tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post8436807390989336201..comments2024-03-28T05:28:54.552-07:00Comments on RICH LIEBERMAN 415 MEDIA: New SF Gate is still a Massive Pain in the Ass To Navigate Rich Liebermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174495340920055435noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-80349827701127085252014-12-07T07:26:24.906-08:002014-12-07T07:26:24.906-08:00haha. I was banned with so many names over there.
...haha. I was banned with so many names over there.<br /><br />Fuck that fish wrapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-15689866686259496842014-12-06T15:58:16.563-08:002014-12-06T15:58:16.563-08:00Thanks, guys. I really thought it was my old 2005...Thanks, guys. I really thought it was my old 2005 laptop which is on its third keyboard. Sadly, the Chron is still a better paper than the guys....You really have to dig to find any columnists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-16226027538273749082014-12-06T13:40:15.006-08:002014-12-06T13:40:15.006-08:00SFGate sucks anymore. I can't get more than on...SFGate sucks anymore. I can't get more than one tab to open when before I could have six or seven with no problem. They get maybe 5% of the "clicks " that I used to do, if that especially with the incessant click bait crap. The comment format is dismal compared to what they had which was probably the best one around. SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-76045693157954311452014-12-06T08:46:35.393-08:002014-12-06T08:46:35.393-08:00It's even worse that that. Users have to wade ...It's even worse that that. Users have to wade through all the non-stories and oversized photos to find what little real news the site offers. I find that I'm spending less and less time on SGGate. What on earth were they thinking? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-50112743495928298882014-12-05T22:38:02.738-08:002014-12-05T22:38:02.738-08:00Many websites are going this way--really overloadi...Many websites are going this way--really overloading your machine with all sorts of crap that no one wants and which brings down your browser or doesn't allow to access the one thing you do want. I just click away. If this is the future of advertising-based websites, they are going to lose a lot of money.<br /><br />This is one reason I will never convert to ebooks and magazines. I know my paper books and magazines will always "load" for me and will never force ads down my throat before I am permitted to read my content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-38694419133018623532014-12-05T19:57:04.417-08:002014-12-05T19:57:04.417-08:00What is more fun than news roulette--I click on th...What is more fun than news roulette--I click on the story I want and get another, which is only apparent after it takes a minute to load (or if it is a slideshow it takes a few minutes.) SFGATE going the way of KGO (I haven't listened to KGO in 2 years and I'm close to delisting SFGATE from bookmarks)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-23883209765653853522014-12-05T19:03:49.394-08:002014-12-05T19:03:49.394-08:00The moderators are a joke. Their enforcement is s...The moderators are a joke. Their enforcement is so arbitrary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-53394354815640406162014-12-05T18:29:41.755-08:002014-12-05T18:29:41.755-08:00sfgate.com. What an adventure.
After you enter the...sfgate.com. What an adventure.<br />After you enter the site and begin to scroll down to scan the day's headlines<br />what do you get? One loading page after another. <br />With all the heavy graphics and color dense pictures you have wasted half your morning trying to read one story much less finish it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-17155517300581134242014-12-05T18:16:29.743-08:002014-12-05T18:16:29.743-08:00Not only is sfgate a pain in the behind to access,...Not only is sfgate a pain in the behind to access, the moderators will BAN you if you're just trying to explain the history of race relations in the United States?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-28039781892937799122014-12-05T18:15:57.515-08:002014-12-05T18:15:57.515-08:00The new site is absolutely unusable on an iPad.The new site is absolutely unusable on an iPad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-63786742588906754972014-12-05T18:13:56.308-08:002014-12-05T18:13:56.308-08:00The story organization is mind boggling.The story organization is mind boggling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-60147032859754502192014-12-05T17:59:48.121-08:002014-12-05T17:59:48.121-08:00Spot on, Christine. Before the so-called revamp, I...Spot on, Christine. Before the so-called revamp, I visited the site daily. But now that it resembles a tabloid, I don't even bother. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-32170350967114228002014-12-05T16:41:18.449-08:002014-12-05T16:41:18.449-08:00If you can't even enter the site far enough to...If you can't even enter the site far enough to see whether it's "intuitive, entertaining, and user friendly"...and I think we already know the answer to the last criterion...then I think that's the largest point of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-87655078243939463302014-12-05T16:38:25.666-08:002014-12-05T16:38:25.666-08:00I use Mozilla Firefox. It locks up on me all the ...I use Mozilla Firefox. It locks up on me all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-80448675211292057612014-12-05T16:37:28.992-08:002014-12-05T16:37:28.992-08:00I was just there and waited 3 entire minutes (I ti...I was just there and waited 3 entire minutes (I timed it this time) for the Sports section to come up. Finally, I just gave up. I'll just use the Trib, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-78106268985198148512014-12-05T15:19:19.638-08:002014-12-05T15:19:19.638-08:00SFGate has too many videos on its pages, and the w...SFGate has too many videos on its pages, and the web clowns at SFGate must have wrote their web pages so that the pages didn't show up until all the videos were downloaded. <br /><br />You can disable Flash, but when I did that, it was affecting too many non-SFGate things. I have AdBlock on my browser, and there's a little "Block" tab at the top of all the SFGate videos. Clicking on the tab will allow you to keep the video from loading. That helps a lot.Anonymoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-60143814521728415522014-12-05T13:27:29.407-08:002014-12-05T13:27:29.407-08:00Couldn't happen to a better company.Couldn't happen to a better company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-64037612654248570722014-12-05T12:10:34.271-08:002014-12-05T12:10:34.271-08:00I'd be interested in seeing the before and aft...I'd be interested in seeing the before and after readership numbers since the redesign. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-31126129746946268772014-12-05T12:07:15.274-08:002014-12-05T12:07:15.274-08:00It's awful. It used to be a daily go to for m...It's awful. It used to be a daily go to for me, but now I created shortcuts to just a few sections that I check every few days / weeks.<br /><br />It's like someone ate a bunch of articles, blogs, and slideshows and then just puked them all up on the page. Just check out Popsugar which is the site that the person now heading up sfgate came from. It's celebrity related content that is vomitted onto the page just like the new sfgate.<br /><br />Faster load times? No. Easier to navigate? No. More click-throughs by me? No. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-40165659511466999922014-12-05T11:00:36.843-08:002014-12-05T11:00:36.843-08:00It might help to disable Flash player. It could ev...It might help to disable Flash player. It could even help a lot. And yet make sure flash player is up to 15.0...then disable. Sounds contradictory,but that's how it goes.Stan the Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908178414036768306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-43325823669149414922014-12-05T10:18:48.229-08:002014-12-05T10:18:48.229-08:00The Gate had been trending towards becoming a glor...The Gate had been trending towards becoming a glorified blog for years. No substance. This latest redesign was the final straw for me. I un-bookmarked it and haven't been back since. And, you know what? I don't really miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-28238780219489993982014-12-05T10:02:36.082-08:002014-12-05T10:02:36.082-08:00I think you're overstating the technical glitc...I think you're overstating the technical glitches and missing the larger point:<br /><br />In terms of being able to digest news in a way that's intuitive, entertaining, and user friendly, the new design is a total bust.<br /><br />The user interface blows. Giant expanding ads. Stupid "tiles" that take up a quarter of your screen each instead of simple lists of headlines that are easy to scan. Ridiculous, overdone slideshows just designed to allow maximum serving of ads.<br /><br />To me, these are the real problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-7275963036522269582014-12-05T09:40:46.814-08:002014-12-05T09:40:46.814-08:00I posted the below by error on the KRON entry. Ric...I posted the below by error on the KRON entry. Rich please reprint here:<br />It used to be one of my go to sites then they started f-ing around with pay walls. Their wine section used to be top of the line. Jon Bonné is still great but other than his articles there's no there there. The final straw came when they completely changed the format of the comments section. I bet most traffic to the site was to read the comments. They screwed that up royally! As a previous commenter said, the site is worthless in terms of news. It is sensationalistic trash one can find anywhere online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-71836788252706028372014-12-05T09:29:24.113-08:002014-12-05T09:29:24.113-08:00And anything even slightly interesting refers you ...And anything even slightly interesting refers you over to the paywall Chron site. Which, judging from SFGate, is terrible and not worth paying for.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-78247293207398297032014-12-05T09:22:28.080-08:002014-12-05T09:22:28.080-08:00Rich - try using Mozilla, it works for me. Intern...Rich - try using Mozilla, it works for me. Internet Explorer 10, 11 or whatever is a royal pain. Google Chrome was a problem for me as well. Still a habit to read the 'Chron'<br />every morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com