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New web format is terrible

Cheryl Webber
Cheryl Webber ✭
October 13, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

As a web designer and a researcher my input on this new interface is get rid of it! This is the trend right now to "dumb down" interfaces. The problem is that it might help 5% of your users and the rest of us are left out in the cold.

The previous interface was clean, crisp and you could see a lot of data at one time. it was NOT overwhelming at all. It made sense. I can't even begin to describe how bad this new one is. There's almost zero contrast so the eyes can't distinguish anything on the page. Everything is in big bubbles. It's preschoolish and certainly not designed for any serious, hard core research.

I absolutely agree with how the categories worked previously. Being able to sort search results by category with just a click or two was one of the best things about the interface. Not now. This really is useless. It's taking me 5-6 times as long to find things as it did before.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring back the old interface!!!!

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  • Lisa Albrecht_2
    Lisa Albrecht_2 ✭
    October 14, 2021

    I agree with you.

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  • vickyg2003
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    October 14, 2021

    I'd like to see the search terms in an organized list.

    I'm older, I have trouble seeing, and I have trouble remembering what was on the screen I just looked at and have a small touch of vertigo. I think I'm a good representative of the type of people that are researching their ancestors.

    Having Birth, Marriage and Death in the same order would go a long way in helping me get the results I want, instead I keep entering my dates in the wrong fields, and then complaining because search doesn't return what I'm asking for, especially with this new font that is so THIN. And the search boxes are so HUGE.

    When you close search window so that you can see the record you have so much motion it makes me feel ill, and then when you click More Options to reopen the after all the motion, the fields are in a different order.


    LOOSE THE MOTION, it does nothing more than make your user dizzy.

    USE A THICKER SMALLER FONT so that it is easier to read and more information and will fit on the screen. I used to be able to read the whole record in one blow, now I scroll through three screens because the font is so Thin, that it has to be huge to be read.

    PUT SEARCH FIELDS IN A LOGICAL STANDARD ORDER, Birth, marriage, death, don't put it in one order and then keep changing it.

    I'd prefer the searchbox be moved back to the left, but the location isn't as important as being able to see a record without being made sick.

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  • vickyg2003
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    October 14, 2021

    Fix ANY field


    I don't know what to put in that field. When I'm looking for someone that I don't know where or when they were born, I typically want to look at people with that name in the place their children were born.

    So I will pick something like residence place and 1900-1900

    The first time it works, I close the search window so I can see the record, and then open it to add more options, the RESIDENCE DATES and PLACE are now in the ANY DATE and PLACE which makes it become birth instead of residence.

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  • GwenRagland
    GwenRagland ✭
    October 16, 2021

    I can't stand the new format, it's totally useless! I am unable to research as a genealogist would research for all missing documents! I can't try different name spellings QUICKLY! My clients expect efficiency, professional and speedy work!

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  • connie augle
    connie augle ✭
    October 16, 2021

    This new way of searching is terrible. The old way was way better. Please bring it back!!

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  • ChrisChalcraft
    ChrisChalcraft ✭
    October 18, 2021

    Please at least give us the option to view things in the old format. I cannot use this new format. I used to spend hours on your site making good progress. Now I can do almost nothing. It is so frustrating I leave after a few minutes and a few fruitless attempts to search and view information. PLEASE give us the option to view it in the older format! Thank you!

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  • Freddy1830
    Freddy1830 ✭
    October 18, 2021

    Family Search was my go-to website for family history. I don't know what the revised interface is supposed to achieve. Fewer site visitors? I hate to say it, but its goodbye from me! Thank you for all the help in the past!

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