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FakeNoose

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51. I agree with you that it's better, but maybe for a different reason
Fri Oct 20, 2023, 11:43 AM
Oct 2023

I come to DU almost every day on my desktop computer. I never have trouble reading it on my computer because I have lots of options such as rescaling the fonts etc.

But one time I tried surfing to DU from my cellphone and I said - yuck! never again. I hated how it behaved on my phone and I never wanted to read it or try to navigate it. (this was DU3)

Some DUers have no choice but to view everything including DU on their phones, because they don't own a desktop or laptop computer. This is how the world is evolving, and we're the dinosaurs. EarlG has foreseen that we need to adapt to the cellphone users, or lose them altogether. That would be a problem when we dinosaurs die off, and the young ones aren't here to replace us.

We need young people, especially liberal-voting young people who care about political issues. We can't send them away because they don't like the navigational difficulties. Other websites like TicTok, YouTube, Reddit, etc. have figured it out already. We're learning from them how to attract and retain the younger subscribers.

I fully concur drray23 Oct 2023 #1
I agree. I'd prefer less white space but overall I like it Ocelot II Oct 2023 #2
I like that it has less of a blank white space at the top SidneyR Oct 2023 #19
Thanks. Lucky. debm55 Oct 2023 #3
Hiya Deb! LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #4
Well put, Lucky... MiHale Oct 2023 #5
I rec your rec of the rec feature! dchill Oct 2023 #14
same. Think. Again. Oct 2023 #27
They used to have this feature. Cartoonist Oct 2023 #26
DU has never had the ability to rec responses. ZZenith Oct 2023 #31
I'm pretty sure they did. Cartoonist Oct 2023 #38
Been here since pretty much the outset. ZZenith Oct 2023 #40
2018? Kinda late to the game. Cartoonist Oct 2023 #44
Joined in 2003, I believe. ZZenith Oct 2023 #46
I couldn't agree with you more, comrade. WheelWalker Oct 2023 #6
Seems to me that the only real constant in life is change. Srkdqltr Oct 2023 #7
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! underpants Oct 2023 #8
I suspect I'll get used to it eventually... Wounded Bear Oct 2023 #9
totally agree on the phone thing JT45242 Oct 2023 #10
It's fine by me. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #11
Good advice about giving the new format some time. Paladin Oct 2023 #12
I liked the old format, not because I got used to it, but everything was on one page Escurumbele Oct 2023 #13
It's a much different experience depending on how wide one sets the window progree Oct 2023 #15
As I said in another post chouchou Oct 2023 #16
Just deal with it everyone. twodogsbarking Oct 2023 #17
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THE PHONE CatWoman Oct 2023 #18
+1. iluvtennis Oct 2023 #23
Thanks for this, LuckyCharms. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #20
I'm struggling with the opposite. James48 Oct 2023 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Oct 2023 #22
It is big, but at the same time, it is very easy to read. LiberalArkie Oct 2023 #24
That's usually how it goes XorXor Oct 2023 #25
I love it. Think. Again. Oct 2023 #28
For me it's like any other new thing... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #29
My check is in the mail! n/t Harker Oct 2023 #30
I got comfortable with it during the testing phase and like how cleanly everything is presented. MLAA Oct 2023 #32
How does it feel to be the Voice of Reason? ZZenith Oct 2023 #33
My take: highplainsdem Oct 2023 #34
I'm Brand New, Looks Fine To Me... JackCoop Oct 2023 #35
Welcome, JackCoop LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #36
Thanks, LuckyCharms JackCoop Oct 2023 #37
Welcome to DU! highplainsdem Oct 2023 #39
Thanks, highplainsdem JackCoop Oct 2023 #41
Welcome to DU! CottonBear Oct 2023 #42
Thanks, CottonBear JackCoop Oct 2023 #43
Welcome! AllyCat Oct 2023 #47
Thanks, AllyCat JackCoop Oct 2023 #49
I agree. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #45
I like it but can't find the pic of the day. AllyCat Oct 2023 #48
Thank you Wild blueberry Oct 2023 #50
I agree with you that it's better, but maybe for a different reason FakeNoose Oct 2023 #51
I agree it's better on the phone. LisaM Oct 2023 #52
Naa dweller Oct 2023 #53
I'm not finding it better on my Android phone. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #54
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