Release 88
You know what, despite everything I'd forgotten something important: The reason LJ's (was?) so great is the people.
Those same people who feel just like us, upset and confused about the need to rob us of something so basic as subject lines, previews, the addition of a weird Anon Bag!head man, not to mention making us load ALL our damn icons when we KNOW what they're called every time we want to choose a Userpic...
And from what I gather (seeing as most people are in their 20s or 30s) LJ's built on the wants and demands of Gen Y. And Gen Y doesn't take disrespect well...not to mention, we've grown up finding ways around things. It's second nature.
So I googled in hope (because Dreamwidth has someone who made a script so the default DW page would look all blue and white and LJ-y. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS) and found that HELL YES there are some small solutions right now, a handful of days after the release:
+ New layout giving you eye strain? by stuntpilot99 (Coz seriously the new font. IT KILLS ME. I HATE IT)
I went from this:
To this:
(Personally, I think the Kink Meme's a little empty because of the awful font. It makes it hard to think)
+ livejournal-flat-colors a Stylish script by evilsherbear
And of course I got both these links from the wonderful post HERE.
(At the moment I'm seeing only solutions for Firefox and Chrome Users, but it's a start and I've grown a little fond of Chrome. It doesn't crash on me nearly as much as Safari, AND instead of kill all windows and tabs it just lets me close the problem tab...like a BOSS)
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Random side question: Is anyone interested in doing something Gwen/Merlin themed? Coz I feel a little like the Ship deserves some love...and I have some thoughts on the how and the when if there were enough people willing to play along.
Those same people who feel just like us, upset and confused about the need to rob us of something so basic as subject lines, previews, the addition of a weird Anon Bag!head man, not to mention making us load ALL our damn icons when we KNOW what they're called every time we want to choose a Userpic...
And from what I gather (seeing as most people are in their 20s or 30s) LJ's built on the wants and demands of Gen Y. And Gen Y doesn't take disrespect well...not to mention, we've grown up finding ways around things. It's second nature.
So I googled in hope (because Dreamwidth has someone who made a script so the default DW page would look all blue and white and LJ-y. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS) and found that HELL YES there are some small solutions right now, a handful of days after the release:
+ New layout giving you eye strain? by stuntpilot99 (Coz seriously the new font. IT KILLS ME. I HATE IT)
I went from this:
To this:
(Personally, I think the Kink Meme's a little empty because of the awful font. It makes it hard to think)
+ livejournal-flat-colors a Stylish script by evilsherbear
And of course I got both these links from the wonderful post HERE.
(At the moment I'm seeing only solutions for Firefox and Chrome Users, but it's a start and I've grown a little fond of Chrome. It doesn't crash on me nearly as much as Safari, AND instead of kill all windows and tabs it just lets me close the problem tab...like a BOSS)
__________
Random side question: Is anyone interested in doing something Gwen/Merlin themed? Coz I feel a little like the Ship deserves some love...and I have some thoughts on the how and the when if there were enough people willing to play along.