Hi Helen, Reading your email was like reading my own history! Like you I am first generation in Australia so I actually subscribe to Ancestry.com.uk rather than Ancestry.com.au! Again, like you, all day yesterday I thought I had a computer problem and was getting quite worried (especially knowing that my poor old PC...rather like me, is getting somewhat long in the tooth) and then I happened to go into Ancestry's FaceBook page where I saw the first complaint and realised that it wasn't my computer, but it was Ancestry! What is getting to me more than anything is that I have put an enormous amount of effort into adding all sorts of information on to individual's pages, and was so happy to be able to look at a page...i.e. my father, and literally see his whole life history at a glance, complete with photographs (of ships he had traveled to Canada and Africa and of course, Australia, on), shipping manifests, baptism and other documents, census images and photo's of places he had lived and worked, and even the Church where he was baptised etc.. Now, to see it all you have to scroll down and it's like reading a toilet roll....reams and reams of scrolling on the pure white uninteresting boring and miserable background! And all with writing that makes me feel like I am either considered to be a child or blind! I wear my glasses for computer work, and didn't have a problem with the format before they started playing with it! It has literally stopped me in my tracks! I was on a real roll with my research, having recently made quite a few new contacts, and I have a page of new source documents to upload, but every time I open my tree to do some work I immediately lose interest and feel like I have had my arms cut off or worse! All we can do I fear, is what I have already started to do...bring it to as many people's attention as possible in the hope that everyone who doesn't like it will complain. Where do you live in Oz? I am in Cairns. And where do your Staffordshire ancestors come from? My father was born in Stoke on Trent and the family lived there and in Newcastle, but originated in Cheshire.... Thankyou for taking time out to write to me about how you feel. It's always good to know you are not alone! Cheers, Diana On 19 October 2012 06:43, Helen Bisset <helensgen@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi Diana, > > Mine has changed too. Yesterday I was searching and I found some photos > on other people's trees of a couple of my ancesters, I then went to another > page and wham it was in this new boring colourless state. At first I > thought it was something I'd done wrong or a problem with my computer, > because a few seconds before I had the colour and the old format. I am in > Australia, but I mainly use .uk or .com as I am the youngest in my family > and the first person born in Australia. All the others in my generation > and above were born in England, except for the lines that emmigrated to the > US or Canada. > > I don't like it either, I hate it, like you say colourless, and way too > big print. I suppose some may like the big print if their up-close > eye-sight has failed, but most people in that situation will be wearing > their glasses when on the computer anyway, so I think it's unneceassary to > have made the font so much bigger. > > At the moment it's just on the overview or profile page, but maybe they > aren't stopping there, and maybe by tomorrow it will end up on the search > pages and others. I hope not. The profile or overview page in my opinion > is the worst page they could have used to do this with anyway, because you > want to see photos and documents that you and others have uploaded at their > best. This is going to take all the enjoyment of using ancestry out for me. > :'( > > Helen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: thalauafu <dmlfamilyhistory@gmail.com> > To: mjflists@yahoo.co.uk; staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Sent: Friday, 19 October 2012 4:10 AM > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Ancestry's new look > > Hi Mike, > It is all Ancestry, not .com or .uk or au etc. > > It is not the home page, but if you go back to my message it says the > Overview Page which is the page you go to if you want to add something. If > for instance you have a new photo of yourself and want to add it to your > tree, you open up your own individual page to work on. That is the page > they have changed. It still has the same function, it is just that it is > plain, boring and totally uninspiring now, in my opinion. I always took > great delight in seeing my pages on individuals growing and looking like a > whole lifetime of history, but now, with bigger writing, you have to scroll > down to see it all. I simply do not like it! Cheers, Diana > > On 19 October 2012 03:09, Mike in Droitwich <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Is that on .com or .co.uk ,the "new search" or the much preferred "old > > search" > > > > Mine has not changed on my customised home page on .co.uk, old search > > with adblock & flashblock operative (i.e. no adds or images on the home > > page, moving ads,avatars etc. make me feel travel sick) > > > > Mike Fisher in Droitwich > > my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com/ > > > > ****************************** > > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of > ARCHIVED > > MATERIALS. > > ****************************** > > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > > link. 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