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Testing Some New Things at Slickdeals

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As of this evening (Nov 8th), about 10% of all community members will see a freshly redesigned Frontpage and Deal Details page. The fresh designs are a mini first step in a series of updates that will come in the next 12 months to help you save more and discover new ways to help fellow community members. The design also strives to better welcome new community members.

This thread will act as an FAQ and place for discussing the changes.

Let's get into the details:

What is new?

- Visual Design: The new design adheres to current Web standards. The new design appears on both the Frontpage and the Deal Details page.

-- Changes Specific To The Frontpage --

- Personalized Feed: For the last 20 years, the community sorted the Frontpage by the newest deals first. This is great for existing community members who understand how Slickdeals works, but newer members report confusion about how and why deals appear in the order they do. To help existing and new members alike, the design splits the Frontpage into 3 separate sections: Recommended/For You, Frontpage, Popular. Let's walk through each of these:
Recommended/For You: The default tab for all community members is the Recommended or For You tab. For any logged out community members, this tab contains a series of trending deals across Frontpage, Popular, and Hot deals and is labeled "Recommend." For logged in members, this tab contains a personalized set of deals based on your browsing and engagement history on Slickdeals and is labeled "For You."
Frontpage/Popular: These tabs contain Frontpage or Popular deals sorted by most recent deals based on Frontpage/Popular date first, just like how the Frontpage and Popular deals page work today. Sorting and filtering are coming soon.
- Featured Deals: The row of deals labeled "Featured" that used to appear at the top of the Frontpage moved to the feed on the Recommended/For You tab. Approximately seven Featured Deals appear every 3-4 deals with a "Promoted" tag.


Can I change my default tab?

You can change the tab that appears by default when you load the page. Go to My Profile > Settings and Options > Site Settings > and set the "Default Frontpage Tab'' setting to whichever tab you prefer. Now, whenever you go to the home page, your preferred tab will always be the first set of deals you will see. Also, if you have not set your default tab, the site will remember which tab you visited last. If you leave the site and come back, the last tab you visited will be the tab that you will see.


How do I see the new design?

Don't worry if you can't see the new design right away. The testing system randomly selected 10% of the community to see the new design. You can see the new design by clicking on this link and then navigating to the home page. This will let you access the test so that you can engage with the new design. If you would like to opt-out, click on this link and navigate to the home page again. That will take you out of the test and you will see the normal home page and Deal Details page.

If those links do not work, try these three things:
  1. Make sure you are using a desktop or laptop device. Slickdeals in a browser on a mobile device does not yet have the new design.
  2. If you have the Slickdeals extension installed, you will have to wait a few more months to access the new design.
  3. Make sure you do not have any "dislike" home page preferences. The new design does not yet support the "dislike" setting. If any category or store is set to "dislike" you will be unable to see the new design.



How do I leave feedback?

There are two ways to leave feedback for this test:
  1. Reply to this thread! Share with your fellow community members what you like and don't like about the new experience.
  2. Click on the blue smiley face in the bottom right corner of the new design. This will allow you to leave anonymous feedback about the page and should allow you to highlight individual elements so you can be specific with your feedback.


Thank you to all the community members who provided feedback that resulted in these changes and thanks to those who take the time to share feedback for the next wave of improvements.
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SmartCalculator4864
11-24-2021 at 02:10 PM.
11-24-2021 at 02:10 PM.
I think the "for me" summary is so much better than the dedicated tab.

One page to see what is for me or the latest front page additions makes it much easier to make sure I didn't miss something's than the multiple sections in the new design.
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dissident
11-24-2021 at 02:47 PM.
11-24-2021 at 02:47 PM.
Like almost all websites today I find the change worse in every way. Too blocky, designed for phones and large fingers (even though I use desktop mode on all sites), designed to be more modern and simple. It is what it is. All corporations are doing it and I kind of have to deal with it. The whole white and blocky look with less menus.

For me it's a good thing as it gets me off the internet. All that's left is for reddit to get rid of classic mode and city data to "modernize" their forums and I'll have no desire to browse the net at all anymore.
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Link286
11-24-2021 at 05:18 PM.
11-24-2021 at 05:18 PM.
Quote from FabulousOstrich1300 :
If you want to excuse yourself from the new visual design while the community design team prioritizes the suggested changes, visit this link:
https://slickdeals.net/sdtest/?do=place&hash=aaa6cae00
Then visit the homepage:
https://slickdeals.net/
That should return you to the October 2021 version of Slickdeals' homepage.
Thank you for the link! I really prefer the October version. IS there a way to permantely have this be my homepage?
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kcollins7
11-24-2021 at 09:27 PM.
11-24-2021 at 09:27 PM.
I don't like the redesign for two main reasons.

First, never-ending scroll is bad and I want to see the break up of deals by dates.

Second, I want to be able to see the expired deals for each day again as well.

The new update removes both of these very useful features for me and I have reverted back to the previous view for now as a result.
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FabulousOstrich1300
11-25-2021 at 12:09 PM.
11-25-2021 at 12:09 PM.
Quote from Link286 :
Thank you for the link! I really prefer the October version. IS there a way to permantely have this be my homepage?
You might have about three more months to enjoy the October version. The community design team is working on implementing all the feedback that they are getting about the new visual designs. They predict that somewhere around April they will begin a transition for most members from the October version to the new version.
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FabulousOstrich1300
11-25-2021 at 12:12 PM.
11-25-2021 at 12:12 PM.
Quote from kcollins7 :
I don't like the redesign for two main reasons.

First, never-ending scroll is bad and I want to see the break up of deals by dates.

Second, I want to be able to see the expired deals for each day again as well.

The new update removes both of these very useful features for me and I have reverted back to the previous view for now as a result.
Thank you so much for taking the time to compose this feedback. It is very clear and specific. One follow up question: what do you like to do with the expired deals? See them? Click through to them? Read the comments? Read the descriptions? Why? Do you like to see them bundled up by day? Is there some way that you could see the expired deals that would be MORE helpful than how they used to display?
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kcollins7
11-25-2021 at 08:35 PM.
11-25-2021 at 08:35 PM.
Quote from FabulousOstrich1300 :
Thank you so much for taking the time to compose this feedback. It is very clear and specific. One follow up question: what do you like to do with the expired deals? See them? Click through to them? Read the comments? Read the descriptions? Why? Do you like to see them bundled up by day? Is there some way that you could see the expired deals that would be MORE helpful than how they used to display?
Expired deals are sometimes not always expired or the deal provided may come back. Knowing that deal existed is helpful in case it's something I may want to purchase in the future or possibly pursue similar pricing at other retailers or maybe even eBay/Mercari. If it's something I really want then I'll read through the comments and get as much information as possible. As they say, the real slickdeal is always in the comments.

As for having the deals bundled by day, it just makes it way to easier to know that I've seen a deal before. It's good and easy to understand organization. I usually check the site once a day on the front page and the dates make it very easy to distinguish what I've already seen and what I haven't. It's the main reason I detest infini-scroll type web site design that's made to keep you engaged on a site more because I have to pay extra close attention to make sure I didn't miss something from before. This is especially annoying when the website populates things in a different order than what I originally saw it in. That kind of website design might be good for the website/business because of engagement metrics, but it isn't good for the user/consumer and long term will drive users away.
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ingenue007
11-26-2021 at 03:47 PM.
11-26-2021 at 03:47 PM.
new layout makes me want to use different sites. it's terrible.
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FeistyJoke383
12-01-2021 at 03:04 PM.
12-01-2021 at 03:04 PM.
What is confusing about posting the latest deals first? Why would this not be an automatic option to sort by for the majority of existing users who've used it this way for 20 years? I really have no desire whatsoever to try and pick through and find new deals. I'm going to rely on the other sites I use primarily again until this is sorted out. Hope I don't forget about you in the meantime.
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missmed
12-02-2021 at 06:08 AM.
12-02-2021 at 06:08 AM.
The new layout finally loaded for me. So jarring and unsightly. The white hurt my eyes. I hope they don't force us to move to it.
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FabulousOstrich1300
12-02-2021 at 08:01 AM.
12-02-2021 at 08:01 AM.
Quote from FeistyJoke383 :
What is confusing about posting the latest deals first? Why would this not be an automatic option to sort by for the majority of existing users who've used it this way for 20 years? I really have no desire whatsoever to try and pick through and find new deals. I'm going to rely on the other sites I use primarily again until this is sorted out. Hope I don't forget about you in the meantime.
When new shoppers and members discover Slickdeals, who do not have 20 years of experience, many struggle to understand the community. To keep the community growing and vibrant, the community counts on your continued engagement and the engagement of the next generation of deal experts. The community design team appreciates your input. They are taking all the input and working on the next iteration of the new designs, including dark mode, list mode, and other view modes. In the meantime, please continue to enjoy the Slickdeals you are accustomed to by visiting this link and then visiting the homepage. Thank you for your continued support.
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FabulousOstrich1300
12-02-2021 at 08:05 AM.
12-02-2021 at 08:05 AM.
Quote from missmed :
The new layout finally loaded for me. So jarring and unsightly. The white hurt my eyes. I hope they don't force up to move to it.
It will be another ~4 months until the new visual designs are ready for prime time. Right now, just a randomly selected set of members are seeing the new visual designs with their limited feature set. This random sampling helps generate the most diverse set of feedback about the new visual designs. Given the last 28 days of feedback, the community design team is working on the items the community deemed to be the highest priorities like dark mode, list mode, and other viewing preferences. See above for a link to opt out of the test or please consider continued use of the new visual designs so that you can provide continued feedback to the community design team.
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WiseScene422
12-02-2021 at 01:25 PM.
12-02-2021 at 01:25 PM.
Quote from FabulousOstrich1300 :
It will be another ~4 months until the new visual designs are ready for prime time
I was directed to this page after contacting you and leaving feedback about the CURRENT site and design (see below). I was told that the new design would address the issue (and I commented above how the new design may not fully address the issue). But - if it will be up to 4 months before this new designs is put in place, how about addressing the transparency/opacity issue in the CURRENT design and site in the meantime?

---feedback previously left on the current designs---
On the homepage, there is a carousel displaying "Just For You" deals. The carousel has two buttons - one "<" button and one ">" button to rotate through the items in the carousel, see attached pic. Those two buttons are opaque and hiding the the pic AND text that is displayed underneath them. That makes it impossible to read the titles fully - and clicking the button rotates the carousel so the item is then hidden underneath the other button.
It would be very helpful if you make those two buttons (somewhat) transparent. You can e.g. add some transparency using css.
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Rolls1938
12-03-2021 at 10:13 AM.
12-03-2021 at 10:13 AM.
Absolutely terrible.
Change it back!
Too much white space, too hard to find what's important without staring at small print (like when the deal was posted)......
Another example of change just to make a change, NOT an improvement.
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missmed
12-05-2021 at 05:13 AM.
12-05-2021 at 05:13 AM.
Quote from FabulousOstrich1300 :
It will be another ~4 months until the new visual designs are ready for prime time. Right now, just a randomly selected set of members are seeing the new visual designs with their limited feature set. This random sampling helps generate the most diverse set of feedback about the new visual designs. Given the last 28 days of feedback, the community design team is working on the items the community deemed to be the highest priorities like dark mode, list mode, and other viewing preferences. See above for a link to opt out of the test or please consider continued use of the new visual designs so that you can provide continued feedback to the community design team.
Thanks. I switched back to the old version for the meanwhile. I hope they are able to enable both version to be used at the same time (and members can switch between both at their discretion) when they plan the final update.
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