rant? mild-mannered me?

[lobelia321]

I am afraid that I have to announce that I will not be commenting in anyone's "customised" journal. It is just too tedious.

There seems to be a new trend going round that not only the LJ itself is customised (no problem: if I want to see it, I visit it; if not, I stick to my Friends page) but also the comments page. So when I innocently click on the lj-cut link or on the 'comment here' link, I am zapped into some godforsaken alien zone with unfamiliar lay-out and, most irritatingly of all, *download times of up to seventeen millennia*. And there is no choice about it.

Nope. Am not doing it. You want comments? Stick to standard. *Please*.

*winks at lazulus who first introduced her to this horror phenomenon*

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently there is no choice about customising, is this true? If you customise your LJ, your comments page automatically customises along with it?

Anyway, I have emailed the people who run LJ about it. *keeps fingers crossed*

Comments

[qthelights.livejournal.com]

Heh.. i noticed this too.. I didn't even realise you *could* customise the comments page.. but I agree, stick to the standard for comments, even if it looks nicer, you're not the one who has to use it and feel familiar with it..

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Customising every little fart on LJ seems a tad excessive. I feel like the frog being thwacked against the wall when I inadvertently click on one of those buggers -- except I don't turn into a prince.

[mimm]

Eh, I stumbled upon this post and comment thread via Friends' friends... Anyway, just thought I'd mention that unfortunately the new layout affects both the normal view and the comment view :/ There's no way to use it just on one or the other. I'm sure many would do that if they could, and leave the comment page intact.

As for the general topic of this post, I couldn't agree more. It looks pretty but it's still too chaotic for my taste. And everyone is using it. *wails* Not fun.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

unfortunately the new layout affects both the normal view and the comment view :

Aha! I went to the LJ FAQ but couldn't make heads or tails of it so I hadn't realised that this happens inadvertently. Hm, I may have to write to the people who run LJ. It is now pissing me off even more because it's not in the individual LJ account holder's control!

Ack!

it can be done

[cherry-glitter.livejournal.com]

Hi -- you don't know me, but I just signed up for LJ, and in doing some modifications this morning, I found that there *is* a way to keep the old comments page with a new style:

If you go to Customize, then click the "Edit Customizations" button at the bottom, you can then choose to edit your presentation options (the tab at the top). Then choose yes for "Enable to use the old comment page instead of the newer style specific view."

At least, that's how I did it for my S2 tabular indent layout.

Re: it can be done

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you!! *falls at feet*

May I pimp this advice everywhere?

Re: it can be done

[cherry-glitter.livejournal.com]

Certainly. Pimp forth.

Re: it can be done

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

*stares at your icon*

*is unable to speak for at least a minute*

Re: it can be done

[cherry-glitter.livejournal.com]

Hee! I still think of the Pirates world premiere weekend as The Weekend That Orlando's Curls Ate the Fandom.

And I have now posted in your journal more times than I have posted in my own. Oops.

Re: it can be done

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I was certainly eaten by the curls. But a little before the PotC premiere: it was the Sneak pics that did it for me. The holy curly one on that boat in that sea... *dies in retrospect*

And to think I was *off* the man for over half a year!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

No, no! I've now found out that it *can* be done!! Go here: here .

[mimm]

Oh, that is great news :) Makes me actually think about using the layout one day. Thanks!

[tvillingar.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one who's confused.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm glad. I thought I was being difficult but I'm starting to think it's just people not realising and indulging in excessive lay-out lust.

[blythely.livejournal.com]

i don't even liek that new layout. too much stuff. and the horror, yes - makes it difficult when savinf pr0n fic.

i'm with you on this, honey.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. You know the trouble I have with ordinary stuff, like catching trains. At least I thought I had commenting in LJ down -- no longer!

[mcee.livejournal.com]

ugh. AMEN.

[charlietudor.livejournal.com]

Ah, dude, and here I though LJ was just being temporarily wonky. Pththththth. I can't stand it, either.