Here's a constructive suggestion on my way out, since I don't think I have seen it addressed. If you insist on redirecting visitors to the Beta site, please provide a link to "classic" Slashdot that does not depend on JavaScript. If they got redirected in the first place because they don't have JavaScript on and therefore are not logged in, there is no way to escape the Beta except the back button.

Slashdot has been an almost-daily habit for me since 1997 or 1998. I come here for the conversation on topics of interest. I don't know what Dice is thinking. Alienate your regulars, and you're throwing away the brand too. See you after the boycott.

Please use real dates and times, not this "Two days ago" stuff.

I block slashdot's style sheets because I do not like the current layout. Fixed widths are evil. I set my browser window at a width that is comfortable for me to read. In the new layout, the right-hand column takes up too much room if viewing full-screen.

I agree with earlier observations about the new comments page: it is difficult to determine the level of indentation.

The version of the home page with big pictures is disastrous, IMO. The graphics take up more room than the stories!

I have great expectations of you as a writer. How the dickens did you come up with that?

They should have called it Squirt Live.