Your Thoughts On And Ideas For The New Anorak
SPEAKING from Bangkok, where he is taking the ladies’ ping-pong team through their winter training camp, Old Mr Anorak welcomes you to the new Anorak - which will arrive sometime today.
Answering the brief to give OMA’s estranged great-nephew Rupert ‘Are we there yet?’ Murdoch a bloody good thrashing, Anorak will shine a light on the world’s media and study the words of the great and good.
All this for a full 20p less than the Daily Star, 30p less then the Sun, 50p less then the Mail and 40p less than the Express.
Yours in anticipation,
Anorak
Image: Old Mr Anorak at the launch…
Posted: 16th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Media Comments (145) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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November 20th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I’ll probably be killed for exposing this old Anorak/New Anorak almost-hack, but here goes. (Feel free to delete this comment if you Mods, Admins or Anorak himself don’t want this publicised. I imagine everyone hitting F5 all the time for page refreshes got to be a bit of a pain as well as a server strain)
Go to say, the Caption competition - I used Qatada’s beard.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/caption-competition/185614.html?wpc=3#comments
and there are the bones of the old Anorak beneath all this sexy new finery. Recent comments. Lists of main and twitterings posts. All still there. Leave this open in a tab and refresh the page (F5) to see what is going on in the inevitable 30-odd other tabs you have open to Anorak.
And get Firefox, for heaven’s sake! (just a recommendation but a heartfelt one)
November 16th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
You’ve got Iowahawk already. Good. Now make him write oftener, even if that means paying him.
-agw: Delighted to pay him ol’ fruit. When Lehman’s give back the money.
November 16th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
sudoku & kenken puzzles will also be greatly appreciated, Mr Anorak.
Thanks in anticipation.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I see you are getting into the spirit of things, though a few more days and the Curse of Anorka will get you too; Norakgi would be a suitable start…
November 16th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Also, I think you should seek permission to reprint the worst of the web under the caption “Ignorak.”
November 16th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
As long as you’re raiding the best Yank bloggers, go steal Jeff Goldstein.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Good morning
I have given my ideas in the MM threads already, but happy to post them here too. Most of them repeat what other posters have been saying already, though.
Single space between the lines please.
Preferably shorter lines too; easier to read.
Re-install “recent post/comment” section
Get rid of the “catch-a-fly” window. It look high-tech, but it’s really a nuisance.
If numbering of posts could be back, that would be nice. But we’ve been living without for such a long time now that it’s not a big thing [for me].
And please prevent complete threads going into oblivion
November 16th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Numbering is good for individual posts.
Hate click click clicking, do something about that please. Ebay is very clicky and gives me the shits, make it easy peasy for the punters to receive gratification.
Say, this feedback is excellent market research - gives you an idea of who actually gives a shit. Run with it Old man Anorak you and your mod crew have done the hard yards.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
And the line spacing, please?
I really like the red ’submit comment’ button!
November 15th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
David
I empathise! With your wife, that is. I too was married to a materials scientist, or metallurgist as we scientifically challenged mortals called them, and I too enquired what he had done at work. This possibly explains why the marriage had the life expectancy of a brain-damaged gnat. Marry at 21, repent very hastily…
But I have to confess that I like people explaining things.
I used to cart A Brief History of Time around with me in the hope that I would someday find someone to explain the bit where I had got stuck. I do appreciate that this is distinctly weird…
November 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
PLEASE go to single line spacing. It is virtually impossible to read.
If you put in a hard return it makes it totally impossible
to find
out what the
person
was saying
And numbers are always useful
November 14th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
No pressure!
November 14th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
This is a work in progress - we aim to have it done by Wednesday…
November 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
But chenier… long boring scientific explanations are my thing..
Early in our marriage my wife learned not to ask “What did you do at work today dear?” because I would tell her, in long boring detail.
These days she sticks to the generic question “How was your day?”
Much safer
November 14th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
i prefered that all i needed to do was scroll down to access the news (surely an editorial mistake Ed.) of that day. Is it possible to have both?
Unfortunately i have to do to much clicking with this new format, have you considered the repetitive strain caused by your new format? and and well i can’t think another excuse as to why i prefered the scrolling process. I am simple customer with simple tastes.
PJ - We thought of that, too. On the homepage - you see “latest stories”. All the days stories are there - click “more” and get more. It needs refining but it’s pretyt much the same as the old site, if you prefer to read it thus…
November 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I agree with LP. A list of recent posts (as before) would be good, its too time-consuming to scroll through everything, also page numbers, how many posts per thread (as before also) and the RIGHT TIME!
Many thanks. XXX
November 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I would definltely like to see the ‘recent posts’ back because it helps knowing who’s posting where and which threads are alive and being commented on. Pretty please?
November 14th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Well, I should certainly welcome a drug-free approach to the problem but wouldn’t you find it a little dull?
How about the prestigious David Award for the silliest research of the week?
November 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Could I be put in charge of the long boring scientific explanations of things you didn’t want to know about anyway page?
Very handy if you suffer from insomnia…
November 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Can we have the ‘recently updated’ column back please to give us an idea which threads are currently active. You can leave the MM one out of course. That’s a given
November 14th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Could the lines be single space for instance, as it would be easier to read IMO.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
The type hurts my eyes and I’m lost - but apart from that….
November 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Nice Anorak, very nice.
The old page had a certain simple charm but I like this one.
Makes one proud to be an Anorakian/Anoraknoid/Anaraknid…. whatever
-agw Anorakanoid unless you’re from the Oceania area…then you could be a troublesome sub-anorakanoid…if you wanted to be. (medical in joke, sorry)
November 13th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
CONGRATULATIONS, PAUL, AGW, JUNE AND THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE TLC OF ANORAK, THIS SITE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY!
PAUL, WHAT IS THAT OLD SAYING: ‘YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY’!!!!
WARMEST REGARDS,
CHERYL
November 13th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Nit picking, but would it not be better to single line space the entries. Easier to read for us.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Thanks, Jaz, he’s a lot more comfortable this a.m and was very hungry too
November 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
June hope Henry gets well soon
November 12th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Congratulations to all at new Anorak Looking good!
November 12th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
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November 12th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Grande Finale…. methinks you should wash your mouth out with soap if you don’t want to be whooshed!
November 12th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
The Flash titles on the Right look jumbled up and are difficult to navigate, overall the site looks amazing.
I’m sure any minor hiccups will soon be ironed out by the excellent techie’s
Congratulations
What will happen to Old Mr Anorak ? will he be recycled or is he still at the helm