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    Whoever thought up this engadget redesign needs to be shot.

    DO NOT USE SERIF FONTS ON COMPUTERS. STOP IT.

    It's so bad I'm thinking of removing the site from my bookmarks. I can't read this shit.

    http://www.engadget.com
    Nov 19, 2009 3:57am PST
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    • oh god, it's as bad as delllounge.com : anhero
    • Nor should you be a design dickhead and put thin white type (serifed, italic, whatever) on a bright blue ... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
    • Gah my eyesssss.... : five_percentThis person is cool!
    • And the dude who made it must work on a 26" sized screen; 22 inches here and its like one story per scree... : Jinxplayer
    • Oh no. : ramshot
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      Just crashed IE6. Success! : BeadyThis person is cool!
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        you're.... still on IE6? : SchnappleThis person is cool!
        • he's living the dream! : fathertimeThis person is cool!
        • At Work! : BeadyThis person is cool!
    • it's web2.0 all over : razorblade79This person is cool!
    • Write a grease monkey script to change it to comic sans : uglysad
    • My EYES!!!!! : Durandal07This person is cool!
    • I think it looks good. : aggressorThis person is cool!
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      What the fuck was wrong with the old engadget?! : SpikeMeister
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        Oo but the "HD" button is a nice thought. Should be available on more sites imo. : SpikeMeister
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          I don't think that does what you think it does. : scottythejock
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            but i see more pixels : Bamtan
            • It's... what? It just switches the focus of the articles, the layout doesn't change. : ieGodThis person is cool!
        • hahaha : judgeThis person is cool!
    • Wow, font-family:times; What were they thinking? : GreatGooglyMooglyThis person is cool!
    • Glad I don't visit websites anymore. All hail Google Reader. : herradura99This person is cool!
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      maybe i dont have the font you're talking about on my computer, but it just looks like a normal website?? : arizona bayThis person is cool!
      • People are having heart attacks because they didn't use Arial. : DianeOfTheMoon
    • thank god for rss : industroThis person is cool!
    • AOL'ED : EricZBA
    • Isn't that more or less the same font as the New York Times, for example? It seems perfectly readable the... : Attica Blue
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      The problem is the designer was probably using a mac. Because of the of the way fonts & font smoothing di... : pixelat3dThis person is cool!
      • (still looks like shit) : ThomWThis person is cool!
    • The fact I have to scroll more than a couple of times to see the news upsets me :( : Durajim