Beta is shit on an iphone.seeingclearly wrote:I'm tech savvy, news hungry and use a tablet.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:The Guardian's future survival does not depend on UK readers, they are increasingly reliant on the new overseas markets in North America and Oceania; and there they are looking at an affluent, tech savvy & news hungry audience who will (mainly) be using smart phones and tablets - they are the ones who this new layout is being developed for, not us poor relations in the UK who have been supporting the paper for decades. My personal opinion is that also explains the Guardian's drift to the right, to make it more in tune with American sensibilities.mbc1955 wrote: Did anyone ever seriously think that this wouldn't happen? The readers' experience is the last and least serious thing the Guardioan takes into account. This ridiculous Membership deal - sign up now for benefits the year after next that you'll have to live in London to exercise - is a pathetic attempt to disguise this.
Edited to put the other 't' in 'pathetic'.
I loathe the Beta, because that's exactly what it seems to be, a partly thought out incomplete implementation that rarely works without me wanting to throw my expensive bit of kit up a wall. I complained a couple of days ago in their feedback form. Bad design and implementation will always be just that, and no one here hasn't felt that before.
It is shit on a tablet.
It is shit on a PC.
Mobile websites are fundamentally shit, and beta looks like a mobile website.
That is why all decent websites let you turn off the mobile version.
Basically Beta is shit on all platforms.