Way to mess with my muscle memory!
It's going back to normal tomorrow right? Right? Please?
asked Apr 1, 2013 at 14:48
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6I doubt it. It's in alphabetical order.– user102937Apr 1, 2013 at 14:51
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1@RobertHarvey Didn't know "area 51" comes after "writers". Learn something new every day.– Lee LouviereApr 1, 2013 at 14:53
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I know. But I hate it.– Kate GregoryApr 1, 2013 at 14:53
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2Can we have an expander show more button?– Lee LouviereApr 1, 2013 at 14:54
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1I've seen this footer before, I don't think it's April Fools...– Wouter JApr 1, 2013 at 14:54
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6@LeeLouviere: I hope I don't really have to say this, but the last two are not like the others.– user102937Apr 1, 2013 at 14:56
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2They have a different color aswell...– Wouter JApr 1, 2013 at 15:05
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7How was it different before? I have no recollection of ever consciously looking at it.– Adam Lear StaffModApr 1, 2013 at 15:12
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I seriously don't see that.... So, is this a joke?– ɥʇǝSApr 1, 2013 at 15:33
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1@Seth Are you looking at a beta site?– Adam Lear StaffModApr 1, 2013 at 16:28
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Hope you like the redesign better (currently only here, on Meta)– OdedApr 22, 2013 at 12:58
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I asked an expert to remove it.
At first she said she would, but then she admitted she was trying to get rid of it herself.
User: Not now. I'm trying to get this beta footer to go away.
Expert: Oh really? I'm kind of trying to get this beta footer to go away myself.
So... She's trying. We can only hope.
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8Must..resist..upvoting joke answer– user200500Apr 1, 2013 at 17:52
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At the rate beta sites are getting thrown at the wall it's better to serve up the list of potential new time sinks in alphabetical order. They are all essentially on the same level and equal to each other. Beta is beta is beta.
When you graduate to a full site, then you can expect to be placed in order of second-birth.
Yes, it might do a number on your muscle memory at first, but it's better in the long term for finding a new site to dump your brain into.
Area 51 and Stack Apps, however, are not beta sites.
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1@Seth: If you still didn't understand (You don't see the beta footer unless you're on beta site)... I acknowledge that it took me 1 day to decrypt this... Now I am on a mission to decrypt what JNK wrote.. :-)– AdityaApr 2, 2013 at 19:39
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@JNK Only beta sites have the beta footer displayed. In order to see beta footer you must be on beta site. (Woohoo, only took me 3 minutes :D)– DoorknobApr 22, 2013 at 18:36
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We have gone ahead an implemented a new and improved (!) footer, to be rolled out to all sites, beta or otherwise.
Currently only visible on Meta - hope this won't mess with your muscle memory.
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@Doorknob - Well spotted. I thought I had that in the right order, but guess not.– OdedApr 22, 2013 at 13:08
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1@Oded Instead of just having "more" at the bottom, should we let people click on the headings as well? And the "more" for "others" is essentially "all".– AntonyApr 22, 2013 at 13:13
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@Antony - The "more" for "others" is not supposed to be there... Not sure about making the headers links as well. Will bring it up with our UX guy.– OdedApr 22, 2013 at 13:14
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If you let the visited links be a different colour than the unvisited links (not by much, but noticeable) then it will help me find my faves. At the moment I'm finding it a challenge, but I'm sure in a week I'll be used to it. Apr 22, 2013 at 16:03
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@KateGregory - I believe in most sites they will be different. It ties into the site theme.– OdedApr 22, 2013 at 17:18
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I can revert the change, if you feel strongly about it. I couldn't find anything in that morass, which is why I alphabetized them.
answered Apr 1, 2013 at 17:42
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1I just had memory of which sites were where, and combined with a colour change I could find them. Now I'm waving my mouse around like an old person. Especially things with The at the beginning. Maybe people could vote for it using this answer? Apr 1, 2013 at 17:46
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8Or hopefully Jin can be convinced to finish this design? i.stack.imgur.com/c9Ity.png It ties in nicely with the Stack Exchange Sites page's categories. Apr 1, 2013 at 17:58
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It's 6-0 for reverting it, and 14-3 for "please tell me it's April Fools" which suggests people other than me want it to go back. Problem is I've retrained my muscle memory already (I do a tour of all "my" sites every morning) so now I don't want it changed back after all :-( Apr 5, 2013 at 14:05
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@KateGregory - The way I do the "tour" is have them bookmarked in their own folder. Middle click that...– OdedApr 22, 2013 at 13:16
