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Laura PourMeADrink

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7. I'll have to play with settings because that was my

Reply to CaptainTruth (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 08:28 PM

Oct 2023

first thought... Change off large font. Which I did, and it looked the same. Like a zoomed in version of old DU.

I have a theory that successful sites keep everything extremely simplistic. Example has got to be drudge ( used to get exit polls before " they" ( whomever) said you couldn't publish. And drudge hates trump.

Anyway, the secret IMHO only, to its success is it's simplicity. They never tried to add pics and graphics and menus and features and colors - just puts out simple
list of hot stories with links.

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I like the "Expand featured" & "Jump to news" on mobile! [View all] CaptainTruth Oct 2023 OP

We are still tweaking... EarlG Oct 2023 #1

I love the "Collapse featured" mode, which looks like it's the default. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #2

Excellent! EarlG Oct 2023 #3

I also like the new order of items on the mobile home page, Featured, Trending, Greatest, then other stuff. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #5

* think my screen view looks the same Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #4

At first I had a similar zoomed in view, see the first image in my OP. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #6

I'll have to play with settings because that was my Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #7