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All images aside from Featured Deals section are compressed/blurry

153 39 August 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Like the title says, the images used in the thumbnails for the Featured Deals are crisp and clear as all thumbnails used to be. And just today i've noticed all thumbnails that are not Featured Deals (like the frontpage deals) are all compressed and low-res.

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08-05-2025 at 12:29 PM.
08-05-2025 at 12:29 PM.
Quote from Limit760 :
Like the title says, the images used in the thumbnails for the Featured Deals are crisp and clear as all thumbnails used to be. And just today i've noticed all thumbnails that are not Featured Deals (like the frontpage deals) are all compressed and low-res.

Thanks for taking the time to report this issue.
Something that worked for me when I was testing this, is if I switched from Grid to List and then back to Grid, then the images would show nicely until I refreshed. So while it's definitely not the best workaround, hopefully it at least makes the site viewable until the team can look into this.
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08-08-2025 at 09:39 AM.
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Tried 3 different browsers (desktop)
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08-09-2025 at 10:14 AM.
08-09-2025 at 10:14 AM.
Quote from Warborn :
Tried 3 different browsers (desktop)
Thanks for the report.

The good news is that this is a known issue and it's been ticketed, but unfortunately I don't have an estimate for a fix.

I merged your thread into an existing one so you can follow for any future updates.

In the meantime you may wish to try this tip from emceep:

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Something that worked for me when I was testing this, is if I switched from Grid to List and then back to Grid, then the images would show nicely until I refreshed. So while it's definitely not the best workaround, hopefully it at least makes the site viewable until the team can look into this.
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chi
08-09-2025 at 01:16 PM.
08-09-2025 at 01:16 PM.
The top "featured deals" is remains Ok, but starting a few days ago the "frontpage slickdeals" icons are low resolution.

Noticed it a few days ago.
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08-10-2025 at 01:43 PM.
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Quote from chi :
The top "featured deals" is remains Ok, but starting a few days ago the "frontpage slickdeals" icons are low resolution.

Noticed it a few days ago.
Thanks for the report. I moved your thread to the site issues forum and merged it into an existing one so you can follow for any future updates.

The good news is that this is a known issue and it's been ticketed, but unfortunately I don't have an estimate for a fix.

In the meantime you may wish to try this tip from emceep:

Quote from emceep :
Something that worked for me when I was testing this, is if I switched from Grid to List and then back to Grid, then the images would show nicely until I refreshed. So while it's definitely not the best workaround, hopefully it at least makes the site viewable until the team can look into this.
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08-11-2025 at 10:27 AM.
08-11-2025 at 10:27 AM.
Good, so I can cancel my ophthalmology appointment. Thought my eyes had gotten worse.
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Jons
08-14-2025 at 05:07 PM.
08-14-2025 at 05:07 PM.
Can we get a link to this "ticketed issue"?

Another workaround is to NOT login and the images are just fine!
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08-14-2025 at 08:36 PM.
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Can we get a link to this "ticketed issue"?

Another workaround is to NOT login and the images are just fine!
Sorry, it's an internal ticket for our dev team, not a public-facing ticket.

If you would like, you can access the same view you see while you are logged out, while being logged in, if you switch to Redesign. Here's a link to a page with instructions on switching: https://help.slickdeals.net/hc/en-us/articles/36641827546011-How-to-Switch-Your-Slickdeals-Site-View
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omegalul
08-18-2025 at 06:55 PM.
08-18-2025 at 06:55 PM.
I've been seeing the exact same blurry problem! Switching to Grid to List and back is a temporary fix for now I guess.
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helloman
08-19-2025 at 09:04 AM.
08-19-2025 at 09:04 AM.
going from grid to list and back to grid fixed the blurry issue. I don't know how long it will last.
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BaconSnake
08-20-2025 at 10:29 AM.
08-20-2025 at 10:29 AM.
finally sick enough of this to look and see if it's been posted, and it has. FWIW, this low-res render has persisted through signout/signin and cache clearing.

The workaround to list>grid does appear to work instantly though
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BaconSnake
08-20-2025 at 11:37 AM.
08-20-2025 at 11:37 AM.
Upon the next page refresh the low-res images persisted so it's only a fix per-view it seems.
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ElectroWolf
08-25-2025 at 12:58 PM.
08-25-2025 at 12:58 PM.
I'm surprised this is still an issue? The fix is simple. Right now, for example, the image source for one images on the front page is:

src="https://static.slickdealscdn.com/attachment/1/1/7/1/5/2/7/50x50/18159448.thumb"

Yet the image is sized at 100x100. Changing the image generating link to

src="https://static.slickdealscdn.com/attachment/1/1/7/1/5/2/7/100x100/18159448.thumb" solves the problem, and generates an image the same resolution as the size rendered. This is also the same size as defined in your css styling for this image class.

Unless you've got some crazy, dynamic pixel density calculation going on, it should be a simple fix, no?
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