oh man.

[melena.livejournal.com]

i hate the new layout. it looks nice i guess but i'm going to have to stop reading comments.

what does everyone else think?

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[ragabashtule.livejournal.com]

Ditto to that.

Journals with layouts like this -- they look nice, but they confuse the ever-loving hell out of me since I can never tell what or who I'm responding to.

-- Sarah

[dreamsneak.livejournal.com]

i like it a lot. i use the same layout for one of my communities as well as for my personal LJ. i think you're right about the comments, though, it gets confusing to keep it in the component layout sometimes. that's an option that can be disabled.

[melena.livejournal.com]

that's what i'm saying.

[babybloodheart.livejournal.com]

I like the S2 layouts like this, I use it myself - the comments do get a tad confusing if I have a lot of LJ windows open because the comments look rather like the journal or community itself the way which it is set out, but all in all I think it's fine.

[papasfritas.livejournal.com]

I didn't like it at first either, but maybe we should just give it a little time to figure out and get accustomed to. I'm sure the admin were just looking to revamp the look --sometimes change is good and productive.

[fingertips.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I have to agree. It looks beautiful, but comments are horribly confusing.

[tink-tendencies.livejournal.com]

i love the new layout. i'm playing with the same layout for my journal.

[luwana.livejournal.com]

I just had to say that I worship your icon. Jack/Kiefer at his best... *swoons*

[tink-tendencies.livejournal.com]

definitely! if you look at my last livejournal entry, click on the picture that is my background. =) i just watched all of 24 season 2 in like the last two days, haha

[krasota.livejournal.com]

I use a pre-OSX mac and nothing past OS9.x.x will run on my machine. I can't afford to buy a brand-spankin' new computer. None of the browsers are being updated for Macs like mine when new standards come out. LJ is developing for the most recent standards. As a result, S2 breaks Opera and looks CRAPTASTIC on IE. Sometimes it's *completely* broken and illegible. Netscape isn't any better.

I tend to reply less when folks use S2. I might have to dig out the code I can use to force a layout to my template or the default template for purposes of replying.

[rdb.livejournal.com]

I thought you could do that already? When i go to Manage Info it's an option for me to click. I don't do it since I want to see the different styles, but you can do it.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

Poor babe!
I tend to like things kept simple, even when using a computer which can support elaborate crap (and I don't half the time). I think I would have been happy if a lot of technology had just stopped at what it was in about 1998.

[giltedge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't like it either. This is the only community I added to my friend's page, just so I don't have to look at the new layout.

[sadiedecayed.livejournal.com]

i hate it, too.
the comments get confusing for me and it isn't worth the price of it looking pretty. i'm getting sick of it and don't enjoy this place as much due to it. makes it more difficult. i dunno. glad i'm not the only one to feel negatively about it. xo.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

That only switches the livejournal home page (and all the management pages, the support pages, etc) over to another version. It also switches my *own* away from S2, but it doesn't cover anyone else's pages.

[lesbianic.livejournal.com]

you can view all comment pages (of journals and communities that have friended or belong to) in your own journal style by going to Personal Info and clicking "view all comment pages in my journal style."

[possibilities.livejournal.com]

I can't read it easily. I had to zoom in to read the text (thank you Opera!) and the colours are pretty, but not friendly to my eyes.

I was going to join the community.... But this style is actually a pretty good reason for me to stay shy and not do it. :) (And thank you for the excuse!)

[alonewestand.livejournal.com]

I like it just fine. And I just read this community through my friends list anyway.

[mangofandango.livejournal.com]

Oh, please don't stay shy. If you add the community to your friends list, this setup isn't as troublesome, and the only time you have to view it this way is to read the comments. But there's so much to be gained here for so little effort, and I hope you won't be scared off just because of a small inconvenience!

[mangofandango.livejournal.com]

It looks very nice, though it's a little bit inconvienent, I think, because I use Linux and my web browser is not handling this layout very well. But, that isn't going to discourage me from using such a wonderful community. I feel it's very much worth the inconvenience, considering all the good that is done here.

[violentmae.livejournal.com]

I love the S2 style and use it in my personal journal. You can view comments pages in whatever style you have set up in your journal by clicking "view all comment pages in my journal style" in the manage info section from the main LJ page. I think a lot of communities may be switching to this style, as this is the second on my list so far.

[melena.livejournal.com]

i was all excited when i read that and then i realized what you said was the opposite of what i want! i don't want comments in any journal style, i want them on my nice lj login looking page. the problem for me with the comments to this community is that they look like a journal page and not a comment page. yuck!

[simian.livejournal.com]

HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT!!!!!

To confusing to find the reply button, have to search for it, which you shouldn't HAVE to do! WHy not just go back to the old way, so that everyone is happy >:(

[simian.livejournal.com]

not to mention, it gives me "style errors" about 50% of the time when I try to load a reply page...

[lesbianic.livejournal.com]

no no no, journal style as in the livejournal layout that you chose.. the regular old livejournal layout, the new one they just implemented, or that other all-text one. as long as you're reading the community from your friends page, if you have that box checked, comment pages will always appear in the lj style you're currently using.