Big image of Steve Jobs (main-page)

[Shinji_PG]

As suggested by mthrnite, here's my opinion/suggestion about the issue (topic title).

I'm confused as to why the main page should have Steve Jobs's picture.

- This is not a Apple centered website.
- The news item is 2 days old.
- Other things have happened since then.
- If anything, there should be a 1955-2011 written in the picture.

What does the community think about this issue?

 

[MaxNuker]

Plus:

Mods already said: This website also has a SmartPhone Section, so, its only natural that Steve Jobs is holding his Invention (the iPhone) and we have a SmartPhone section... so i see nothing bad with it...

 

[nryn99]

- Image related to Apple and iPhone, not to Steve Jobs' death.

Would an image of a diseased pancreas have been more appropriate?

I'll link you up to some professional magazine, to show-case what types of pictures they chose to represent the ill event:
http://www.wired.com/
http://gizmodo.com/

Also, Apple Inc's own website:
http://www.apple.com/ (notice the birth and death years)

All three images contain the same thing as in the news article on the front page: Steve Jobs. Go troll harder

The image chosen by GBATemp's Magazine Staff was of Steve Jobs holding an iPhone as to show it to an audience.
It would be easily mistaken, at first-glance, for the news of a new iPhone, and not of Steve Jobs' death.
Just because a photo contains an element related to a news item, doesn't make it appropriate altogether.
Also, I'm just replying to shadowmanwkp's question.

you know what, that's what TITLES are for, that's what READING THE ARTICLE is for.

you look at one second then you read the title. you don't goddamn look at the picture then shout "ANOTHER IPHONE IS RELEASED YAY!!!"

 

[KingdomBlade]

There are many things severely wrong with your complaint.

1. Seriously, anyone with the ability to read could realize that this is about Steven Jobs' death. It's not that difficult to read a title above the image.
2. The point of making it front page news is not so much to inform, but to inform people that they might want to add an insight to what is being talked about.
3. It appears that you're the only one being significantly affected by this. Perhaps this suggests something.
4. People HAVEN'T submitted news as front page news. It's quite simple, if they submit it, it's likely that they'll place it. But they haven't. Do note that it shows the most RECENT news first. That is, if it's set to All News, that of which you can change in a click.
5. If you think this is a big deal, then there's something wrong with how you perceive it. For example, the Skyward Sword news posted a days ago. I thought the picture was too big (much bigger than this one), but it didn't really matter since people seemed to be interested with the topic at hand. Yet I don't see you complaining about how that was one the front page for quite a while a few days ago. Was it because it was exclusively gaming news? If so, that's a very petty reason.
6. Images inform and aid in visualization. Adding a date is unnecessary, simply because it had his age in the title. The primary point of the picture was to remind people of who he was and his persona, perhaps to spark some interest.

 

[shadowmanwkp]

 

[Shinji_PG]

- Image related to Apple and iPhone, not to Steve Jobs' death.

Would an image of a diseased pancreas have been more appropriate?

I'll link you up to some professional magazine, to show-case what types of pictures they chose to represent the ill event:
http://www.wired.com/
http://gizmodo.com/

Also, Apple Inc's own website:
http://www.apple.com/ (notice the birth and death years)

All three images contain the same thing as in the news article on the front page: Steve Jobs. Go troll harder

The image chosen by GBATemp's Magazine Staff was of Steve Jobs holding an iPhone as to show it to an audience.
It would be easily mistaken, at first-glance, for the news of a new iPhone, and not of Steve Jobs' death.
Just because a photo contains an element related to a news item, doesn't make it appropriate altogether.
Also, I'm just replying to shadowmanwkp's question.

you know what, that's what TITLES are for, that's what READING THE ARTICLE is for.

you look at one second then you read the title. you don't goddamn look at the picture then shout "ANOTHER IPHONE IS RELEASED YAY!!!"

Of course not, that would make the body of the news irrelevant. But the picture should be related to the body of the news. When talking about the death of an individual, known for things other than the iPhone, it seems more approriate to chose a picture of him and not of him with something/someone else. Most professional magazines did it that way.
The point is not to advertise his death, but to report it.

 

[Depravo]

Satire aside, I didn't see anything inappropriate or misleading about the image. Steve Jobs was a great innovator and the photo showed him holding one of his most popular creations.

Incidentally -

News story 1
News story 2
News story 3
News story 4

 

[Shinji_PG]

I came here as suggested by a moderator to discuss an issue which I have opinions/suggestions about.
But what it seems to have generated is some kind of low-level flamewar which I'm really not interested in.
There's also some insistence on the "we did it before and you didn't complain, why now" argument, which is somewhat annoying. I am not a regular poster on GBATemp, altough I've been reading it for quite some time, so I do have opinions about what I read/see here. But I don't fix anything here, I merely used my right to suggest something.

 

[nryn99]

Of course not, that would make the body of the news irrelevant. But the picture should be related to the body of the news. When talking about the death of an individual, known for things other than the iPhone, it seems more approriate to chose a picture of him and not of him with something/someone else. Most professional magazines did it that way.
The point is not to advertise his death, but to report it.

i see. do we have temp weekly mag?

@above that may have what others said/ or what you think.
but to me, it's "you're the only one complaining"
and you act like it MUST be EXACTLY like what you're saying.

 

[KingdomBlade]

Of course not, that would make the body of the news irrelevant. But the picture should be related to the body of the news. When talking about the death of an individual, known for things other than the iPhone, it seems more approriate to chose a picture of him and not of him with something/someone else. Most professional magazines did it that way.
The point is not to advertise his death, but to report it.

This is seriously one of the stupidest and petty complaints I've ever seen.

You SERIOUSLY believe that it's necessary to complain and cause a stir merely because they should get a picture of him without an iPhone. Steve Jobs was holding one of his inventions. It wouldn't have been any different had he been solo, or holding an Apple II, or maybe speaking next to a screen, they're all relevant to the man we're trying to point out. Steve Jobs.

 

[Shinji_PG]

Of course not, that would make the body of the news irrelevant. But the picture should be related to the body of the news. When talking about the death of an individual, known for things other than the iPhone, it seems more approriate to chose a picture of him and not of him with something/someone else. Most professional magazines did it that way.
The point is not to advertise his death, but to report it.

This is seriously one of the stupidest and petty complaints I've ever seen.

You SERIOUSLY believe that it's necessary to complain and cause a stir merely because they should get a picture of him without an iPhone. Steve Jobs was holding one of his inventions. It wouldn't have been any different had he been solo, or holding an Apple II, or maybe speaking next to a screen, they're all relevant to the man we're trying to point out. Steve Jobs.

I believe the first post of this topic will be sufficient to explain what the issue/opinion is.

Btw, the big Steve Jobs picture has left the main-page (if the news item is left unclicked).

EDIT: I'm having a hard time making my point across to people who think I'm attacking either Steve Jobs or GBATemp.
I didn't mention anything the first days the news item was up, I only did it after 2 days because I was confused as to why the big picture was still there and if it was going to last for long (maybe a sticky or something), so I decided to express my opinion.

 

[Densetsu]

Btw, the big Steve Jobs picture has left the main-page (if the news item is left unclicked).

Then there's nothing more to discuss.