[weego]

He might be blunt, but is correct. You only need look at the terrible fidelity of the back arrow being used to see that it's not had much care and attention.

On top of that almost every component skin has issues that make it feel not right, like the drop down menu having gaps in the horizontal rule margins.

And in general, I dislike the approach to online discussion that everything has to be positively spun. This isn't very good, maybe it will be soon or maybe never, why should we not be able to air a valid negative opinion?

[scanr]

On reflection, I could have worded that part of my comment better. I completely agree that constructive criticism is useful. I just think that we can be civil about it.

[jenius]

Perhaps suggestions of how this could be made more civil while retaining the criticism would have been a better way to word the comment - want to take another shot?

Stuff like "one good thing, one bad thing" or any type of sugar coating is not relevant. We are (I hope) adults here and should be able to accept criticism without needing an ego boost along with it.

There are in addition a number of inaccuracies in your comment:

- "Your feedback has not been positive." - It wasn't supposed to be positive. I thought that much was fairly clear.

- "Yes, yes you are" (reply to i'm not trying to be a hater) - No, I wasn't. I was making a critical comment, but I wasn't trying to be a hater. You cannot tell me what I was trying to do.

[jasonlotito]

> - "Yes, yes you are" (reply to i'm not trying to be a hater) - No, I wasn't. I was making a critical comment, but I wasn't trying to be a hater. You cannot tell me what I was trying to do.

You weren't trying to be a hater. But you can try to not be a hater, and still end up as one.

> Perhaps suggestions of how this could be made more civil while retaining the criticism would have been a better way to word the comment - want to take another shot?

More commentary like this:

> the responsiveness doesn't even work.

This was the only part of your comment that was worth while, or worded in a civil way. Rather than spew insults, be specific. As they say in writing, show, don't tell. It's poor to say it's an abomination. Rather, simply explain why.

> Stuff like "one good thing, one bad thing" or any type of sugar coating is not relevant.

It's not. And that method doesn't make civil criticism, regardless. After all: "Your font choice makes it easy to read, but what I'm reading is still an abomination" is rude and unhelpful.

The best criticism is specific then. Everything else is just opinion, and generally worthless. Opinions that merely insult are just hateful.

Hopefully this helps.

[scanr]

The updated wording would have been to replace the word 'positive' with 'constructive'.

I'm curious, if you look back at your original comment, do you not think that it is rude / insulting as opposed to constructive?