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Soooo... apparently, the new default comment layout? Is causing some people to suffer migraines and seizures.

Suffer. Migraines. And seizures.

It's something to do with the amount of white space and the gradients that are now part of the blue fields in the default view.

Also? Many visually impaired users are reporting that their screen readers aren't working properly any more.

Also also, a lot of people who are on slow connections or are using mobile devices like iPhones are reporting that the new icon selection tool is essentially rendering the site unusable.

Apparently there's been a five-figure surge in Dreamwidth signups. Yep. I'm getting more and more tempted to move over there. I'm hesitant to do so because so many of my friends are here and have stated no desire to move, and I would miss reading all your news. But these changes are materially affecting a LOT of users, and LJ's official response to the literally thousands of complaints has been... lackluster. (She said, ironically understating the case by a factor of a frillion.) This whole situation is just FUBAR, and it was just totally unnecessary. It's clear to me that this "upgrade" was not tested adequately, if it was tested at all by anyone outside the LJ staff offices.

Failiest of fails.

ETA: OH OH OH AND SOME PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT LJ HAS TURNED AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS BACK ON AFTER USERS DISABLED IT IN PROTEST. ARE YOU FOR REAL, ARE YOU REALLY FOR REAL, THAT IS FRAUD, WTF.