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brush

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26. Agreed. IMO redesigns should make things easier for users, not have them wondering how...
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 03:52 AM
Oct 2023

to do one thing, or where to find another. This redesign of course can be gotten used to, but it doesn't improve the experience for the user, which should've been a main goal.

So many functions which were right before the eye on DU3 now have to be searched for in unfamiliar navigational tabs...not ideal.

The 3-column format of DU3 could've been refreshed with new tab treatments but in familiar places, leaving all the functionality of the previous design in place and thus avoiding all the complaints and questions of "how do I do this", or where do I find this?.

Kind of like how auto designers don't throw out the distinct look of their product that has been continually refined over the years, they refresh it and evolve it further as the idea is make sure buyers, or just lookers and perhaps future buyers, know a new Mercedes or Cadillac when they see it.

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I miss the old DU3... [View all] ClearSky24 Oct 2023 OP
try Timewas Oct 2023 #1
Miss old DU Hannahcares Oct 2023 #2
For now, this link is working. ItsjustMe Oct 2023 #3
THANKS. elleng Oct 2023 #5
THat looks like Skinner Mode Disaffected Oct 2023 #6
It is a DU3 page, but the link being used to reach it is the link to that page on DU2. highplainsdem Oct 2023 #10
Ditto. elleng Oct 2023 #4
The only thing I wish would change is putting the latest videos back on the home page. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2023 #7
Agree! Rebl2 Oct 2023 #8
I agree, DU3 so much nicer in looks and easier Raine Oct 2023 #9
The colors were nice Bucky Oct 2023 #11
Yes. Before it was an attractive website. Now it's black and white. Nothing to draw the eye. ratchiweenie Oct 2023 #29
Eh. I'm good. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2023 #12
I, too, thought I would not like this change UpInArms Oct 2023 #13
it seems the front page refreshed much more often... bahboo Oct 2023 #14
What you're seeing at the top of the home page now is The Left Column, selected news stories, not highplainsdem Oct 2023 #16
thx for this detailed reply.... bahboo Oct 2023 #24
I don't know where this scheme is coming from. I'm just guessing, but maybe it is more phone friendly. 2 websites I shop on regularly have a similar look LT Barclay Oct 2023 #15
It was done to make DU more phone friendly. There are a lot of DUers accessing this site via their phones, highplainsdem Oct 2023 #17
agree amazona10 Oct 2023 #18
Me too NBachers Oct 2023 #19
I miss the pictures. phxjurist Oct 2023 #20
Is this happening to you? kooth Oct 2023 #21
agree Q1305 Oct 2023 #22
Yes MAJones Oct 2023 #23
Ha..I sympathize jfz9580m Oct 2023 #25
Agreed. IMO redesigns should make things easier for users, not have them wondering how... brush Oct 2023 #26
I appreciate having DU at all. I'm still on here way too much. mucifer Oct 2023 #27
Hating it. Cobalt Violet Oct 2023 #28
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