Extra click now required
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It's frustrating. There were many useful links in those dropdowns in the header, and it now takes more effort to go and find how to do those same things again.
For example, to get to the classifieds 'browse by make and model' was one click from anywhere on the site. Now it's click, long scroll and then click. And it took some finding to even get to that point. No doubt the interface will change again as soon as I get used to doing it this way.
The quick links to the most common subforums has gone, so now you have to go to the forum home and scroll through the hundreds of subforums to find what you want.
The search news button is gone, so you can no longer find any past news articles form the front page. Instead you have to google it and take pot luck.
These are all backwards steps for the user, and if it becomes too hard to find or use such features then people will just not bother and go and do something else instead, which will be less clicks for this website.
For example, to get to the classifieds 'browse by make and model' was one click from anywhere on the site. Now it's click, long scroll and then click. And it took some finding to even get to that point. No doubt the interface will change again as soon as I get used to doing it this way.
The quick links to the most common subforums has gone, so now you have to go to the forum home and scroll through the hundreds of subforums to find what you want.
The search news button is gone, so you can no longer find any past news articles form the front page. Instead you have to google it and take pot luck.
These are all backwards steps for the user, and if it becomes too hard to find or use such features then people will just not bother and go and do something else instead, which will be less clicks for this website.
thegreenhell said:
For example, to get to the classifieds 'browse by make and model' was one click from anywhere on the site. Now it's click, long scroll and then click. And it took some finding to even get to that point. No doubt the interface will change again as soon as I get used to doing it this way.
It's also linked to in the footer (one click anywhere on the site) if that helps - "Browse by make/model"thegreenhell said:
It's frustrating. There were many useful links in those dropdowns in the header, and it now takes more effort to go and find how to do those same things again.
For example, to get to the classifieds 'browse by make and model' was one click from anywhere on the site. Now it's click, long scroll and then click. And it took some finding to even get to that point. No doubt the interface will change again as soon as I get used to doing it this way.
The quick links to the most common subforums has gone, so now you have to go to the forum home and scroll through the hundreds of subforums to find what you want.
The search news button is gone, so you can no longer find any past news articles form the front page. Instead you have to google it and take pot luck.
These are all backwards steps for the user, and if it becomes too hard to find or use such features then people will just not bother and go and do something else instead, which will be less clicks for this website.
For example, to get to the classifieds 'browse by make and model' was one click from anywhere on the site. Now it's click, long scroll and then click. And it took some finding to even get to that point. No doubt the interface will change again as soon as I get used to doing it this way.
The quick links to the most common subforums has gone, so now you have to go to the forum home and scroll through the hundreds of subforums to find what you want.
The search news button is gone, so you can no longer find any past news articles form the front page. Instead you have to google it and take pot luck.
These are all backwards steps for the user, and if it becomes too hard to find or use such features then people will just not bother and go and do something else instead, which will be less clicks for this website.
Agree, as I've said in another post, not all change is for the better. We want user friendly, quick and easy.Gassing Station | Website Feedback | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff