by Booknight on December 10th, 2009

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Do you find the new AB user friendly and easier to navigate ?

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  • by gtravels loves her life penguin on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    gtravels loves her life penguin

    The jury is still out of course because it's all brand new but if it's the teeny bopper Yahoo Answers crowd they were after, I'd say it's looking good.

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  • by Ironhead on December 12th, 2009
    voted: No

    Ironhead

    Thanks AB Staff for helping me.....I am no longer addicted to AB! Way to go!

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  • by Safarii on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Safarii

    Not one bit. Its lost its friendliness & easy to use attraction.

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  • by Moley the contrary female dragon on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Moley the contrary female dragon

    It has lost the ability to have a two way conversation easily. It has lost the ability to answer friends questions easily.It has made it hard to find your own posts and comments. It was easy when they appeared with the dasboard lights to show what was new and where to find it.

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  • by EvangelineOFire on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    EvangelineOFire

    The old way was much friendlier and easier. This just sucks!

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  • by pukapants on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    pukapants

    If it's not broken, don't fix it.

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  • by anonymous on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    anonymous

    There's no way to edit. There's no way to upload vidoes and pics. There's no easy way to know when I have new answers or comments to my questions. There's no simple way to view my friends' questions. Navigating between categories is now a nightmare. This format is pitiful.

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  • by centsless on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    centsless

    You gotta be kidding. This is a complete mess.

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  • by Gabstar on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Gabstar

    i really can't figure out how it works any more :( i loved the old one just how it was!

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  • by MrJosh on December 11th, 2009

    MrJosh

    No, it is not easier. I like the new additions, but the new format still doesn't work for me.

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  • by pandora on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    pandora

    The layout is all over the place. I do like the new mail option to your friends but my friends are listed twice and I have to scroll to view them. Another thing is that I have to scroll to view most of the pages. I liked how the catagories were listed before. It was simpler. Now you go from one page to the next instead of just that section being loaded. I know some things aren't completely loaded yet and its going to take two weeks to complete but in the meantime I'm concerned a lot of people will stop logging on because they are lost. I think the changes should've been implemented slowly, giving Abers time to adjust.

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  • by Dibley on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Dibley

    I don't like that when I get new answers or comments, it doesn't show, you don't know new from old. You can't search members and I just don't like it.

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  • by unknown on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    unknown

    I'm kind of shocked at the new layout and trying to figure everything out.

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  • by dea_ex_machina on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    dea_ex_machina

    Visually, it reminds me of the McDonalds makeover - going for blocks of black.
    So many things to try to work out - not very easy to find.
    Not really more user friendly, I had managed to work out the last version with little or no help- now I need an instruction manual

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  • by Anonymous on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    I wasn't even aware that AB was broken!!!!!!!!

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  • by Cyanotic Wasp on December 12th, 2009
    voted: No

    Cyanotic Wasp

    No. Unless the aim was to specifically piss off and alienate the former / experienced users I think it was a botched change -- which will be explained at length and ad nauseum and spun to appear to be something other than a total failure.

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  • by Chigg on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Chigg

    You could have been more sensitive; did you have to make ALL the changes at once? Its like gays crept in in the night and turned my favourite aunty's tatty front room into a poncy bistro, hid the kettle, and took away all the stuff that makes you actually feel you're welcome.
    No edit, no preview, loads of white space, icy blue pale fields right next to chunky black ones,blatant advertisement of official surveys, ie the suggestion on the front page that on top of it all now you're going to make money out of us. As an exercise in public relations as well as a design, its a but of a huge sucky mistake.

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  • by Suby the Coat on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Suby the Coat

    Must I relearn everything about site navigation.? There must be some incentive otherwise no one will be interested, I suppose. Me particularly.

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  • by Penny The Wise on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Somewhat

    Penny The Wise

    Its still new, so I'm still trying to decide. It's not horrible (though it sounds like there are alot of naysayers out there). But it's a little difficult to get used to. I can say that it looks nice. But there are still a few bugs that I've noticed; like posting comments to an answer. Mine won't post. We'll see how it goes. I do like that there isn't a dislike/downrate (even though I do think that some things needed to be downrated- there is a LOT of crap out there) at least that keeps the trolls at bay. And it's nice not to have points- it makes us more equal.

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  • by Skirtsnhose on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    Skirtsnhose

    I can accept and understand changes to the main site, but why on earth change the profile interfaces?

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  • by Anonymous on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    Where is the 'EDIT' on the answer box? We've always had the option to edit, at any time, our answer. Don't like it. Won't like it until corrected. No-one can correct spelling or revise and answer.

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  • by x-narpolax on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    x-narpolax

    I do like the new additions, but the old layout was much better.

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  • by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here

    It's a mess and it's FAR less intuitive than the old board.

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  • by Kewl Guy - has gone 360 on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Kewl Guy - has gone 360

    you all had your chance and you blew it - now http://www.fluther.com/ has been so caring and inviting that we are now going there -

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  • by CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian

    Every time I think I get it, I come across another glitch and realize I never had it in the first place. I am sooooo confused by this site now and not sure it is worth the time and effort to figure it out. I can't even find my Friends questions

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  • by Tveg on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Tveg

    The only thing good is the ability to e-mail friends!

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  • by growinlove on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    growinlove

    I DON'T like this new AB at all to the point I thought they were kidding. Why the "answer question" is so small anyways? It's so discouraging to write a detailed answer, which some people who posted the questions are looking for. And no "preview" feature? Why? There are ads everywhere too! It's so distracting.

    I might be able to get used to some of the new feature/design, but there are definitely things that has nothing to do with "getting used to" process and just purely poor design/organization.

    Is there anyway they can bring back the old one?? They really made the WRONG decision on this. I doubt they did any AB user testing... (well it's free site, but still... this is way too bad in my opinion)

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  • by allzee on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    allzee

    This setup really sucks.

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  • by gwh6552 on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    gwh6552

    Old AB wasn't perfect, but its the AB I fell in love with. I like some of the "additions" but I'm lost; right now it seems more difficult to navigate. It will have to "grow on me" before I can say I like it.

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  • by Marasa on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Marasa

    I loved the old one!!, I hope I can get used to it!

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  • by IrnRose on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Completely Lost

    IrnRose

    just signed in for the first time after the update, and i am totally lost can't seem to find anything yet.

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  • by AnswerBagFreak on January 18th, 2010
    voted: No

    AnswerBagFreak

    I don't like it.Don't like it at all.I'll probably quit AB!

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  • by Anonymous on December 12th, 2009

    Anonymous

    I logged in the other day and thought wow, they changed the look of the site looks nice! Then I started trying to use the site, it's fairly easy to use but it's a totally different site. Should have closed the old site down and opened a new site with a different name as it's not Answerbag anymore. In short (just deleted a big load of waffle) looks nice (but it always did to me) feels terrible. You changed being a good old reliable Ford Mondeo to being a FIAT.

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  • by Brian I on December 12th, 2009
    voted: Yes

    Brian I

    It's certainly easy to navigate, but a lot of aspects need to be dramatically improved - the profile page certainly isn't user-friendly and the fact that the text boxes for answers and comments are so tiny also isn't user-friendly.

    However, I'm confident that everything will be resolved in the not too distant future and we can get back to asking and answering questions on other subjects, leaving this one to die.

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  • by Weird Science on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Weird Science

    Not yet, but I probably will like it after I get used to it. The only problem I see right now is how do we score others, I must be missing it, and how do I know if someone replied to one of my posts?

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  • by Texasescimo on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Texasescimo

    Not anymore. Hopefully it will improve after the upgrade(?)

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  • by Katsuona on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Somewhat

    Katsuona

    Well it's a little confusing at first, I've been here for a year (more or less) and I'm finding it just a little difficult to adjust to the new AB.

    However there are some new features that I like, for instance these new Polls are fun to play around with.

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  • by Anonymous T on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Yes

    Anonymous T

    It is. Finally I'm not feeling like destroying my computer
    during checking out AB.

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  • by Patrick on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Somewhat

    Patrick

    I think i'll get the use to it, the polls and the yes and no features are a plus :)

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  • by Karkhan on December 11th, 2009
    voted: No

    Karkhan

    I can't find my comments, what the fuck!

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  • by Yarnlady is happy every day on December 10th, 2009
    voted: No

    Yarnlady is happy every day

    Now it''s just as confusing as it was the first time I came on a couple of years ago. I had to figure it out then, too, just like now.

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  • by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on February 4th, 2010
    voted: No

    bagicide stayed 10 months too long

    Its hideous, awkward and lacks the invitation to conversation that it used to have. Since you can't see whole pages of questions, with comments, you don't get the inspiration that you used to get. They have driven off many of the older, wiser contributors that they used to have. So if the level of question that you desire is "Do you like orange?" and the level of answer you want is "me too" then its great. But if you want deeper questions and deeper answers, you are basically out of luck.

    I'd say they probably did want to skew the audience to a younger, hipper audience as youths are more easily separated from their cash and that is what the advertisers want. I'd caution them that when GM decided to ditch the Oldsmobile because they wanted a younger, hipper car buyer, they were in bankruptcy very quickly. Younger, hipper car buyers don't have the buying power to buy an expensive car. Their grandparents can afford all the bells and whistles because they've worked a lot of years to build up capital.

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  • by call me Kat on January 14th, 2010
    voted: No

    call me Kat

    This reminds me of the times the office I worked at changed everything, including the seating arrangements for each department.....but at least they showed us the motivational film "Who Took My Cheese" first!!! lol

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  • by abagy on December 21st, 2009

    abagy

    I thought I already commented but, okay, here it is: I don't like the new AB.

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  • by Done. never again. on December 12th, 2009

    Done. never again.

    I'm hardly getting any answers to my questions. before I could at least expect a few. Also, I can't ask long questions, which I don't like. Now I have to say "hey, can you help? Look at description." I mean, not many people look at those. God, if they wanted to update Answerbag, they could have kept the format semi the same, and just added a few things. Change the color scheme, get rid of downrates, but turning it completely upside down? Not cool.

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  • by straight-shooter on December 12th, 2009
    voted: No

    straight-shooter

    I cant find my list of watched topics, horrible layout

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  • by tinybubbles is sitting on the carpet read on December 12th, 2009

    tinybubbles is sitting on the carpet read

    no, i find it real hard to find anything on here now.

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  • by A on December 12th, 2009
    voted: Yes

    A

    It's fine for me.

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  • by Hyperion is back in China on December 12th, 2009

    Hyperion is back in China

    Share your answer...

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  • by user deleted on December 11th, 2009
    voted: Completely Lost

    user deleted

    This is seriously worser than original AB style...
    Try to do it like Y!A - now there it's impossible to get lost.

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