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Classic Merging over the next 12 months
August 21, 2023 at
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Last Edited by JBrillSD August 21, 2023 at 02:39 PM
The Slickdeals community team has been working hard to make Slickdeals the best it can be for over 20 years, and new updates roll out to the community almost every week.
As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.
You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.
Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.
Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.
Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!
As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.
You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
- Access to the Classic version of Slickdeals will reduce over time. This process starts on August 22, 2023.
- You can expect a variety of improvements to the latest version of Slickdeals, often referred to within the community as "Redesign," specifically intended to make it easier for Classic users to transition to Redesign.
- The team of engineers and product folks managing the merger will conduct continuous interviews to make sure a variety of community voices and points of view are included. You can sign up for a 1:1 with a team member here [calendly.com].
- If you primarily use Classic, you will migrate over to the newest version of Slickdeals throughout the next year.
If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.
Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.
Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.
Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!
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Last Edited by LowRoller
September 9, 2023
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03:12 PM
I'd ask anyone who is truly opposed to this change to schedule a time to talk with someone from SD one on one. Maybe, if we get enough folks to talk to them directly, maybe, just maybe, we can get them to give us a ... hmm... a Classic Clone using redesign. (?)
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08
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Heck, even the option for us to choose the "Classic View" is a nice compromise
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If I'm understanding your feedback correctly, you were likely accustomed to seeing something in Classic similar to what I have depicted in my first attached screenshot below when viewing our home page where you were primarily seeing deals promoted to be Frontpage deals in chronological order and ones that were newly promoted since your last view were denoted as such.
A similar view can still be achieved in our Redesign view. Please see the second screenshot. In the Redesign view, the banner that was previously displayed on Classic view deal tiles that read "New since your last visit!" has been replaced by a more condensed "New" badge.
In order to do attain this view, you may need to uncheck the "Show Just For You Deals" and "Show Featured Deals" options in the "Personalize Frontpage" menu. See the third and fourth screenshots. Anytime you make changes in the Frontpage personalization menu, always make sure you are clicking the "Save Preferences" button as those changes are not saved automatically.
I'm not liking the SD changes. It seems like a stripped down App version they made to run more easily on a plain older tablet and it does not translate well to desktop PC.
Seems like the classic version is the new upgraded version, and this version is what used to be 10 years ago imho.
With regards to the multiquote option, this is still somewhat available in the Redesign view of the site. When you click on "Reply" on a comment in a thread, it will bring up the "Add a Comment" modal with that post quoted. You can then scroll through the rest of the current page of comments you are viewing and if you click on "Reply" on other comments, those will be added to that "Add a Comment" modal.
At this time, the ability to multiqoute comments across multiple pages of comments is not yet available in the Redesign view.
My most recent issue was getting 6 PMs and not knowing it. I used to get a pop up. Now I don't know where to even go to find my PMs. Ended up at my profile and saw an envelope icon.
Is there something more direct? And notifications we can see immediately?
My most recent issue was getting 6 PMs and not knowing it. I used to get a pop up. Now I don't know where to even go to find my PMs. Ended up at my profile and saw an envelope icon.
Is there something more direct? And notifications we can see immediately?
You will need to check the box to enable Site Notifications (Popup Bubble), see screenshot. Hope this helps!
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You will need to check the box to enable Site Notifications (Popup Bubble), see screenshot. Hope this helps!
With regards to the multiquote option, this is still somewhat available in the Redesign view of the site. When you click on "Reply" on a comment in a thread, it will bring up the "Add a Comment" modal with that post quoted. You can then scroll through the rest of the current page of comments you are viewing and if you click on "Reply" on other comments, those will be added to that "Add a Comment" modal.
At this time, the ability to multiqoute comments across multiple pages of comments is not yet available in the Redesign view.
This whole "Theme" is incredibly terrible for those of us who are older because of the lack of contrast and general flatness of the design. As a developer with 40 years of experience, and having studied UX over those 40 years, including the massive amounts of research by companies like Microsoft and Apple, I can tell you this "redesign" commits several terrible design sins. If your users are unhappy, how about listening to them, instead of being condescending and telling them the beatings will continue until morale improves? What I see on my 4k monitor is a wash of bright color, with terribly thin fonts that make the text also hard to read... that is, if I can find the right text, as there are no longer boundaries between posts, just floating buttons and decorations - which further add to the confusion. I see people posting about how they no longer know how to do the basic things they did in posting, which indicates you have FAILED in one of the most basic tenets of design: creating a natural flow of functionality, so that the basic tasks users need to have access to are clear and not convoluted.
We also feel like this has been shoved down our throats. Most of us hated the newer "thread" format, and while userscripts have, for me at least, somewhat made the front page at least usable, it remains a terrible experience the moment I open up a deal.
LISTEN TO US.
This site has always been community-driven, and it's clear the staff has forgotten this.