I don't mind change... but I don't like change for the sake of change.
My objections to the new format is that I now have to navigate a number of buttons to menus of other buttons to do what I used to do directly on webpage ( looking for responses to my posts for example ).
I suppose the fewer buttons are easier to paint on a small phone screen. And while I use my phone for a great many things, posting on DU isn't really one of them. I still use my laptop for DU.
Personally I don't know why we can't each have our "own DU custom experience"... i.e. a meta app that allows me to arrange whatever buttons and menus I like in the locations I would like to have them. Along with various panels for content direct access.
I could even imagine a time when I can direct the AI to provide me the interface I want through a series of questions and answers (typed or verbal or whatever). After all, DU at its heart is really a collection of databases of news feeds, postings by members, mail, tagged items that contain video or links to ah-hem "X" or other social media, etc. The rest is mere presentation and navigation.
But that's just me.
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