Re: Mighty Big Headshot

Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-09 23:42 (#21C)

At least he seems happy. Must be the exercise.

Re: Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 3, Funny)

by carguy@pipedot.org on 2014-06-10 03:00 (#21F)

...and here we see a problem with thumbnailing a picture from the article for the story icon--when there is only one picture.

Re: Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-10 10:58 (#21K)

Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing - for this story at least, my kingdom for an icon!!!

Re: Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 3, Informative)

by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-06-10 17:48 (#21P)

Settings -> Story Image Style -> Icon :)

Re: Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 3, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-11 02:04 (#21V)

I thought this was obvious but I'll say it for the record. If this or most any site is to succeed, the vast majority of readers will be anonymous lurkers. They won't be futzing with settings or themes, even if some settings were available to people without logins.

The defaults matter, a LOT. They are all that most people will EVER see of your site. This is a huge problem for Soylent by the way -- their default presentation is still bloody awful -- but much less so here. Other than the icon/photo thing, Pipedot's defaults have all been very smartly chosen.

Re: Mighty Big Headshot (Score: 2, Interesting)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-12 11:20 (#22D)

Good point. I'm pretty happy with the defaults too. I just noticed too some new functionality in the site - if you're on a small screen, all the sidebar stuff floats to the bottom and the icons for major sections get smaller and more useable. That makes Pipedot the single most readable site on my phone and tablet now. Soylent is unfortunately close to unreadable on a small screen although it has improved, and Slashdot is readable but I really dislike the user interface that comes up if you visit it on a small screen. Pipedot keeps 100% of its original functionality and just reorganizes page elements to fit the smaller screen - I'm thrilled.

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