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In reply to the discussion: New Google News layout is awful - any suggestion for alternate news aggregator sites? [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)46. At the upper left the bars let you toggle the "Main Menu" on and off
And that gets rid of the column to the left side of the screen. Now if they would only let us get rid of the useless right side column with the stupid buttons. I'm sure those buttons would be convenient if I were reading the page on a smart phone - but I am not.m They waste my screen space and force to endlessly scroll.
I resent that they have lots of chances to ask for more on specific subjects but they don't offer the choice to get LESS. In my preferences I marked that I wanted no sports stories, but sure enough there are sports stories the list, especially in the column on the right.
You are right MrPurple - this pretty much destroys the usefullness of Google news.
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New Google News layout is awful - any suggestion for alternate news aggregator sites? [View all]
MrPurple
Jun 2017
OP
I like seeing a panoply of breaking global events in one screen shot, click when I want to know more
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#4
The new version might not have been implemented for you yet, I don't have a classic settings choice
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#9
I liked the old version for the same reason you did. And I hate the new format. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#24
Think it's meant to be easier on phones, but stupid not just have 2 separate versions
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#13
Agree, awful....it is like it is pandering to the "graphics" crowd instead of the "reading" crowd
LeftInTX
Jun 2017
#18
The New Layout Doesn't Bother Me As Much As The 505 Errors That Keep Killing My Feed...
JimGinPA
Jun 2017
#22
It boggles my mind that we don't have scalable code yet that can be written...
Shandris
Jun 2017
#30
I don't use google period........I use DuckDuckGo.com as my search engine......they NEVER track you.
a kennedy
Jun 2017
#36
I liked not specifying sources, so I could see what ones I disagree w/ were saying too
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#42
Done. Thanks again. Is this provided by Google or has someone developed a program for this?
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#55
Oh, that's great. Thank you. Like MrPurple, I'm switching my home page to this one. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2017
#56
It was nice having the old Google News layout, but this site stopped working now.
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#58