is the prevalence of knee-jerk reactionism toward the new All Music Guide almost as problematic as the new All Music Guide itself?

The main thing is the additions and changes make NO SENSE whatsoever. It's one thing to add ads or to charge people or maybe to make it more difficult to grab info (for copyright reasons) but the powers that be were duped by someone who sold them SOS - it is the ONLY website since the internet era to be redesigned by an amateur so it's much harder to use. And now they are too embarassed to admit they were duped by an amateur designer so they claim they are still fixing it ... the only problem is NO ONE was complaining it was broken - sure there were parts we would have liked to have seen it improve but I'll bet if they posted one artist in the new format and asked us users to vote, I believe the votew would've been 90 to 10 to keep things exactly the same.

They blew it but they are a public company and we should email them often telling them (somehwat politely) - there are slo links at allmedi.com (their corporate site) with links to PR and Marketing. Tell them often how GOd-awful it is.

That's just shit.

here is an example of DHTML done right:

http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml

"You're looking at the simple page. For more options, click here."

click there!

knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes.

This is not an attack on anyone, but I think knee-jerk ought to stricken from the ilm lexicon. I imagine that nowhere in the world is that phrase used more frequently than on this site. Some suggested replacements (depending on what exactly one wishes to connote): reflexive, instinctive, patellar, etc.

Of course, one may still say knee-jerk when referring to that exquisite art whereby one pleasures a man by clamping him between the calf and lower thigh and oscillating vigorously to climax.

But hey, somebody on the other thread offered an even MORE user friendly solution, for those of us who speak English and stuff!!!!

>Yeah, get the ten CD install of Free Bltfzpk 5.4x. Don't forget the Excrement 01.1 action web accelerator add-ons, people. And you'll need the CrummyFree compiler, although that usually comes with Bltfzpk. Support is excellent

i cannot for the life of me tell if this is a joke or not

alas and so on...
m.

You're right to think it's a matter of fashion. You're wrong, however, to think it's just some ridiculous brainwashing. As I explained on the other thread, it's a matter of marketing, selling adspace.

How is your crusty "I got your number pal" stance on the issue any more enlightened or less pretentious?

It's been on the right side of Zeldman's site since it went live. It's listed as a link titled "Designing Without Web Standards." I wouldn't worry about it going down historically as a piece of shit usability site... It's already got the street cred for it.