Home layout changed

Also, even if I do a 'thanks' I can't see if it's showing on the post.
And where are the puzzles?
I have figured out that the arrows can reverse the order of the posts so you can see the most recent post first, but that still doesn't help if I am looking for a post which previously was on a known page number, or if I am reading a popular thread and leave, when I return I can't find where I was up to. Really not user-friendly, to my mind.

@BeckyAMumsnet I was struggling upload a picture so uninstalled and reinstalled the app, I absolutely hate this layout, I am on some long-standing threads which go up to 40 pages and now I have to just scroll to the end which takes forever, the direction/top-bottom arrows at the top of the app are too close together to be used effectively, and the only comment I can make on a post is 'thanks', no heart, no agree: what is going on? And I can't find the puzzles!
It's a huge 'no' from me, if the site stays the same it will be unusable for me. Very unhappy!
(I am accessing via my phone which is my main way of using Mumsnet)

Same. I've had active convos bookmarked since about 2007 😂😂😂

My phone browser takes me to the home page by default, always has

I’m genuinely surprised by this - I didn’t even know the homepage existed 🤦‍♀️.

Am I the only one who goes straight to Active?

What is or was on the homepage that I’m missing out on?

My phone browser takes me to the home page by default, always has. This is what I get since a couple of days ago - two chunky thread titles/previews and half a big ad. If I click on any of the other tabs listed across the top I get the same layout, just a different couple of threads and another big ad. Previously my home page had a Mumsnet feature and immediately beneath that there was a box with 6 or 7 trending thread titles and you could scroll to different ones simply by clicking on a little refresh icon. I loved that, it was very user friendly. The new style is a pain in the butt, really demotivating for me. If you could measure my individual contribution to your site traffic you'd see I'm hardly bothering now.

Oh well.

I usually find changes easy to adapt to after a time but I also find this update difficult to navigate. The trending button is also not working for me consistently.

The list at the top on the desktop are very messy. The 'threads I'm on' etc. It looks crap.

I’ve had to change so many browser settings to access the site at all through Safari. I have no idea what’s happened but every time I’ve tried to load the site it starts to load and then immediately crashes. I assume it’s happened to other safari users too. Bizarre.

I have realised that I have never accessed Mumsnet via the homepage (and I didn’t realise the logo with the hat on the ‘M’ was something you could click on). I have always gone in through ‘Mumsnet active’ and accessed threads I’m on etc etc via that route. So I’m not sure what it looked like previously.

Question for everyone - why do you access it via the homepage? It has links to all sorts of threads I’m not interested in eg baby stuff. I have all those sections switched off in settings, so Active is a much more accurate representation of things I want to read. What is the purpose of the homepage?

Can't stand it either.
Difficult to use.
Will deffo spend less time browsing mumsnet now.

It's awful! I keep going to the little active clock which looks more normal. Like others, the silver lining is it may save me time.

Another screenshot below (don't get confused, folks). On the home screen I can only see 2 threads without scrolling, which isn't enough. The ads at the top and below block out space. I feel MN is looking more and more like Reddit, but with a Daily Mail-esque amount of ads. (Yes I do use an adblocker, soz.)

I also don't like the Featured page - what is that based on? One of the topics in the screenshot is highly specific and not relevant to most users.
Surely Trending makes for a better main tab?

Ha sorry to confuse you - I posted a screenshot...

So now you hate me enough to train a bunch of pigeons to poop on my new door mat.

Thanks Becky. Thanks a lot. No Christmas card for you this year.

(I’ll check out the front page.)

@BeckyAMumsnet this is what I’m seeing now in this thread on Safari on iPhone. Everything is massive on the trending section so it doesn’t even fit in the page

I'm on my laptop and "shopping" is on the top right and "trending" is further down. It used to be the other way round. It's annoying. I'm not interested in shopping threads. Surely most people are interested in the trending posts more than the shopping ones? Most fo the featured posts are just the ones in trending. It's messy, clunky and annoying.

I followed your link and it's awful. The font is huge, so I only see a couple of posts on my phone screen which means I'm constantly scrolling, which aggravates a shoulder pain - RSI.
I tried tapping the trending button. It doesn't work.

Oh I see it's the home page.

I've never used that, my MN bookmark is for active convos, which fortunately hasn't changed layout!

@BeckyAMumsnet It's frustrating not to be able to glance at a compact view of the trending threads on the homepage.

It's all too large and awkward to use.

I now have to click on the small AIBU at the top of a thread, which then shows a small Talk tab to click. This finally takes me to the contents page. Such a weird way of having to do it.

It's not user friendly at all. But the adverts are huge and constant so I guess it works for Mumsnet, just not the users.

@BeckyAMumsnet

I use Mumsnet on iPhone or iPad and haven’t seen any difference yet. Don’t you like me? I’ve been very loyal all these years and you toss me out on the rubbish heap when rolling out new ‘dynamic’ shizzle?

#TeamLeftBehindBecauseBeckyDoesn’tLikeMe ☹️😡

Can't view the site anymore on my mobile phone, new layout is awful.
Ah well at least it's fixed my mumsnet addiction as I will no longer be using it.

It changed overnight for me and I HATE it.
On the upside, now trending topics isn't a simple small overview on the home page, I'll probably use MN less and get a lot of my time back! Mild addiction vanquished!

Another one here who hates the new layout. Not user friendly and awful to navigate.