Now get rid of Trump

grateful to have it!

so far so good

I know it's a tremendous task. I've noticed how much easier it is to read DU on my phone.

Thank you.

I just noticed a minute ago that the video pictures were back. They liven things up nicely, as well as conveying what they are at a glance. Sometimes you feel like TV and sometimes you want to read something.

Not to have to do any of this stuff myself.
Thanks for all your hard work.

Thank you for all your hard work. I am a fan of DU4.

I can barely read anything there unless I force my browser to show the fonts larger.

That's how I fixed the ads covering part of the articles when I enlarged the fonts on my screen using control+.

On the question of bugs, what is the best way to communicate with you about glitches we encounter?

During the beta phase, there was a temporary forum for discussing DU4 issues. Now that it's gone, I miss it, and I'm not sure what to do.

I did that a few days ago, and wasn't sure if I should gave done something different,

I like it!

I feel at home now with the changes made.
Thanks for listening and growing.

But, I still miss the old DU.

The type on the old front page was too small to read and I love that it now changes for those I have read. Love.

Now it feels like home again!

So much better. Now you don't have to go to navigate to see the videos.
Excellent! Thank you

DU

Thank you!

Thanks.

It looks great!

I live for latest breaking news and latest discussions. They seemed harder to get to before these changes, but I like this new format! to EarlG and Elad & crew!

Thanks!

and the blue links on the home page are changing to purple after I click on them like they used to do.

I like the layout better with the equal width columns and the video off to the right.

I think the Skinner mode looks a little better on my old iPhone too. I like the 'jump' button to get to LBN rather than having to scroll down so far.

Nice work allayas! (i.e. all of you all )

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"Greatest" and "trending" sections are still taking up WAY too much space and are on top of the news, on the desktop version. News should be "above the fold". Considering that only a tiny fraction of readers are required to make these stories "trending" or "greatest", it obscures the actual information that I, at least, come here to see. Maybe place them in a table side-by-side in the same column, and dramatically reduce the font size of the Recs number, it's just not that relevant. As I write this, four of the top 5 are at 30 recs. Personally I would prefer those under the Pic of the Moment, and Featured Stories Under that, and News at the top of Column 2.

Video column is good, thank you.

Overall, I have to say, my time at DU has dropped considerably since the change, I probably come by 30-40% as often as before. I'll eventually get used to it on desktop, but it is not as easy to use or to find what I am looking for. The phone version is almost unusable, I don't like scrolling for ten screens (gives me a headache), past all the forums, latest, trending, blah, blah to get to actual news, so that version has dropped to basically zero for me, and not likely to be used at all.

"Jump to Latest Breaking News" -- tap that and you'll go right to the LBN section.

Definitely helps.

It is a question of adapting to the smaller screen, which the DU page is not doing at this time.

I am not sure what language is used for the development of DU pages, but most languages have support for smaller screens. Bootstrap, for example, allows the developer to set up the form and to adapt for different sizes, it allows support for tablets, phones etc. Bootstrap is for PHP, but as I said, most languages have that capability, if I am not mistaken it is more of a JavaScript function.

It sounds like I may need to make some adjustments for very small screen sizes.

I've noticed the improvements.

Thank you

The home page is perfect on my phone now. Yay!

We appreciate all the efforts and the update.

Everything is in one long page one section after another. Web browser is Firefox. Tried both default and skinner. Tried changing page sizing, I'm using a Linux system on my TV with 1366x768. Tried it in another browser and its mostly ok there. If I figure it out I'll post the steps I use to correct it.

holding down the Shift key on your keyboard and clicking the Refresh button in your browser -- that will force the browser to download new files from the DU server and may fix the issue. If it persists, wait a few minutes and try again. If it persists for longer than a few minutes, please let me know.

That did the trick. Still prefer the Skinner mode though. Looking much better now. Thanks for the system updates.

I just LOVE DU4!!!

Thanks for all your hard work!

Thanks for all of the hard work!

Most features are back,,,, good..... now leave it alone

A mix of old and new. This feels more familiar. I like the changes and I like the comfortable feeling of it looking like the old format.

Kudos to EarlG and the rest of the crew for making this happen. Cheers.

I was finding it difficult to navigate. It's much better now.

It’s a lot of tedious hard work. You are greatly appreciated!

I didn't think having to click on something at the middle of the page was worth grumbling about, but I do appreciate having the column restored.

I love a good renovation!

Thanks for all the good looking improvements. So much better.

Had some issues at first, but made some adjustments to font size, etc. Because of my ancient monitor, when I got the text size I wanted in the computer, the ads would cover part of the stories. Fixed it in my settings.

Bring back DU3.

You're now trying to make DU4 look like DU3.

Why not simply remove DU4 and bring back DU3?

You would immediately see a rise in popularity.

I noticed it around mid-day from work. I don't log in with my account while at work, but when I saw it I hoped it would be across both public-access, and logged-in homepages.

Thank you for all of your efforts!

DU4 is great. No complaints here. Only compliments!!

Thank you, sir.

Definitely easier to read and navigate. I definitely approve!

think it is there anymore. I've been there a couple times but I think it was from following a link.

should link you to the front page. I finally tried mobile and there is a "DU" that you can click on (if you use that). The "Standard" and "Dark" modes have a big "DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND" header across the top that is clickable and "Skinner" mode has a Democratic Underground.com" graphic to click on.

Well done and thank you for all of your hard work and ears.

Thanks for all your hard work

Thank you, EarlG.

Much more "user friendly".

I miss the daily toons!

It cuts the right side of the page and there is no way to scroll to the right, one cannot see the new video column to the right, not even the full headline of the post.

I use an Android, I know sometimes developers favour iPhones, but there are a lot of us Android users out there.

Thank you

If possible, please send a screenshot of what you're seeing to earlg@democraticunderground.com so I can diagnose.

... have had no bugs or glitches with the new DU; I am running Ubuntu Linux and Firefox browser and a vpn.

Just thought I would add my three cents to assist in any troubleshooting conundrums past or present.

Have a good day!

Looks more professional looking and easier to use. Much like an improvement on the old site. Yes you had it right all along. But now you have improved it with a few tweaks. Bravo!

Hopefully, you can get to the cursor issues next. The cursor is either a text select cursor, or a pointer cursor instead of a link cursor in many areas, including the My Stuff & Navigate buttons, the Post and Preview buttons and others.

Thanks!

It kind of would be nice after all to be able to truly customize the entire front page as we see fit assuming of course its even possible.

I know you've been working hard on this for some time, and it's really appreciated.

But good job!

The layouts are not scaling for mobile views.

That the recent updates should be easier for some to find favorite forums.

The same number of clicks as DU3.