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In reply to the discussion: New Google News layout is awful - any suggestion for alternate news aggregator sites? [View all]MrPurple
(985 posts)10. Thousands of people have complained about this in Google forums
but I guess not many people here are regular users. I may go with a digital Washington Post subscription instead. From my experience, the previous Google News layout was uniquely good for grasping 40 different stories in a well presented snapshot with links any any story to the WaPo, NYT, BBC, Guardian, Fox (if I wanted to assess their spin) articles on the story. It still does that, but I need to scroll and scroll to see what was dense and visible on one screen before.
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New Google News layout is awful - any suggestion for alternate news aggregator sites? [View all]
MrPurple
Jun 2017
OP
I like seeing a panoply of breaking global events in one screen shot, click when I want to know more
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#4
The new version might not have been implemented for you yet, I don't have a classic settings choice
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#9
I liked the old version for the same reason you did. And I hate the new format. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#24
Think it's meant to be easier on phones, but stupid not just have 2 separate versions
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#13
Agree, awful....it is like it is pandering to the "graphics" crowd instead of the "reading" crowd
LeftInTX
Jun 2017
#18
The New Layout Doesn't Bother Me As Much As The 505 Errors That Keep Killing My Feed...
JimGinPA
Jun 2017
#22
It boggles my mind that we don't have scalable code yet that can be written...
Shandris
Jun 2017
#30
I don't use google period........I use DuckDuckGo.com as my search engine......they NEVER track you.
a kennedy
Jun 2017
#36
I liked not specifying sources, so I could see what ones I disagree w/ were saying too
MrPurple
Jun 2017
#42
Done. Thanks again. Is this provided by Google or has someone developed a program for this?
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#55
Oh, that's great. Thank you. Like MrPurple, I'm switching my home page to this one. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2017
#56
It was nice having the old Google News layout, but this site stopped working now.
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#58