I am not exactly sure where the inspiration for the redesign came from, but it has essentially made the site unviewable for me.
The biggest problem is the fixed width that is optimized for 1024×728 full screen browsing. I don’t use that. Since I use the OS X MDI I don’t have any maximized windows. They are all scaled according to how they best convey content in relation to other windows. Therefore, my browser window is closer to 800×1200 pixel (long not wide), therefore I am stuck with a horizontal AND a vertical scroll bar now. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that they moved the menu column to the left. If they would have at least just left that one the right side I could have read all the stories without scrolling.
If you like ads, you should love the new design, because it is packed. Why have white space when you can fill it with ads? That must have been their motto.
They claim that this is a revision “3″ although, it does not really do anything but break “2″ and add more categories. Hardly a full revision in my book.
I guess that I will have to go back to slashdot, or something to get my news. Digg is dead to me for now.
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http://d3.duggmirror.com/design/Digg_V3_with_Right_Hand_Menu//
You are not alone
I agree jja…
http://digg.com/design/Digg_3.5
theres your fix…i’m hoping they just fix it in the regular digg but i’m going to give it a shot here shortly
you complain about fixed.width on another website but yours is the same.
And just setting narrower fixed width does not make it better.
Let it flow freely!
I disagree. I prefer fixed width, I just like it to fit into my window without a horizontal scrollbar
Reading your content just made my day. Keep the good work. astonishing round roll or not