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The worst app redesign...ever?

238 53 July 26, 2025 at 04:42 AM
What was your objective in this redesign? To make everything harder to read and scan? To make the app feel a lot like eBay?

Everything about this is wrong. Price color and size is wrong, differentiation between title and supplementing text is wrong, thumbnail image size is wrong. You created a meaningless and confusing wall of text.
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mhinsey
07-26-2025 at 08:29 PM.
07-26-2025 at 08:29 PM.
Yes! I totally agree! We have all seen this happen, an update that is really a downdate. I've been a SlickDeals member, admirer, and advocate for 15+ years but I do believe that I'm done!
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pur | Staff
07-27-2025 at 11:00 AM.
07-27-2025 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from mhinsey :
Yes! I totally agree! We have all seen this happen, an update that is really a downdate. I've been a SlickDeals member, admirer, and advocate for 15+ years but I do believe that I'm done!
It's still a work in progress, so if you can suggest any improvements please submit them through the app feedback button. Tech is always changing, but hopefully with help from the community the developers will make this app one that will be missed when it is replaced someday.
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andcarro
07-27-2025 at 12:04 PM.
07-27-2025 at 12:04 PM.
Quote from pur :
It's still a work in progress, so if you can suggest any improvements please submit them through the app feedback button. Tech is always changing, but hopefully with help from the community the developers will make this app one that will be missed when it is replaced someday.
Just change it back. Mimic the elements of the old app. My living has been in e-commerce and web UX. This stinks like something that was done without clear user stories, without a real representative user feedback group, and without intent behind "modernize". What problems did this redesign seek to solve?
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BlackMags310
07-27-2025 at 05:27 PM.
07-27-2025 at 05:27 PM.
This redesign is absolute trash. Why try to fix something that wasn't broke. This one is so ugly and hard on the eyes
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BaudLord
07-29-2025 at 04:19 AM.
07-29-2025 at 04:19 AM.
Don't like the app redesign. Not everything needs to be redesigned or reimagined. I'm sure it's developed in a way to push sponsors and ads more effectively. Just like the default "for you" section. You have to drill down through the app settings to change the default to "front page." Why even call it a front page at this point? 95% of app users won't go through that trouble.
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andyschiu
07-29-2025 at 01:14 PM.
07-29-2025 at 01:14 PM.
Thought it was just me. New redesign is a complete dumpster fire.
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shamanstar
07-29-2025 at 07:08 PM.
07-29-2025 at 07:08 PM.
I've been looking at Slickdeals for a long time and the blue logo banner on top has been there forever. I was shocked when I opened the app because it looks so different. I can't imagine myself scrolling through deals with it looking like this. It's just not pleasant to look at and the font is harder to read.It wouldn't be so bad if the Slickdeals blue logo banner was back. Any chance we can get it back if we get a petition going?
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vivekiitd
07-29-2025 at 08:16 PM.
07-29-2025 at 08:16 PM.
Just bring the old app back!!
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viche
Yesterday at 06:42 AM.
Yesterday at 06:42 AM.
EDIT: holy crap this redesign is a mess. The wall of text I wrote below included returns but when I posted it they were removed. I went back and edited it to include returns and those were removed as well. It also changed the emoji I used to a different one. What the hell is going on here??
Quote from pur :
It's still a work in progress, so if you can suggest any improvements please submit them through the app feedback button. Tech is always changing, but hopefully with help from the community the developers will make this app one that will be missed when it is replaced someday.
Here's a bone you could throw us…I posted this a year ago. At the time, I was told that an upcoming app redesign might address it:"One of my favorite things about Slick Deals are the interactions with other users. Currently, it seems like responses to my posts are buried within the rest of my notifications. Is there some way to filter so that I just see responses somewhere?Also, clicking on the notification that someone quoted you on your phone brings you to the thread, but not the message."Not only was that idea or issue not addressed with the redesign, but now when I go to comments, I can only scroll back a limited number, as if the history just ends.If I go to rep given, and click on something there, it only takes me to the thread, and not to the actual post I had given rep to. It would be super useful to be able to find comments that I had thought were helpful in the past.Also, this reply box is super finicky. If I try to scroll to scroll up it just collapses my response window, and I have to go find the comment to which I was trying to respond and hit reply again to bring it back. It's driving me crazy.Please pass this all along. (Yeah, and I agree, the redesign makes things difficult to read. I think the font size is too big and margins on the edges of the screen are too small…or something. There's also too little differentiation between the original post, a pinned comment, and each individual comment).
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only1mossberg
Yesterday at 11:27 AM.
Yesterday at 11:27 AM.
I can normally get used to changes to apps, programs, etc. I understand the need to modernize and keep things fresh to maintain your userbase…. That being said, this is egregiously bad. I hate to complain as I know a team likely had their heart in the right place, but this is hard on the eyes. Like… the color schemes and font actually cause stress on my eyes. I used this app for mindless scrolling and found it neutral on the eyes. Now it gives me a headache.
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pur | Staff
Yesterday at 04:49 PM.
Yesterday at 04:49 PM.
Quote from viche :
EDIT: holy crap this redesign is a mess. The wall of text I wrote below included returns but when I posted it they were removed. I went back and edited it to include returns and those were removed as well. It also changed the emoji I used to a different one. What the hell is going on here??Here's a bone you could throw us…I posted this a year ago. At the time, I was told that an upcoming app redesign might address it:"One of my favorite things about Slick Deals are the interactions with other users. Currently, it seems like responses to my posts are buried within the rest of my notifications. Is there some way to filter so that I just see responses somewhere?Also, clicking on the notification that someone quoted you on your phone brings you to the thread, but not the message."Not only was that idea or issue addressed with the redesign, but now when I go to comments, I can only scroll back a limited number, as if the history just ends.If I go to rep given, and click on something there, it only takes me to the thread, and not to the actual post I had given rep to. It would be super useful to be able to find comments that I had thought were helpful in the past.Also, this reply box is super finicky. If I try to scroll to scroll up it just collapses my response window, and I have to go find the comment to which I was trying to respond and hit reply again to bring it back. It's driving me crazy.Please pass this all along. (Yeah, and I agree, the redesign makes things difficult to read. I think the font size is too big and margins on the edges of the screen are too small…or something. There's also too little differentiation between the original post, a pinned comment, and each individual comment).
Thanks for detailed feedback. I forwarded it to the app team, those seem like suggestions that they can run with. If you come across any more issues, there should be a feedback link in your profile, which also submits which version you are using.
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viche
Yesterday at 10:30 PM.
Yesterday at 10:30 PM.
Quote from pur :
Thanks for detailed feedback. I forwarded it to the app team, those seem like suggestions that they can run with. If you come across any more issues, there should be a feedback link in your profile, which also submits which version you are using.
Thanks, btw, I meant to say "not only was that idea or issue NOT addressed…"
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OakHead
Today at 08:11 AM.
Today at 08:11 AM.
Just doest feel like slickdeals anymore. The old app was fine.
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