LJ Train Wreck

[ceagle]

If ya have some time and wanna read about the Train Wreck that is this new LJ code, and the lies and apathy with which the administration is handling it, plus all the messed up interaction it is causing for people... hop over to any or all of these links and read a sampling of the user comments... it's wild:

http://news.livejournal.com/140969.html

http://news.livejournal.com/140683.html

http://lj-releases.livejournal.com/72149.html

Meanwhile I still sort of get by with reading (as they haven't destroyed the Friends Page aggregating layout yet)... but I've been having to use I.E. just to comment on stuff ;/
...
yikes!

Comments

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

It's really strange. I haven't encountered a single change in my views or functionality. Not one. I've heard about all the complaints, but I honestly have no idea what people are experiencing that has them so upset. Maybe it's because I use an old S1 style exclusively? I dunno...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Do you see Subject fields and Preview buttons when commenting? There are no ads on your main livejournal.com page?
You may be one of the lucky ones.... *boggle*

Screencap

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

Here's a screencap of my comment form (with Subject field and Preview button):



No ads, either.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

That looks pretty darn-tootin' good!
Yep, they did say they had it fixed for a few styles, ...apparently mine (and many others) are at the bottom of the barrel on their to-do list... ;/

I'll take a snap and show ya what mine looks like...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Here tiz:



....and who needs all that real estate on the screen taken up by full size icon selection?? The text-tag drop-down was fine...

[desertcoyote.livejournal.com]

Yikes! No wonder you're not happy. I'm like plushlover- mine hasn't changed any. I hope yours gets sorted out soon!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind words, critter.... *fuffles*

[whitetail.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. (With an emphasis on the latter.) That's absolutely abominable. Now I'm wondering - why am I not seeing any of that stuff? I'm not complaining - just more than a bit baffled. Genuinely bizarre...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

I was lookin thru that S1 and S2 stuff a moment ago... and I am on S1 also... but you might be in Horizon or Vertigo? I'm in good ole original Dystopia..

It looks like they may have brought S2 aboard to FACILITATE advertising.. ;P

[gyrhawk.livejournal.com]

You should use the Daffy Duck 'mutter' icon more often! :D

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Indeedy! *quackle* Daffy has some timeless expressions!... I actually hope for less to 'mutter' about, but when necessary, I weel keep dat in mind... ;>

Re: Screencap

[tyrrlin.livejournal.com]

Mine looks like that, too. But I also use an (I believe) S1 style, and have a permament account, AND I use "view in my own stlye" for all Journals I visit. That might be why.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah, I had to go with that setting a long long time ago, because many styles had microscopic text, or links that blocked other links, etc...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

You definitely gave me an idea, buddy!

While your solution doesn't work for me, (that's part of the trouble, it works so irregularly and in different ways for different systems!! Train wreck!) ... I decided to try to take LiveJournal off my permitted script list (since their scripts seem to be sloppy and putzy and broken for now) and see what happens.
So far this is the first time I am seeing a different page build in about a week! It's still lousy, but it's different, and much faster (like before) but at least it's worth a try.
If this comment goes through, then I'll know it may work as a stop-gap measure!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

AH!
Still broken, but less broken this way :>

I have to use the TAB-TAB-TAB accessibility system to get to the POST COMMENT button, but it did work at least, for now..

[henriekeg.livejournal.com]

So I noticed the comment section looks different, but I think it works fine? Creating posts still goes the exact same way and my friends' page also looks the same as usual. So what exactly are the issues you're having?

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Allo!
Do you see Subject fields when posting comments? Maybe they have it working for your system... they said they were going to do it, and maybe yours is a lucky one :>

[staghorne.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing the new design too. FWIW, I noticed that farraptor's comment page appears to be unchanged. At least this entry looks like a classic LJ comment page to me. Since bush_rat reported that comment page layout was affected by the "view in my own style" option (which I haven't activated), my guess is that only some styles/settings have the new comment code.

It would be interesting to know what styles FaR and Bush (the rat, not the chimp ;) are using.