Meh, everyone hates the new friends page. So far we've not been forced into using it. It's optimized for tablets and mobile devices and the like, and is pretty damn ugly. There is talk of having an "opt out" but no word yet. It's LJ, you know, so unpredictable. I did get notification of a full month free due to the insane amount of outages recently.
You can opt out and go back to your old friends page now and since they introduced the new page.
Right at the top of your 'friends' page there's a pale blue bar that says "You are using.. 'New One'.. or 'Old one' okay not those exact words. Just click on the one you like best.
Yes, you can opt out for now. There has been discussion that that ability will go away, and we'll be stuck with the new page, without being able to go back and forth. There has also been discussion of giving people the option to choose. We'll see what they end up deciding to do. There was quite a lot of outrage and public uproar when the new friends page was announced that it would be replacing our customized pages eventually. I agree with the uproar. I pay for my subscription to LJ precisely so I can tailor it to my specific taste.
That's the part that disturbs me too. I read something in LJ News that sounds like once the beta test is over, we're stuck with the new one. I sincerely hope not. Like you, I want to be able to customize as I see fit. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure the new one is not also customizable (is that a word?) but I haven't taken the time to find out.
If they do force us to switch to the new one, they'll pretty much lose me. I want nothing to do with it unless they make it properly customizable. They have promised to allow some customization but if they've done anything about that I haven't seen it. I wish they'd stop trying to make LJ more like Facebook or Tumblr or whatever. If I wanted to be using Facebook or Tumblr or whatever, I'd be doing so. /
I don't think it's customizable in the sense that it would match your layout, but otherwise, it might be, yes. I also don't know. It kinda burned out my eyes with so much whitespace.
Yes, I just had a conversation with my younger daughter about reading books on Kobo on her phone and how she needed to adjust the brightness etc because the contrast made reading so difficult. That's definitely one of the reasons I like the customized pages, myself! So much whitespace is just not vision friendly. :(
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Right at the top of your 'friends' page there's a pale blue bar that says "You are using.. 'New One'.. or 'Old one' okay not those exact words. Just click on the one you like best.
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To be honest, I'm not entirely sure the new one is not also customizable (is that a word?) but I haven't taken the time to find out.
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Amen to that!
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