That’s right, we’re rolling in the new website with the soothing tones of Barry Manilow.
First off, I’d like to thank all of you for showing an alarming amount of patience during the never-ending rebuild and for your help testing, and especially the people who just shut the fuck up and didn’t do anything- you, people, are the true heroes.
I’d also like to thank the OG crew of folks who did the initial selection of the web developer.
And of course Watergirl, who carried this baby to completion.
I’d also like to thank Alain and crew, who literally performed miracles for the past two years keeping this puppy afloat. I don’t know the specifics, but I know we were like umpteen updates behind and Alain was constantly hotfixing stuff because the database was so wrecked we could not even recreate the website on a test server. We really would have been up shit’s creek without them. Thanks, man. I’m glad to have you onboard as a front page poster and super happy to take this burden off of you.
I would also like to ANNOUNCE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL and something I am super excited about. Please welcome commenter Ruemara to the front page. I am so surprised I managed to not blab this before. WELCOME ABOARD RUE!
And that’s it. Obviously there are going to be some wrinkles, we are going to be doing some tweaking here and there, and we really need to make the site as ADA compliant and screen reader friendly as possible (AND ONCE AGAIN, FRONT PAGERS, PLEASE ADD ALT TEXT TO IMAGES FROM HERE ON OUT), but that is it.
I’m only mildly compelled to tell you all to go fuck yourselves, so I am going to call this a victory. I’m going to head out to get something to eat.
I really hope you enjoy the new website. We worked very hard to add as much of the things you guys wanted, while also keeping the “blog” feel to the joint. We’re also spending a LOT more on hosting to speed things up, and I hope it works out for you all. Have fun.
OldDave
Yay! And look, new features.
jeffreyw
the last post tab is covering up the left side , needs more margin space or less tab or both
Mike in DC
Site looks good. Also, public hearings off to a very good start for Democrats. Remove The Mother Fucker Already(RTMFA)!
Baud
Whoa. What Hath WaterGirl Wrought.
Baud
First comment eated.
ETA: Oh, delayed response.
Martin
Good job WaterGirl!
I don’t know what Johns contribution to the redesign was, but whatever it was, I hate it. Everything else looks wonderful.
piratedan
well… at least they didn’t embed Copacobana…..
Painlord
Ah, it’s beautiful. We’ve waited so long.
PenAndKey
It’s live?!? But how can I enjoy John’s Twitter posts mocking us for being impatient if it’s livebefore I get home from work?
Felanius Kootea
Woo hoo! I like it; I really do! Great job Watergirl and nice to have Ruemara on the front page. Hope she doesn’t get the Angry Black Lady and Zandar deranged stalker treatment.
I had to go to Wonkette for the impeachment news but it’s all good now.
jeffreyw
I like the new comment box, the editing is nice
2liberal
Hello all
Paul in Saint Augustine
Me likey.
Gravenstone
Aaaandddd, we’re back!
ets: I actually had to read training documents during the outage. Do you know how BORING that was?
misterpuff
Looks great.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: Are you in full screen mode? if not, it’s likely that you may have used Cmd+ enough that the fly-outs run into the text.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
This thread really deserves Boogie-woogie Piano cat! Thanks to Watergirl, John and everyone!
westyny
Since BJ was down I assume it was slow news day. Amiright? Also, too: congratulations!????
Sloane Ranger
Hurrah. O fabulous day. It’s finally here and looking good! Thanks to all concerned.
Will be sending a little something to help with the costs when I get my monthly pension payment.
Baud
@Gravenstone:
Test reply
debbie
I am psyched for FPer Rumera!
Matt McIrvin
Let’s set how comment editing works. Other post had some fancy formatting widget I’m not seeing here…
Mikeindublin
First post from Dublin!
looks clean
H.E.Wolf
Thank you to everyone involved in the process – it looks beautiful! – and three cheers for the addition of ruemara as a front-pager!
jeffreyw
cookie
Mezz
Very nice rebuild. Aesthetically pleasing.
But there’s no pet posts yet?? Is the site broken?
(smiley face)
Also, rebuild even remembered my auto-fills. So that was nice.
notoriousJRT
It looks GOOD! When I have more time I will look around to learn about all the new features. Well done and congratulations to the team!
japa21
I can’t believe I am saying this. So far I have no complaints.
NotMax
Maestro, a fanfare, if you please.
Baud
Baud! 2020!
?BillinGlendaleCA
Looks like WaterGirl won the “when does the site re-appear” lottery
ETA: Website in the “Nym, Email, Website” isn’t persistent.
jeffreyw
It is not remembering the web site url in the 3rd box
rikyrah
Man..
I have missed this place.
The new look is very nice ???
Congratulations ? and thank you to all involved.
Congratulations to the??
Rand Careaga
Yay and woo. Is one remembered longer than half an hour in a comment thread anymore? Here’s hoping.
Baud
Testing mobile site.
DAVID ANDERSON
WaterGirl was awesome
ThresherK
Cool. Looking forward to it, if only (I hope) it’s less a bother for the folks keeping it running.
ETA: Hey, the edit thing is back!
Matt McIrvin
∅h, I see, it’s the “visual” option…
Rand Careaga
Second attempt. Testing, testing. OK, it’s all good. Yay again.
jeffreyw
cookie me
debbie
@Baud:
Did you have to go back into editing to get the colors?
Annie
The new site looks great!
Gravenstone
And I missed my first edit time… oh well, that’ll teach me to work in the kitchen.
I actually had to read training documents during the downtime today. Do you have any idea how BORING that is?
eta: and just as I was about to lament the lack of top/bottom arrows, I find them tucked inconspicuously into header.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud:
I don’t think the mibbil site was part of the upgrade.
Litlebritdifrnt
The Barry Manilow video should be Looks Like We Made It other than that perfect.
Eljai
Woo-hoo! I was starting to have severe Balloon-Juice withdrawal symptoms. I think I can stop breathing into this paper bag now. The website is beautiful! Thank you, John, Watergirl, Alain and everyone!
Wag
Awesome! I can’t wait to play
?BillinGlendaleCA
Colors?
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
It’s been fixed.
zhena gogolia
God, I was at the mercy of Aaron Rupar and Kyle Griffin all day (stalwarts but no substitute for BJ). And I actually had to watch the livestream, which means I got an unhealthy dose of Gym Jordan and Rat-cliffe.
divF
Congratulations to all! Also, nice font.
zhena gogolia
I’m not commenting on the website because I am congenitally allergic to change of any sort. I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Try again, hey where did the buttons go?
Rose Weiss
Delurking just to thanks everyone for the hard work – the site looks gorgeous. Congrats, John and team! ETA I actually had to go back to Orange Satan for my politics fix this morning.
PAM Dirac
@H.E.Wolf:
I’ll add three or four cheers for that and an additional two or three for remembering the nyms
CaseyL
Reading this on my mobile and it looks terrific! Will check out more in depth when I get home.
piratedan
when are we allowed to express what a shitshow the GOP was today on day 1 of the impeachment hearings? Now? is now a good time?
tokyocali
Yeah! So excited to have this place back. I clicked so many times. Is it up yet? Is it up yet? Thank you to all who worked on creating this new space for us to romp in.
WaterGirl
@debbie: Nope. That was fixed the day after testing ended.
?BillinGlendaleCA
OK, try again, blue.
Major Major Major Major
Ah, they finally found the on switch? Sweet!
scav
official huzzah! Insert usual gripes as expected.
[Individual 1] mistermix
Great – looks like I can log in and comment!
And it was fast.
Baud
I like the new look. I’m seeing some bugs though. I’ll wait for the complaining thread for that.
SalterWobchak
I’m just happy to be here.
debbie
I suppose it will be fixed, but after posting, I’m not returned to where I was; I end up at the top of the thread.
Elizabelle
Recent comments at top right! I am in love. Now to check out this puppy …
anything much happen today, in the interim??
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: Ah, good.
Raven
Here’s the tuna from last week. Let’s see how the url works.
White & Gold Purgatorian
Looks nice. No obvious issues so far. Maybe I can find something to whine about later.
jeffreyw
no, not in full screen but full screen is the same for me ff and chrome windows box
debbie
@WaterGirl:
Great! Thanks again for everything! When do you begin celebrating?
Gravenstone
Just a note, post edits are not showing up for me on exiting the edit window. I have to force reload the page for them to show. Chrome on Win 10.
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
Wow, the new site looks beautiful. Very clean and modern aesthetic. Thanks Watergirl and Alain!
?BillinGlendaleCA
Blue, and Gold.
kindness
You picked a good day to be off line for a bit. Welcome back.
Van Buren
Is pretty.
Another Scott
Is this thing finally on??!!?
I think it is.
Thanks muchly.
Cheers,
Scott.
jeffreyw
clicking the reply to button, the required text boxes do not autofill
chris
Way to go, jackals! 70+ comments in 18 minutes but we are not addicted.
Looks good, John Cole.
White & Gold Purgatorian
@debbie: That’s funny. I ended up at the (new) bottom of the thread after posting. Nym stuck though. Yay!
Edit. New improved BJ made a liar out of me. Ended up at the top of the post after replying to debbie. First comment, in “comment” box, dropped me at the bottom.
something fabulous
Me too! (also, testing replies!)
— and look, there’s my NYM already pre-filled!
Alien Radio
My lord, this is slick.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@kindness: I’m sure nothing much is going on.
Searcher
I don’t like it; can we go back to the 2012 version? That was a good year.
(Just kidding, looks fine, and if it can finally remember my *nym from post to post, I will have no complaints.)
The Artful Codger
Alt nym test.
M. Bouffant
Yep, gotta cut that tab in half.
japa21
This may change over the next few days, but as of now I just want to say, whatever they are paying you, it isn’t even close to enough. Looks great, easy to read, and all that good stuff.
WaterGirl
@Baud: If you see bugs, you can *post them here or use the Site Feedback form.
*I will monitor the threads for any issues for the rest of this week. After that people will need to use the Site Feedback form if they want the guarantee that I will be aware of any problems and look into them. :-)
?BillinGlendaleCA
OK, back to Photoshop for me.
Kristine
I think it looks great. Nice to see Balloon Guy again.
Many thanks for all the hard work.
Zzyzx
Just testing
Sloane Ranger
Err, where’s the donate button, hyperlink, whatever please?
Also it remembers who I am, lovely!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Searcher: You know, Cole will cut you.
M. Bouffant
Effort two.
Bumper
Oh thank goodness balloon juice is back! It looks great. Welcome Ruemara!
ET
Oh thank dog. Our long national nightmare is over.
Major Major Major Major
So what’s the over/under on how many days before we have to turn off text colors in comments?
Raven
How about a Louisiana Oil Rig Fishing video
WaterGirl
@debbie: If you have a problem, please identify your hardware and browser. Pretty please.
mrmoshpotato
Saxaboom to you all.
Gelfling 545
Well, will you look at that! All shiny & new! Thanks to all who labored in the endeavor.
HRA
Looking very good! Very happy for having Ruemara as a FP.
Congratulations to John and Water Girl for the success! Need to say good work to the testers since chances surely those that nicked my seldom remarks are among you.
Bumper
Now we need Rikyrah up front. Whenever you’re ready…
Raven
The donate button took me right to my paypal.
NotMax
Test comment for alt nym (the alt I tried out on the test site) in moderation.
Searcher
@Major Major Major Major: Depends whether anyone gets a color–phaser script working.
jeffreyw
there are some weird Xs boxes and arrows when I mouse over the comment refresh area firefox windows 10
TaMara (HFG)
Test. Previous post tab is covering up much of text. I don’t believe that was an issue during testing. Next tab seems okay.
Cowgirl in the Sandi
Thank God the site is back up! Never knew how addicted I was to BJ until this morning! Thanks to John and the crew and I’m so glad the Balloon Guy is back!!
Well done!!
Gin & Tonic
Чудово!
LivingInExile
The only problem I see is the Manilow video actually plays. Looks Great!
Thanks everyone for all the work.
JPL
It looks nice but I still missed you during the impeachment hearings. bah humbug
jeffreyw
no weird Xs, boxes, or arrows in chrome
debbie
MacBook Pro / Chrome.
Miss Bianca
Yay, new blog look!! It’s fabulous!!
And, yay, Rue!! Looking forward to reading your posts!
Gin & Tonic
Hey, WG, remember the non-Latin script issue?
I have some bad news.
ETA: Never mind.
Anna
I missed you and I love you.
(Anyone may apply this sentiment to themselves.)
jeffreyw
@TaMara (HFG): I’m seeing that, too
scav
ok, various playing here
huh okhttps://quillette.com/2019/11/10/reflections-on-my-decision-to-change-gender/
another
well now?
eta have to fine tune my understanding of linking icons clearly!
JPL
this is cool.. just sayin
Auntie Anne
Balloon Man is back! And it looks fabulous!
Congratulations to Ruemara on the front page, and big thank-yous to Alain and WaterGirl.
Tom Levenson
Very late to the game but — this is awesome. Thanks and congrats John, Watergirl and all involved.
And yes, tip o’ the hat to Alain.
eddie blake
very purty.
batguano
It’s beautiful ?
Fleeting Expletive
Glad you’re back. I missed you. The place looks good, smells nice. I feel like I shoulda brought flowers and a bottle of red.
Elizabelle
The pie filter. Woo hoo. And welcome Ruemara! Another woo hoo there.
So: climate activist Greta Thunberg set sail today for Spain, from Salt Ponds near Hampton VA (near Norfolk). On a catamaran with minimal carbon footprint (once the thing was manufactured, anyway).
Richmond Times <strike>Dispatch</strike> Disgrace:
Skippered by a lovely Australian couple (with 11-month old baby) who do a Youtube channel. Check out their boat, the La Vagabonde — this is pre-baby and pre-Greta. I do wonder how this vessel will do in the November Atlantic, but they are experienced sailor/skippers.
Gonna enjoy their videos over the next few weeks. Entranced by people who travel and live in small, mobile spaces. Theirs is pretty nice. (Two bathrooms. Ocean view.)
Searcher
@Gin & Tonic: Your previous Cyrillic comment looks fine to me on Chrome/Desktop?
But if you really want to stress-test non-Latin character sets, لا شيء أفضل من العربية.
Tony Jay
Cock-cheese. Bang-spawn. Grumble-splat.
Yep, everything seems fine.
Welcome to the Adult Table, Ruemara!
hedgehog the occasional commenter
Yay! It’s gorgeous. Well done Watergirl and all!
ET
I still think you should gave christened the new blog with Steve pictures.
Ruckus
Why is everything different?
Who snuck in, in the middle of the night and stole BJ?
I demand answers yesterday!
Major Major Major Major
@Searcher: thanks, I hate it
Fleeting Expletive
Looks good. Smells nice in here.
Betty
Beautiful! Well done.
Searcher
@Gin & Tonic: @Searcher: Hmm, when I first posted this reply, it didn’t show up immediately and I had to refresh to see it; is that the behavior you noticed?
TS (the original)
Wow – Thanks WaterGirl and all – my world needs color
Baud
Bug: In a mobile web browser using dark mode, the BJ banner at the top is hard to see.
ETA: Android, Samsung Browser
Omnes Ommibus
Looks good so far. Congrats to Watergirl and the rest of the team involved.
TaMara (HFG)
@TaMara (HFG): Went onto my phone, looks good. Easy to read, moves quickly. (I didn’t do a live test on my phone, so this was my first time seeing it. NICE)
satby
@DAVID ANDERSON: yes she was. People really should appreciate how much blood, sweat, and I suspect tears were put into this.
Edmond
Been mostly-lurking around here for years, and I just wanted to chime in that the rebuild looks fantastic. I am legitimately impressed with how clean and clear it all came together.
Elizabelle
Incidentally, I am fine with Barry Manilow for this inaugural post.
I am delirious that you did not go with any Paul Anka song for the Keep Calm We’re Having a Baby post. Not even gonna mention it.
Omnes Ommibus
@TS (the original): Don’t do that.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
All day while staring at that Under Construction message I’ve been thinking of the economics term “pent-up demand”. As in the thousands of comments that must be piling up in jackals’ minds, just waiting for the new site to open.
Maybe the right analogy is the toy store on Black Friday in one of those years where there’s a toy everybody just has to get for their little monsters, and so when the doors open…
Roger Moore
Wow, those comment numbers are big.
Also, too, I has photos from my recent vacation.
O. Felix Culpa
Your tuna looks awesome. And, test.
TaMara (HFG)
@Major Major Major Major: I’d say this about that – if you think anyone can actually read your comment if you’re doing it in color, you’re mistaken. But kind of fun for a special word or two.
NotMax
FYI.
Hovercraft
Looks great! Thanks to JC and everyone else who birthed this pretty new playground.
Denali
Everything looks great! Know you are pleased. So glad to have Ruemara and her excellent thoughts!
Gravenstone
Too late. That’s an auto-populating earworm…
eta: hrm, wonder why this reply is not giving proper attribution? Did I fat finger the cursor and overwrite the link?
BBA
Can I lose the dots?
EDIT: apparently not, though if someone can let me out of the mod queue and allow me to use my old dotless nym again, I’d be grateful. I’m the same dood who posts here under this nym with dots in between, but had to switch when I started getting flagged as spam after some…unfortunate comments on my part.
RedDirtGirl
New is scary, but I think I can handle it. Although I was only just getting the hang of things on the old one, to be honest.
Elizabelle
Thanks to Team Watergirl/Alain/John Cole. It’s a lovely update, and I like all the white space.
Betty Cracker
[tap-tap-tap] Is this thing ON?
Fair Economist
Congrats Ruemara!
Great job by the transfer team. I’ve never seen a transfer go so well before. One rabbit forum I followed has been down for 7 months and counting.
japa21
The more I wander around the new digs the more I think my prediction from last night is wrong. Instead of a top 9,999 political blog, with this look we might make it to top 9,250 political blog.
I love the refresh button and how quickly it refreshes.
Also, I have no problem with the last post arrow being too large. On a Windows 10, Firefox lap top.
O. Felix Culpa
Curious, I was replying to raven. Reply thingy not work? Or the dreaded user error?
I love that my nym stays!
Mornington Crescent
A clear and substantial improvement on ipad. Scrolling problems are gone.
WaterGirl
@jeffreyw: I’m not sure what you mean. The @Baud is not showing up in the when you click reply?
Rob
This new site is awesome-looking! Thank you WaterGirl and everybody else who made it happen, and made it beautiful.
Also, I donated to the blog via the link up top.
Now, back to lurking.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
(Slaps forehead) Dang! I should have asked for a blinking text option during beta testing. Also control of both foreground and background colors. Blinking yellow on orange, anyone?
scav
ok, this is?
and this next puppy is
baffling (more?)
and I still don’t know what the explody chain icon is . . .
nor where
the code
button is on visual.Let’s see what close tags looks like
Searcher
@TaMara (HFG): It also introduces the possibility of a variety of subtle jokes.
GregMulka
Love the new look good work and thank you to everyone.
Betty Cracker
Reply to myself? Solipsism is its own reward!
Citizen_X
Gawsh, it’s bootyful!
And hooray for promoting ruemara to jackal cadre! Or, fine, FPers, whatever.
Jamie
It’s always a good time.
TaMara (HFG)
@Major Major Major Major: I’d say this about that – if you think anyone can actually read your comment if you’re doing it in color, you’re mistaken. But kind of fun for a special word or two.
AndyG
The new site is gorgeous. Congrats to everyone.
MattF
So, the icons above the ‘visual’ edit box… what’s the one after the ‘link’ icon? And what’s the one after the text color thing?
topclimber
What I see looks great…but is Baud back yet?
WaterGirl
@Sloane Ranger: On a computer or a tablet in landscape, the donate button is on the right-hand side, close to the top. On a phone, look below the comments.
satby
I’m liking the bigger font too, but then I’m not on my kindle so it might be that ?
Raven
let’s see
TaMara (HFG)
@TaMara (HFG): This is a BUG. I posted this comment, but when I went in to respond to someone else, this comment showed up again. I thought, oh, maybe I didn’t press post. But, nope, I did. It duplicated the comment.
donnah
Congrats to all involved on a job well done! It looks so clean! Looking forward to a lot of new posts.
Joy in FL
The site is beautiful. It was a long day waiting for it, and worth the wait.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@MattF: I have explanatory text that describes the icon when you hover the mouse. You’re not seeing that? Might want to mention your hardware and browser.
After “insert link” is “remove link”. And next to “text color” is a little eraser that’s for “clear formatting”.
zzyzx
@Zzyzx: laptop test
cintibud
Looks Great!
TaMara (HFG)
@WaterGirl: I don’t think that’s how this should work. It should size itself down. I am NEVER in full screen (I have a 17 inch screen so I can have several windows open at once, monitoring BJ and working). I’ve never had something bleed in because of it.
AbdAnd it’s well into the comments when my screen is almost full-screen.Baud
delk
Need a troll to try out the pie filter!
oatler.
slightly disappointed I couldn’t vent my outrage at Nunes during the impeachment hearings, but good show, chappies.
Steve in the ATL
Boy do I miss MySpace circa 1994!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore:Nice pics.
laura
Ruemara! Represent!
Pretty stoked to see your contributions.
Steve in the ATL
@delk: I’m here for you!
Doug R
I made it!
Walker
Much more mobile friendly. The old site had these side tabs that I would always click on when I scroll.
MattF
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: Thanks.
I’m on my iPad, so mouse hovering isn’t an option, I don’t think…
satby
Oh, and big congrats to Rumara!
West of the Rockies
The new design looks great! Well done, all. Thank you for your efforts and expenses.
Roger Moore
One problem I notice is that it doesn’t remember my web site the same way it remembers my name and email.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@NotMax:
This can be used by all other judges in any future case because it applies to everything Drumf does. We should call it the “Lasnik formula” in the judges honor.
BTW: Watergirl, I love the new way Tweets embed! Any my nym & email stick!
Gin & Tonic
Yes. Same thing.
Mary G
Looks fantastic, so clean and clear.
Hurray for Ruemara!
Now here’s a little complaint – can the commenter’s name be in a bigger font? The numbers are huge, but I’m having to tilt my head to find the spot in my progressive bifocals that fits.
Baud
@satby: What happened?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore: Nice pics.
Roger Moore
Let me try this again. One problem I notice is that it doesn’t remember my website the same way it remembers my name and email. Also, too, my previous comment saying this got eated.
Gin & Tonic
@Searcher: My previous was intended to be a reply to this comment.
Baud
Nevermind. I just saw the update.
Elizabelle
The Lexicon is back.
Roger Moore
Halp! My comments is getting eated!
ETA: It seems it may have something to do with the website I link to with my Nym.
Mary G
Yay Ruemara!
Can the commenter’s name be bigger?
Mandarama
It looks great on mobile! And I’m very excited that ruemara will be a front-pager. ?
O. Felix Culpa
To Watergirl: 1) thank you! Site looks great.
2) the reply @person is not showing up when I hit reply and comment. Using Android phone, Chrome.
Baud
⌈⌉
⌊⌋
Roger Moore
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Thanks. I had a ton of fun taking them. I love the wild areas in Southern Utah in the fall.
RobertDSC-Work
Checking in from work on Chrome. Nice new digs.
spudgun
Wow, very nice! I like the assorted fonts – clean and elegant.
Congrats and a hearty thanks to all involved in the whole process – thank you thank you!
BBA
Different colors! We carry each other!
??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ??
@satby:
Ditto
satby
Yeah, the side fly out button isn’t a problem on my tablet, so might be a scaling issue. I drove WaterGirl nuts I bet, because she needed picky, picky testers and I’m not. Though it looks like a few of you will step up on that score ?
debbie
I just got blocked for an embedded tweet. Alas
ETA: Cloudflare Ray ID: 5354a6d50d0ccf28
MisterForkbeard
The new site looks great! I’ll only whine about the fact that it was unavailable during the Impeachment Hearing today. I had to hit TPM for liveblogging and discussion. :P
Gonna have to take the new site for a spin as soon as I get the time!
banditqueen
♥ Huzzahs, thank yous, high fives, hails, and other rapturous praises to Watergirl, Allain, the web developer, John, and all the pets who kept them happy during the site rebuild–it’s most excellent indeed, and so nice for the lurkers amongst us. And impeach the mofo already.
SoupCatcher
Cookie, please.
TomatoQueen
It’s lovely.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore: I’m having issues with replying, the comment where I said “Nice pics” was a reply to your comment, but it didn’t insert the ref to your original comment. Worked the second time.
Looks good in general, when I enter a reply it took me back to the top of the page, also when click on a reply it takes me to the comment fine, but the back button on my mouse take me to my previous comment not back to where I was.
Oh, and remembering my website.
Citizen_X
Testing mobile version.
Betty Cracker
Another test comment. Can i really add media?
Nope! Was gonna show y’all my grandcat. ?
mrmoshpotato
Hell no.
Sloane Ranger
@WaterGirl: Thanks and thanks for a beautiful baby blog.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore: Looks like you went to the slot canyons, the kid went up there for one of her long weekends.
Rob
Testing testing Testudo Telluride
zzyzx
All purple, all the time!
Gemina13
I love the new site. :D Congratulations, Alain, and to you, too, Cole. :D
satby
Everybody go look at the wonderfulness that is the Topics page!
JaySinWA
I thought I was going to have to delete and recreate my rss feed reader, but it seems to have healed itself.
nicdanger
Wow,place looks and feels great.Easy to read and functional too!Congrats on a successful transition…(crap,hope I didn’t jinx anything)
trnc
Since Jordan appears to be so very, very concerned about first hand knowledge of DT’s scheme, perhaps someone could ask him if he has insisted that Mulvaney and Half Ass Nosferatu obey their subpoenas? Also, would he like to throw out all convictions for cases that started out with a 3rd party reporting a crime?
ETA: Almost forgot to say – the site looks great!
Just One More Canuck
looks awesome
satby
I think this is too fast for us ?
geg6
Wow. Love the clean look. Balloon Man is back, which I love with all my heart. I’ll be checking out all the new bells and whistles later, but the most important things seem excellent. Big kudos to John, WaterGirl, Alain and all the testers. Great job.
But never ever do this again on the same day as the opening of impeachment hearings. I was just dying all day without BJ and all the commenters here. No way to get the full context without the discussions here and the commenters who had more time than I did today to watch. It was awful. ?
JaySinWA
There is some serious lag between a post and its appearance on screen. Maybe why I ended up at the top of the page after posting.
And yes the website is not remembered.
ETA:
https://balloon-juice.com/2019/11/13/welcome-to-the-new-2019-edition-of-balloon-juice/#comment-7465491 posted late, this one posted right away and brought me back to the post. The first post had a number of people who posted between my starting the post and it being submitted/accepted.
terben
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Glad that you’re back ….breathing again.
Site looks so slick and clean.
Roger Moore
The trick there is to click on the date and time stamp for the post you want to navigate back to before clicking on the link to take you forward. That sets a new anchor in the page, so the back button will now navigate you back to that anchor.
dexwood
Looks clean. Thanks to all who worked on sprucing this place up. Is that air freshener I smell?
MazeDancer
Yay, WaterGirl!
She lavished a good 75K of FREE time on this site. Possibly more.
Her dedication to perfection was relentless. And it shows. She deserves something big. An annual award named after her. Something huge and lasting.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
The site looks nice and also … PURPLE!
Rob
All Purple Sandpiper, all the time.
eta
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Sandpiper/id
ZeeLizzee
It’s sooooo pretty. Thank you John.
PJ
Test:
Deval Patrick (D – Bain Capital) has joined the Democratic race. I guess Bloomberg was lonely, but I’m glad that the billionaires are finally going to be represented in the political process. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/deval-patrick-former-governor-of-massachusetts-will-join-democratic-presidential-contest-this-week/2019/11/13/a170dc4c-065a-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html
It looks like links automatically put the text in for the link, which saves some time.
And now for some special characters:§Θ♣ šrům
TaMara (HFG)
Okay. I have taken my screen size down to 90%, which is where I will probably keep it. The 100% is just HUGE on my screen and overwhelming. Ninety-percent also solved the Previous post tab bleeding into all the text on the left. I honestly don’t remember it all being the LARGE on the test site. But it is kind of disconcerting. Found my solution, so not an issue on my end any longer.
Mousebumples
Yay, it’s back! Missed having a live thread for impeachment stuff, but it looks awesome.
Minor bug /quibble – on mobile (Android, Twitter link launched browser) when I was attempting to scroll, I apparently hit the reply button 3 times for various posts. I’m not sure if it’s a my phone sensitivity thing or a website sensitivity thing since I’m not trying to press the buttons at all…? I ended up scrolling in the middle of the screen, so I can adapt if it’s a my phone problem… But thought I’d mention it all the same.
Thanks again for all your efforts!
Roger Moore
There are many, many slot canyons in that part of Utah. I went to Crack and Leprechaun, neither of which I had been to before.
The group I go on Utah vacations with has a simple rule: every trip should include a mix of new and old stuff. By going places you’ve been before and know you like, you’re guaranteed some things you know you’ll enjoy. By going to new places, you can find exciting new stuff you’ve never done before.
For example, I had been to Horseshoe Canyon (the one with the amazing pictographs) before and knew I wanted to go back with better gear. But I had never been to Sunset Arch or Upper Calf Creek Falls, both of which were a lot of fun.
debbie
Another blocked embedded tweet.
Cloudflare Ray ID: 5354ba07fff9c17f
Macbook Pro / Chrome
Baud
Bug: Editing window doesn’t stay active for the full 5 minutes.
feebog
Looks great on an iPad in Cabo San Lucas.
SFAW
IS THIS THING ON?????
COLE, I CAN’T GET TO THE SITE!!! WTF!!! HOW CAN I COMMENT???
WHEN WILL THE SITE BE BACK UP?????
Tons of thanks for all the hard work to WaterGirl and her band of elves!!!
I’m just glad today was a slow news day, so I didn’t miss much.
FlyingToaster
I spent much of today putting together a new office chair for HerrDoktor, whose previous version collapsed under him Monday at 11:15pm.
Did the Goopers at the hearing really sound like QAnon? Jeebus.
JaySinWA
When I scale my screen to 3/4 or so, I get previous tab bleed into the comment number but not the text. My screen is 1080p but scaled to “1536 x 864 (Default)” by ChromeOS to make text and icons readable on a 14″ screen.
ETA.
If i pull the screen into half screen mode the side wings disapear, but there are top arrows to back and forth. The side wing intrusions start after widening the screen, and continue pretty much to full screen.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore: Thanks.
ETA: No, that doesn’t seem to work either.
MisterForkbeard
So now that we have a pretty new website, we can bitch about the cafepress site that looks like it was made in 2003, right?
Seriously though, this is good work. I used to break websites for a living and many of the obvious tricks aren’t working. :)
guhm61
Anotherlurker
Welcome back!
The new site looks awesome.
Color text is wonderful!
PJ
If anyone is listening, if the text box is in the lower half of the screen (at least on my laptop), the left arrow tab (to go to the previous post, I guess?) covers a portion of the text box so that you can’t tell if you’ve typed something correctly or not. Are these tabs needed, since the two left and right arrows at the top fulfill the same function? If they are duplicative, I vote to get rid of them.
Also, I now have to keep typing my name and email each time I comment – can you put the check box back so that one doesn’t have to keep doing this?
Roger Moore
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Trying again because a previous reply got eated.
There are so many slot canyons in Southern Utah you could spend a lifetime visiting them all. I went to a couple I had never visited before, Crack and Leprechaun.
My friend and I actually have a rule for our trips: we have to do a mix of new and old things. That way you have some stuff you’re confident you’ll like, but you also get to try some new things to see if you’ll enjoy them.
On this trip, for example, we went back to Horseshoe Canyon, the place with the amazing rock art. We had gone there before and knew I wanted to come back with better gear. But we had never gone to Sunset Arch (the only arch in those pictures) or Upper Calf Creek Falls, both of which I would be interested in doing again.
JaySinWA
@JaySinWA:
@TaMara (HFG):
I swear that my comment was a reply to TaMara, but the comment box ate it, and again a second time when I tried to fix it. Third time was charm?
JaySinWA
@JaySinWA: Whoa some thing ate my email address in the prefill.
ETA and it is gone again after commenting.
Also, sometimes the screen repaints before the comment is accepted, I had to refresh the screen to see my last.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@JaySinWA: Yeah, I thought my comment had been eaten a couple of times.
suezboo
Wow ! Thanks and congratulations, to Cole, WaterGirl and Alain from an irregular commenter. But daily appreciator of your hard work and dedication.
BroD
Um, ok, I can see it’s different but I don’t understand how it’s better (but that’s ok–I don’t need to.) I’m sure I’ll find something to gripe about–give me time. In any case, props to those who made it happen.
Rileys Enabler
It’s gorgeous and quick! Hurray! Congrats to all who worked, developed and tested it. Good job, and many thanks.
artem1s
WOW!!!!! great job! cool features!
wonder how long til the jackals break the new blog….
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
Thanks I was wondering about that, It works, but will i remember to do that new little step every time?
JanieM
Late to the party, but this looks wonderful — my thanks on top of everyone else’s for all the work, and I’ll kick in a little $ shortly because I usually use an ad blocker.
!!! Wow!
lee
I can’t wait for the threaded comments!!
/s
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
Thanks I was wondering about that, It works, but will I remember to do that new little step every time?
PaulWartenberg
Doom me, foolish mortals!
Chris Johnson
Woot! Congrats on the new site. My aging eyes are loving the somewhat bigger font and the general look :)
zhena gogolia
Where’s the button to go to the end of the comments?
Roger Moore
Those navigation buttons are in the upper right.
zhena gogolia
@Roger Moore:
Thank you. Now why doesn’t my comment post when I post it? I have to reopen the site and navigate to the bottom.
zhena gogolia
My nym is sticking but my e-mail address isn’t.
GxB
[In Indy Jones voice…] Manilow… why did it have to be Manilow?…
Go on with your bad self JC – I’m just a lurker now, but shine (or whatever the fuck Barry did…) on you crazy diamond.
Olivia
It’s beautiful! Congratulations to all who worked on it. Good job!
JAFD
First, many thanks to Mr. Cole for cultivating this community, and to Water Girl and all those who worked on the new 2020 model Balloon Juice ! (‘Tis almost like back in ’62, when the local Chevy dealer would get 3 or 4 searchlights and the high school marching band for the day the new models came out…).
But now, I, unfortunately, must make a serious complaint.
Am reading the new Balloon Juice on laptop screen, 1366×768
For me, the font/typeface on the new site is much harder to read than the font on the old. At the default size, the verticles are either very faint or solid black, and the curved letters faint. Hitting ctrl-+ three or four times (to point where comments take up entire width of screen) increases the letters’ size and density to point of easy readability, but leaves the letters with noticable ‘jaggies’.
Thank you all, very much, for your attention to this.
Yutsano
Our long national nightmare is over?
Am also not getting e-mail stickage. Firefox Mobile Samsung Galaxy S9
billshearn
Another lurker to say looks great and thanks for the community!
frosty
@Felanius Kootea: The Wonkette live blog was good. I love their paraphrase of the Q and A.
ETA And my nym is here! Great job everyone!
Roger Moore
@zhena gogolia:
I think there’s some kind of caching issue where new comments sometimes take a while to show up. There also seems to be an issue where comments get eaten because of the commenter’s website.
Wolvesvalley
Just testing to see if my nym and email stick.
ETA Nym sticks but not email.
Tinare
Oooooh, pretty. Great job!
Dan B
@Roger Moore: Your pics are fantastic! Wish there were locations. Or are there that I didn’t notice? And the movie fooled me at the beginning and near the end. I thought it wasn’t playing. Very cool that it was subtle in a way it fit the terrain- very quiet.
Mousebumples
@Yutsano: I am not having this issue. Galaxy S9 plus, though, if that makes a difference.
One more mobile observation – the down nav arrow takes me to the bottom of the page (I.e. Cole’s latest tweets) versus the end of the comments. Not sure if that was intended?
Dan B
@NotMax: My AG, yea! Bob Ferguson is fantastic, not much charisma but boy does he know how to get progressive results!! Bob for Supremes, except we’d hate to lose him.
Dan B
@WaterGirl: The new site is user friendly on mobile! The only issue us there doesn’t seem to be a Donate at the top.
LanceThruster
Well done!
Congrats, John (sincerely).
madeliene
This looks so good and it’s easier to read! Thanks so much Watergirl, John, and, for keeping us alive, Alain. Hurrah Ruemara!
2liberal
My nym was forgotten maybe cause I closed the browser? iPhone se chrome
CapnMubbers
Balloon man! Ruemara! Colors! (fans self)
Looks really good. Many thanks to all.
Mo MacArbie
Bah. Looks like a goddamn socialist penis casino.
Aleta
Ruemara is very good news. A lucky break, just as we needed. Thank you Rue.
Mousebumples
@Mousebumples: correction – it’s an issue if I use Chrome on my phone.
Eta – though I immediately saw my comment with the refresh of the page in Chrome so that’s good…
Grumpy Bunny
test.
Grumpy Bunny
test again, more slowly.
mad citizen
Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
PVDMichael
Looks great… excellent work!
FelonyGovt
Looks wonderful. Congratulations to WaterGirl and John Cole and Alain and everyone else who worked so far. So glad it’s back and I can resume my vacation from Twitter.
Percysowner
I like the new look.
smedley the uncertain
Loses comment. Please type a comment… WTF.
Just sent congrats and it lost it.
See if this goes..
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!): It looks like I got duplicate comments somehow #272 and
@Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!): #269
Joseph A Miller
Looks good, John. Way cool.
Greg Ferguson
Looks beautiful! Also, neat new toys… ?
LarryB
Vertical whitespace seems excessive on my PC. Otherwise, clean and crisp!
Angela (@Toocananj)
Lurker popping up to say it’s perfect, I love the balloon man and lexicon back, and prominence of the rotating tag line.
Best of all though is Ruemara front-paging. Woo hoo!
FlipYrWhig
Testy test test
edity edit edit
silvery
It’s beautiful.
sphex
Delurking to say I think the new site looks absolutely beautiful- I love the clean font and that Balloon Man is back! Thank you, everyone who worked hard on the new site (and thank you to everyone who makes up this magnificent community!!)
Michael Cain
Can the visual mode editor be set up to show more than the current minimal white space between paragraphs? The current amount of space seems to be encouraging some users to put their own blank line in, which means something different in the visual editor than it does in the text mode editor, and results in a bunch of extra (probably unintended) vertical white space when the comment is displayed.
Overall, well done. I run every page I download through a piece of JavaScript to change fonts and sizes to match my taste. (Yes, that means all of your team’s efforts on font selection and typography are wasted on me.) The front page renders well using the default decisions that little program makes. I had to add a couple of special cases for the comments to get the comment number and commenter ‘nym to be appropriate sizes and properly aligned. That’s about the average for the sites that I visit regularly enough to do special cases.
Wolvesvalley
Testingwhethervisualmodehasformattingbuttons.Yes!Dothebuttonspersistintheeditwindow?Yes.ThisisonaWindows7PCwithFirefox.
Yikes. All spaces and carriage returns have vanished on second edit.
How about third edit.
Wolvesvalley
This is a comment to test the text mode. Formatting buttons present.
This is text after the block quote. This is an added sentence in the edit window. Will a second edit lose the spaces and line breaks?
Vertical white space gets added with every new edit.
Wolvesvalley
@Grumpy Bunny: Replying to Grumpy Bunny to test reply button. @nym showed up immediately.
Wolvesvalley
@Michael Cain: Testing another reply. @nym showed up on first click.
Wolvesvalley
@sphex: One more reply test. @nym showed up on first click.