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Is the new look annoying anyone else especially soap home pages? I know it's meant to be tablet friendly but I found it easier to use on the tablet before to be honest
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Very Annoying how do you switch to Desktop mode
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I can't say I've noticed. Then again I'm not on a tablet. What does annoy me is the sometimes noisy adverts. I know they need ads in order to run a free service though so I shouldn't complain. I just turn the sound down but then when I watch you tube it's muted and I forget I've done it.
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I can't say I've noticed. Then again I'm not on a tablet. What does annoy me is the sometimes noisy adverts. I know they need ads in order to run a free service though so I shouldn't complain. I just turn the sound down but then when I watch you tube it's muted and I forget I've done it.
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Dreadful. Not really tablet friendly, the previous version was though.
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What a load of sh!t. I thought it was absolutely fine how it was, now it seems almost impossible to find stories, and you have to look for ages just to find things like the spoilers.
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Is the new look annoying anyone else especially soap home pages? I know it's meant to be tablet friendly but I found it easier to use on the tablet before to be honest
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I can't say I've noticed. Then again I'm not on a tablet. What does annoy me is the sometimes noisy adverts. I know they need ads in order to run a free service though so I shouldn't complain. I just turn the sound down but then when I watch you tube it's muted and I forget I've done it.
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WHY ..do they change things that don't need changing..and don't say it's progress!!
I wish I could clean up some of the articles. I hate for instance that they put items concerning reality shows and American shows in the TV section when there is a separate section for Reality TV and American shows anyway! It's madness! ![]() And I have no issue with advertising, I get it keeps the forum running but can't we have just pictures to them rather than videos or pages that pop up without warning. |
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To make it trendy looking for newcomers although they just alienate the old timers.
I wish I could clean up some of the articles. I hate for instance that they put items concerning reality shows and American shows in the TV section when there is a separate section for Reality TV and American shows anyway! It's madness! ![]() And I have no issue with advertising, I get it keeps the forum running but can't we have just pictures to them rather than videos or pages that pop up without warning. |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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hate it. the spoilers are no longer in order!! driving me mad, just put it back how it was
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who finds it incredibly difficult to navigate the new layout on my smartphone. It's made me not bother visiting the site on my phone now so I only check the website on my laptop - which I hardly use! Why on earth did they change it without consulting the people it would effect?
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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We should complain but can't find their email
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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I only look at the main DS site on my laptop (though I come on this forum on both my laptop and tablet) and have given up on it - life's too short to spend time searching for stuff. It's a shame we can't have the option of whichever layout we want.
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hate it. the spoilers are no longer in order!! driving me mad, just put it back how it was
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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Totally agree with everyone, cant stand the new DS layout on my phone. Now just wait til I am near a computer before I check it. Please bring back the old version
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Ugh, I don't know about the tablet version, but the PC version is terrible! Those huge banner ads at the top of the screen, and the long ones on either side of the article that jerkily move down the page when you scroll, is a completely pain in the backside. I've turned adblocker on, but I pity people who don't know how or can't use Chrome for one reason or another.
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This is how I felt the first time I tried the new layout on my phone:
http://vadamagazine.com/wordpress/wp...t-headline.jpg |
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It's a PITA. I can't access the news stories now on my phone and am stuck with the "most popular" rather than anything new appearing.
And I've been logged out of the forums on my phone (where I do most of my posting) and it won't let me log back in because oops there's been an error. Meh and arse to it. |
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As others have said, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
I just can't seem able to find anything that I would usually read. I don't even bother with the main page anymore as there's barely anything there and it seems not to get updated at all. I visit the soaps section but then regret the decision straightaway. Aside from one or two 'top' stories, it seems that once I scroll down the only thing I can see is updates and spoilers for Pobol y Cwn or Fair City (no offence to those shows, I just don't watch either!) |
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Oh, forgot to add that a lot of the links lead to a 'quirky' 404 error message rather than an article?
Clearly the new system still has a lot of bugs, gremlins or whatever they call them these days. |
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Are you using a pc/laptop? If so, then you can install the AdBlock extension in Chrome so there are no adverts.
Adverts are all well and good, but when they prevent you from using the site because they block the page I cant see how it can be effective? |
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What a load of sh!t. I thought it was absolutely fine how it was, now it seems almost impossible to find stories, and you have to look for ages just to find things like the spoilers.
I switched back since the second time I clicked beta was by mistake, I'll never use DS again for spoilers news and stories if they go through with that. |
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It sounds like all of you guys are stuck using the beta version. I clicked back after 5 mins, and have never gone back as it was awful. I gather they aren't updating the beta version like they do with the main site.
Y'all should just click out of beta and go back to the old layout. |
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Ugh, I don't know about the tablet version, but the PC version is terrible! Those huge banner ads at the top of the screen, and the long ones on either side of the article that jerkily move down the page when you scroll, is a completely pain in the backside. I've turned adblocker on, but I pity people who don't know how or can't use Chrome for one reason or another.
What's with all this jerking up and down? (No rude comments please!) ![]()
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