Or maybe it's minor tweaks that you'll barely notice, I'm not sure. Who has time to read these memos carefully?
Scheduled for Tuesday (though as with the cable guy, it could be anytime between 1:00pm-5:00pm and may not in fact show up on Tuesday), AN will undergo what is called a "visual refresh." Presumably it's not much.
However, I'm going to reserve judgment, having endured euphemisms too many times before -- such as my dentist saying, "This may pinch a little" (Translation: "You may hit the ceiling when I hit this nerve") and my principal explaining that the new student "Can be fidgety" (Translation: "Hide your breakables, and don't plan on getting any teaching done while he's in the room").
Not that you should rely on me for sophisticated technological information. Having mastered the On/Off button only last year, I just recently discovered that there's a function -- it's actually a single key on the typing-board thing -- that if you keep it pressed down you can type all the same letters, only they show up capitalized. I know!!!
But my understanding, such that I can have any when it comes to the technological side of life, is that while AN will look "pretty much the same, just not identical" following this visual refresh, among other purposes this is the first step in a project to speed up load time (woo hoo!).
I also wanted to let readers know that I have a series of fun and different features planned for the off-season -- I'll wait until the World Series is over to announce them next weekend -- so I hope folks won't take off directly into hibernation, as I plan for this off-season to be especially filled with new features ranging from "entertaining" to "instructive" to "well that's different!" Stay tuned...
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sounds good to me
i usually just read stuff and never post or comment but i think im gonna try and get a bit more involved, this is my favorite team what else would i do with my life haha.
cant wait for whatever you have planned.
Twan54321 - November 1, 2009
THINGS ARE CHANGING BUT WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT!!!!
mikev - November 1, 2009
-Every IT person in the history of mankind
PaulThomas - November 1, 2009
Or at least in the history of IT
Mankind’s history extends rather farther — though the IT person who is aware of that is rare.
el campysino - November 1, 2009
“I’d like to tell you about the new cave paintings that are going to drop tomorrow uhrrgg, but its on a need to know basis. Besides uhrrgg, it’ll just confuse you anyway”
Future Ed - November 2, 2009
No, that's different.
THINGS ARE CHANGING AND I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT!! I’D LOVE TO BECAUSE IT’S REALLY COOL but your eyes will glaze over within 0.75 seconds, thereby minimizing my ability to revel in what is actually an awesome achievement and will make your life easier in such a way that within an hour you will already be taking it for granted and complaining about other stupid shit that you could easily figure out yourself if you just took the effort to think it through before calling the helpline to complain.
oblique - November 2, 2009
I think I love you.
mikev - November 2, 2009
GreenNGoldSooner - November 2, 2009
You want a euphemism?
Start with “A different brand of baseball.”
Unsurpassed.
el campysino - November 1, 2009
who wrote this, Nico or Cindi?
OaklandSi - November 2, 2009
I for one
Will grab all of my stuffed animal friends and wait in front of the screen with bated breath, refreshing the screen every few seconds!
OptimistPrime - November 2, 2009
you rock.
this is teh awesome.
Leopold Bloom - November 2, 2009
Please please please
let it include abandoning Helvetica/Arial for Verdana, Calibri, or anything screen-friendly. Or better yet, let it be undefined sans-serif so that it will fall to your browser’s default.
iglew - November 2, 2009
IT is good...
Baseball is good…
$1 double cheeseburgers are good…
Oakland closer( A-Bay) is good…
MMunoz33 - November 2, 2009
Bobby Crosby no good...
MMunoz33 - November 2, 2009
Beane needs to trade for Swisher and we'll
give the Yanks T. Buck, E-Patterson, Wuertz, and Dana Eveland…
MMunoz33 - November 2, 2009
Is this where I'm supposed to bitch about user interface annoyances?
jeepers - November 2, 2009
hello, my name is joe. how is it i may help you this day?
Leopold Bloom - November 2, 2009
I'm still waiting on hold.
But I expect to be referred to a knowledgebase article I could have found myself very shortly.
jeepers - November 2, 2009
i have many attractive squirrels to show you.
please let me see your nipple ring and we can talk to the big gray chicken together.
Leopold Bloom - November 2, 2009
Nipple?
mikev - November 2, 2009
Nipples are only one form of currency I'm authorized to accept at this time.
Please take sock from pants and replace with live mongoose. I am having sexy sexy time with your sister and cannot be interrupted at this juncture.
Leopold Bloom - November 2, 2009
It's just...
That’s a little too high for a ring.
mikev - November 2, 2009
I'm just hoping the stylesheet used
Is amenable to the firewall at work. It’s currently touch-and-go whether I can post from there.
cuppingmaster - November 2, 2009 via mobile
The new AN is making me slightly nauseous.
Leopold Bloom - November 3, 2009
Yeah, we seem to have taken a step back in the design of the site.
mikev - November 3, 2009
Yeah. Interestlingly enough the design has gone...minimalist
I can only assume they had to take a step back in aesthetic value in order to improve functionality. Boooooo….
It will take some getting used to.
SwisherThresher - November 3, 2009
Strike out the slightly
IT SUCKS
doctorK - November 3, 2009
I'm not sure if I like it or not
I know it’s different. I like some parts of it. Other parts are….different…..
gigglingone - November 3, 2009
um... what exactly are we talking about, here? :D
mikev - November 3, 2009
Hey! Get your mind out of the gutter!!
See, too much white space on the page allows too much time for you to get distracted. Focus man, focus…
gigglingone - November 3, 2009
Oh I'm focused all right. Woo!
CRAP! Gutter again. Sorry.
mikev - November 3, 2009
I'm an old man, but....
I think it’s beautiful. Clean, simple, elegant
As Fan in the Bronx - November 3, 2009
ZOINKS!
A font change, less dark grey on the borders and positioning the banner ad to the top of the home page! Wow three suggestions I actually made 2 years ago when the “new” AN came online…
I like it – good job.
Let’s Go Oakland!
reggiejax - November 4, 2009
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