!
I'm checking to see if I have an avatar.
Yes, and it's adorable.
I DO...and it's a hamster in a cup!
QUICKLINK QUICKLINK QUICKLINK QUICKLINK hey dude what's that behind you IT'S A QUICKLINK.
Also, the redesign still doesn't seem to have resurrected Edith Zimmerman's bloated corpse. Please see to that.
Very fancy, but haven't the Martin and Silverman programs been off the air for a year or so? Does this mean Stella is coming back, too?
Looks great!
Could replies to replies be nested further (indented again)?
I think it looks very grown-up. Roast beef for everyone.
The weather info at the top is awesome. I always wanted to know precisely when each one of you is "wet."
Shouldn't there be a little boy and tears in this story?
My avatar does not work. I am sad. Where is Sigourney Weaver when I need her?
Click on 'settings' up on the top right - you can upload a photo there
Pretty pretty pretty, plus not TOO pretty. I also like the giant COMEDY CENTRAL SARAH SILVERMAN ads because that means when Balk finally slips on the ice next month and dies like what's his name, steak doctor, there will be MONEY for the cremation or at least the cab ride to dump him in the river.
It was Atkins, you fuck.
We are burying him under a bunch of rocks, Captain Kirk-style.
You guys probably already know that it says "by Balk posted" (or whoever) in the bylines but I figured I'd throw that on the pile...
It's byline/post time, but I agree that it could be separated a little more elegantly.
OH! Oh. Yes.
Being able to set my icon is the bees articulated joints