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And the insanity begins

Checked in, updated my profile, took a look at the new digs, since there have been so many exciting announcements about a new look, new features, etc.

What the hell is this shit? I think the new NaNoWriMo site sucks. Light blue and red together? With grey text? And some weird guy on the top header that has NOTHING to do with novel writing Who the heck thought this was a great idea? It's not only repulsive to look at, but really... how can this be attracting to anyone who is learning about NaNoWriMo? What kind of an impression will it make on people?

I've asked a couple of my non-writer friends to take a look, and both immediately said "Ew" when they saw the design come up.

People have commented that it has a retro feel to it. There's a reason some things are considered retro-- and should stay in the past, never to be used again.

It does make me concerned that I literally can't do my job as an ML this year. After five minutes, I get a headache straining to read posts on the site. We won't get into the bugs that are going on right now-- the fact that most of the "new features" and some of the old staples don't even work at the moment. Shouldn't this have been tested BEFORE October 1st?

Hopefully Chris will come to his senses and have them make the site user friendly. It sure isn't now. Honestly, it's embarassing.

11:51 a.m. - 03 October 2004

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