I am sorry, jsnover, but I owe no apology to Lisa, because I was not speaking for my self interest. The whole point of this thread is to comment on a new web design. Some like and some don't. That is totally fine, I just voice my opinion which echos with Sean's.

It is unfortunate that I have witnessed this anti anything iStock choir for sometimes now. I feel it is totally unfair that the target of this negativity is not only directed at the iStock owners and management, but at our own peers, the contributors and web designers, a.ka. the commoners of iStock. I didn't direct all my comments at Lisa, but I do feel she could have done better. I don't think it's necessary to give out any examples, since we have all read the forum over a period of time and know what position we each take.

I stand by what I said.

I have no comment on the design; however I am shocked that they've resurrected categories. At least two years back when people said that certain of their images didn't fit into any of the categories, official word (Ethan? Duck?) was that categories didn't matter, just choose any to be able to submit the image. Also word was that categories might be disappearing.
Maybe the delivery boy made that decision, or maybe one of the new staff who was unaware of the 'official word' on categories from a couple of years back.

Oh well, I can't see/use the real thing yet, it's just North America.

I'm only wondering why you are attempting to tell other people what they should think, feel, or say.

Second of all, I have a right to post here about istock or any other subject I want. Yes, I did remove my images. Yes, I still do have my account open at istock. I was hoping for a turnaround, but clearly that's not going to happen. There are others who have dumped istock who still post in threads about istock, why don't you ever call them out about it? It isn't your board, so please don't try to moderate my discussions. If you don't like what I say, that's OK. But I deserve the same respect and courtesy as every other poster, whether they contribute to istock or not.

(But I see you don't have much respect for other posters either, so there you go.)

At this point, we've had a good while to see how Getty is running iStock and it isn't much different from the way it's run everything else it has acquired. Being open minded in the face of a wretched track record like Getty's smacks of stupidity or willful ignorance...

I get it that exclusives aren't happy when independents have a go at iStock, but you'd have a hard time arguing that we have no reasons for doing so. I am still so angry at the lies and betrayal of trust. I have moved on and things are doing much better, but I can't see anything positive for iStock at the moment, and that's a very sad thing. Not sad for the greedy wretches who brought this about, but for all the people who made iStock what it is, including the many loyal buyers who made the marketplace such a success, and all those current exclusives who took all the promises at face value.