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Slicehost site redesigned

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I rather liked the old design.

:) I think the original had the ah-good-they-are-concentrating-on-the-important-stuff vibe. Not necessarily a bad thing. Especially for a tech service.

I liked the old one too, but this is just as simple with a more upscale (read: Web 2.0) sheen to it, I'd say.

Not a huge fan of it but I'm happy that they left the management console the way it was!

I don't like the use the word "design" gets on the web.

I see this as mostly a re-arting.

The way I use and more importantly: read this page hasny 't really changed.

As a signed up user I click on the button that lets me log in.

The experience is a little bit more different for first time users.

I would prefer it if we called design design and art art. This distinction is important, not just pedantic. While working in groups or at my office discussions of design regularly get caught up in what should be the icing on the cake: the art.

And I think slicehost just got some nice icing

Good (it looks very Web 2.0), but where are the motion-blurred pictures of people in three-piece suits and phone operators with headsets on waiting to chat with me? All I see is a concise, informative overview of the company and the services they provide.

In conclusion, no Digg.

(What is "BW"? Is that something to do with Facebook?)

BW == Bandwidth.

I guess this place is not big on sarcasm.

linode.com is a very similar service with a tad bit more value for the same pricing. we like them quite a lot.

Has anyone used this for hosting? Can you give some pros/cons?

yeah, I'm trying them out for a little side-project.

plug!(http://theskyisfree.com)

Instance management not as programattic as EC2.

Slice manager loving rocks.

browser based shell access rocks!

tutorials section taught me a lot about system admin and are easy for a web-devs to follow

Root access for $20 a month :)

Best $20/month I've ever spent on hosting.

Pros: Root, many distros, great support (was able to change slice size within hours, that may vary but it was fast). The web console, in case of ssh irregularity, is nice.

Cons: none yet, maybe there exist some but I've had no problems so far for about a year or so.

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