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The Global Mail debuts today
FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
8247 posts

The site is somewhat annoying in that the stories 'move' left to right.
Its also annoying for me as I use the zoom(150%) in IE9 and part of the page disappears with no scroll bars. Teething problems I guess.

Some interesting stories on there, take a look.
Be warned these arent short news stories, they are more akin to essays.
http://www.theglobalmail.org/

02:12pm 06/02/12 Permalink
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trog
AGN Admin
Brisbane, Queensland
35626 posts
Nice, look forward to reading more. The side to side scrolling is stupid, but they have an RSS feed - just for headlines and snippets:

http://www.theglobalmail.org/rss/
02:16pm 06/02/12 Permalink
FraktuRe
Gold Coast, Queensland
4041 posts
That is the most retarded website design since geocities closed. Fuck these people.
02:17pm 06/02/12 Permalink
m3nt4l
Brisbane, Queensland
2303 posts
Looks interesting, but really do not like the side scrolling :(
02:17pm 06/02/12 Permalink
DocterMoist
277 posts
I said in the other thread that this would just be another looney looney far left wing extremist cover emagazine and look, i was right.

Just look at this gem for example,
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/australias-one-per-cent-rising-with-a-bullet/27/

While inequality is not as stark in Australia, the country's one per cent have as much accumulated wealth as the bottom 50 per cent of the country — and the gap between the haves and have-nots is growing even faster than in the US.


/me facepalms

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/prime-minister-in-waiting/11/
Malcolm Turnbull lost the leadership of the Liberal Party two years ago. Some think he’ll be back.


/me facepalm

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-unhysterical-history-of-islam-in-australia/24/
From the misreporting of a picnic “massacre” almost a century ago to SIEV4 and beyond, the Muslim population of Australia has been lumped together and misunderstood. The Global Mail begins an ongoing series.


TRIPLE FACEPALM C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBOOOOOOO

Clicked exit after i read "begins an ongoing series" oh god. A muslim apologist ongoing series, what more could we want? Pure far left wing propaganda. I knew the site would have muslim propaganda on it.
02:18pm 06/02/12 Permalink
BoDGie
Brisbane, Queensland
559 posts
Scroll wheel doesn't even work.
02:20pm 06/02/12 Permalink
thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
8870 posts
scrolling thin italic font? who are they kidding?

Interesting layout, but they're breaking too many rules at once, too hard to use.

last edited by thermite at 14:27:36 06/Feb/12
02:25pm 06/02/12 Permalink
Mantorok
Brisbane, Queensland
6368 posts
02:33pm 06/02/12 Permalink
TicMan
Melbourne, Victoria
7703 posts
Hah, first thing I thought of when I opened it this morning was "What a shit design.."
02:37pm 06/02/12 Permalink
scuzzy
Brisbane, Queensland
15143 posts
Jesus that's a total artfag webpage layout.
02:45pm 06/02/12 Permalink
FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
8248 posts
ur not alone in your view of the Site DoctorMoist
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/long_articles/P20/

Still, give it time.
02:51pm 06/02/12 Permalink
Reverend Evil
Wynnum, Queensland
19822 posts
That site looks horrible. Will not be going back.
03:06pm 06/02/12 Permalink
Opec
Brisbane, Queensland
7501 posts
Who the fuck horizontal scroll to read web pages? This ain't a book or a magazine or windows phones, they failed UI design.
03:12pm 06/02/12 Permalink
infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18374 posts
>loaded it
>saw turnbull on the front page with "PM in waiting headline" or somesuch
>closed it.
03:44pm 06/02/12 Permalink
3dee
Brisbane, Queensland
6943 posts
Jesus that's a total artfag webpage layout.
03:52pm 06/02/12 Permalink
simul
Brisbane, Queensland
1305 posts
Some nice elements (at least in concept), but yes a bit over-reaching on the interaction standards. And not support horizontal scrolling on trackpads is just silly.

A muslim apologist ongoing series, what more could we want? Pure far left wing propaganda. I knew the site would have muslim propaganda on it.


Would much rather that have that than the usual Fox/Newscorp/Courier Mail all-mighty right bullshit that infests the backwards bogans.
06:00pm 06/02/12 Permalink
simul
Brisbane, Queensland
1306 posts
By the way for those inclined to longer reading and don't know about it already:

http://theconversation.edu.au/

Mainly academics/professionals having an outlet to write about things in a public and less formal way than conferences/journals. Was setup by CSIRO and a few uni's.

last edited by simul at 18:05:39 06/Feb/12
06:03pm 06/02/12 Permalink
euphoria
Gold Coast, Queensland
2019 posts
Opened site
No mouse scrolling
Closed site



Dumbasses
07:04pm 06/02/12 Permalink
crazymorton
Brisbane, Queensland
2766 posts
you would think they'd at least make the side scrolling go page by page on a swipe for the iPad right.

no.....it's like a game, the faster i swipe the further it goes. so far i've managed to swipe a whole story. it's like a poker machine rolling through the pages till it stops.
10:40pm 06/02/12 Permalink
RockitMan
Brisbane, Queensland
6343 posts
My brain had a shit when I saw the layout. I got anxious and closed it.
11:39am 07/02/12 Permalink
trog
AGN Admin
Brisbane, Queensland
35635 posts
you would think they'd at least make the side scrolling go page by page on a swipe for the iPad right.

no.....it's like a game, the faster i swipe the further it goes. so far i've managed to swipe a whole story. it's like a poker machine rolling through the pages till it stops.
I actually thought they might have done that whole design just for the tablet crowd. I am surprised to hear it doesn't work on tablets at least!!
11:41am 07/02/12 Permalink
DocterMoist
278 posts
Check what the Global Mail published this week. There’s three - three! - pieces lauding the radical Occupy movement, one complaining that Muslim Australians are “misunderstood” and another defending higher taxes.

A “warm and relaxed” Julia Gillard gets a sympathetic profile, as does Malcolm Turnbull, the Labor choice for Liberal leader.
05:53pm 09/02/12 Permalink
FaceMan
Brisbane, Queensland
8268 posts
Its GetUp with journalists.
Disappointing.

SAVE US GINA
09:22pm 09/02/12 Permalink
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