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Classic Merging over the next 12 months
August 21, 2023 at
02:31 PM
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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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I already have vision problems and this doesn't help.
I use Basic HTML view on mobile browsers. If Classic view goes away, I may need to use Basic HTML on desktop, too.
And I can't quote anyone on my phone
As someone who doesn't venture into the other forums often and had no idea about this redesign (I didn't see any sort of site wide announcement and just found it here after actively searching for a reason why things looked weird), I honestly thought there was something wrong on my end for the past two weeks as half of what I was seeing was in classic version and half was in the new version and I didn't think the new stuff had been done intentionally because it all felt so awkward to work with... but I guess it was. Add me to the chorus of people asking if we can have a choice between viewing the Classic or Redesign version.
As someone who doesn't venture into the other forums often and had no idea about this redesign (I didn't see any sort of site wide announcement and just found it here after actively searching for a reason why things looked weird), I honestly thought there was something wrong on my end for the past two weeks as half of what I was seeing was in classic version and half was in the new version and I didn't think the new stuff had been done intentionally because it all felt so awkward to work with... but I guess it was. Add me to the chorus of people asking if we can have a choice between viewing the Classic or Redesign version.
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I only see the option to delete - moving folders doesn't do anything - the only available folder is Inbox.
I used to be able to download PMs as text file and save them on my laptop.
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.
Gotta love design "improvements"
Going to go check out some of the alternative sites
https://slickdeals.net/forums/filtered/?f=9&daysprune=-1&order=desc&pp
Additionally you can go into "forum" mode in any of the threads. It's hard to find with the contrast, but if scroll down past all the crap that was added to the first comment you'll see a "View Forum Thread" link hear the comment box and the now comically gigantic page navigation.
That link takes you to the original layout. Additionally it appears adding "?v=1" or "&v=1" accordingly to the end of any URL will get you back to the view we all love with:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/filtered/?f=9&daysprune=-1&order=desc&pp
Additionally you can go into "forum" mode in any of the threads. It's hard to find with the contrast, but if scroll down past all the crap that was added to the first comment you'll see a "View Forum Thread" link hear the comment box and the now comically gigantic page navigation.
That link takes you to the original layout. Additionally it appears adding "?v=1" or "&v=1" accordingly to the end of any URL will get you back to the view we all love with:]
I still view everything in classic view and it's not a problem right now, but it certainly sounds like it's going to be phased out completely over the next 12 months.
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FWIW - in talking with them, they brought to light that apparently all the "new" users of slickdeals don't like classic, and want much of what has been redesigned, including all the suggested content.