So that this context isn't lost in this unfriendly exchange: I've enjoyed your contributions to this site for a long time, and expect to continue to enjoy them in the future. I have much respect for your clarity of thought and intelligence.
Now…
You already know that I consider the overall effect of the changes is 'abominable'
So you know why I'm still bothering you -
Each change can be individually further tweaked, reverted, or replaced with something else. I'm uninterested in your opinion of the "overall effect" of the changes and interested in your particular thinking on each change. I'm more interested in your opinion after it seems to me that you've had the opportunity to understand our thinking behind each change rather than only your first responses.
You would lose almost nothing just by ignoring me and letting me answer CronoDAS's question then move along.
Hmm… I seem to be assuming it'll be easier for one of us to change the other's mind than you do. I honestly don't know whether I'd change my mind or you would, if we invested the time to understand each others reasons, but I think it likely enough that I'd profit from listening that I'm happily investing the time.
… though, I guess you've not convinced me that today isn't an uncharacteristically grumpy day for you, so I guess I will leave you alone for the next few hours.
Again: you have my respect and I expect to continue benefiting from your contributions to this site.
I seem to be assuming it'll be easier for one of us to change the other's mind than you do.
It isn't personal. The prior for changing people's mind is abysmal and in this case I am also able to take into account information about the political context. There are people with more status and more power than me who disagree with me on the underlying issue. One of them is Eliezer. This is not a situation in which I wish to internalise a goal of changing the mind of the implementors.
...you've not convinced me that today isn't an uncharacteristically grumpy day
I saw some discussion posts earlier talking about a LessWrong redesign, and now that things look different, I guess that it's been implemented. I'm always slightly annoyed for a while when a site I use gets redesigned because I have to relearn where everything is, but it eventually wears off once I'm used to the changes.
My initial impressions:
"Hmmm... it seems like the category menus have been replaced by dropdown menus. It's not like I used many of them anyway."
"Okay, I've clicked my name to see my recently posted comments. Now, where's the link to see it in context? Oh, I guess I have to click that icon in the lower right corner. For some reason I was looking for something at the upper right of the comment box."
"Well, that worked. Now how do I click to the parent comment? Oh, wait, it's probably one of those new icons in the lower right corner. I'll just mouseover them to see what they do..."
::realization sets in::
"AAUGH! LESSWRONG IS USING MYSTERY MEAT NAVIGATION!!!"
So, what does everyone else think of the new redesign?