Links on the LJ screwup
First of all: for those of you with paid accounts, please check to see if autopay is turned on! Many people are reporting that although they'd turned autopay off in the past, or never had it on in the first place, their accounts are now set to autopay. This is, for obvious reasons, Not Cool.
SF-D post shortly after the changes went live. Information on what led up to the changes, as far as we know, reactions, and confirmation that the dumbass responsible for all of this, igrick, is actually the head of LJ Russia.
SF-D mod post on layout changes and workarounds.
Personal post with links to the new prototype LJ (in Russian). (Check out the video in the first comment!)
Personal post with information on Release 88, an overview of the issues, links to comments by LJ staff, and more.
Personal post with comprehensive overview of the layout changes and several workarounds.
Also, LJ Hook for Firefox and Livejournal Extension for Chrome both allow you to view all LJ pages in your journal style and/or the light style, regardless of your account type. They also have a notes feature similar to the LJ notes for paid/perm accounts. Automatic thread expansion seems to be borked for now, but the rest works.
SF-D post shortly after the changes went live. Information on what led up to the changes, as far as we know, reactions, and confirmation that the dumbass responsible for all of this, igrick, is actually the head of LJ Russia.
SF-D mod post on layout changes and workarounds.
Personal post with links to the new prototype LJ (in Russian). (Check out the video in the first comment!)
Personal post with information on Release 88, an overview of the issues, links to comments by LJ staff, and more.
Personal post with comprehensive overview of the layout changes and several workarounds.
Also, LJ Hook for Firefox and Livejournal Extension for Chrome both allow you to view all LJ pages in your journal style and/or the light style, regardless of your account type. They also have a notes feature similar to the LJ notes for paid/perm accounts. Automatic thread expansion seems to be borked for now, but the rest works.