Ancestry 'New Home Page'

[PrawnCocktail]

Really cross about the Quick Links, as I used those all the time!

I've now bookmarked the Advanced Search page, and put all bookmarks for the collections I had in Quick Links into a folder. That folder is now on my Bookmarks Toolbar, which gives me a drop-down list. I'm not going near their useless front page now!

[ggrocott]

There have been complaints about it on their facebook page, if enough people complain they may listen, but I doubt it.  :-(

I do wish they would fix the messaging and other things instead of the things they do do!

[martin hooper]

The new home page took me by surprise as well this week. It has nothing of any use to me on it, except the link to the card catalogue which is in roughly the same place as it was before.

These kinds of changes are made by people who think it all looks very nice on their smartphones. They have no idea about the needs of those of us who try to do serious research.

I think I'll walk away from ancestry when my subscription expires.

Martin

[Gadget]

I remember when they made changes to ?DNA displays, etc. a few years ago, they consulted us via an online questionnaire. They seem to have given up this technique and resorted to a 'take it or leave it' approach.

Not good.

[ggrocott]

They actually now have a panel that you can sign up to to give opinions on things - supposedly you get rewards for doing this.  I signed up for a year, got nothing in rewards and didn't feel they were taking any notice of what I said, so I gave up!

[frostyknight]

It's very cluttered. Like you I can't seem to find a way to personalise, as there was in the olden days!

I quickly click on Trees, Search or DNA from the top bar so that I can get out of it as quickly as possible.

Gadget

I've had the new page for nearly 2 weeks, and I do exactly the same as this Gadget. There's nothing on the new page that I want or need.

[Stanwix England]

The new homepage has just appeared for me tonight (I had the old one when I logged on this morning), so it does seem like it's been slowly rolled out across different accounts - given that some of you have had it for weeks.

I never really used the homepage before, I always just went straight into my tree.

My first impression is that it looks a little bit cleaner.

However I do feel like the emphasis of it, is based on looking at what other people have got on their trees. What worries me about that, is that I think it's going to encourage a lot of mistaken assumptions and perpetuate bad data in general. Not everyone's tree is correct. Only the other day, I came across a mistake that someone else had made, totally wrong marriage for a couple. It's in multiple trees I think.

I know that it's the individual account holders responsibility to get their own information accurate, but it's easy to be swayed, especially when you are new to doing this.

[Galium]

I don't like it. 
There's a family tree.  Ooh look, it's mine, I put it there and I know how to get to it already.
 
Hints from the 1950 US census.  I don't have a world subscription, and although I'm sure Ancestry would like me to, that isn't going to work.

Hints for the wife of a second cousin 2x removed - yes looks like it's her, but not particularly important, and if I actually wanted to follow up her family I'd do that without needing hints.

Hints containing information already included in my tree.

Some random photos from other people's trees.  If I wanted to stick a nice picture of Ely cathedral on the profile of anyone who might have married there, I'd choose my own.  Only I don't.

My latest DNA matches. Yes, I know where to find them, and yes, I have noticed that there's a new ethnic inheritance thingy.  I've already looked at it, thanks.

Meanwhile, why is the custom link feature being discontinued?

[Jon_ni]

I had the new look a week or more ago, certainly changed but as like Stanwicx I normally go straight to trees, resume a previous session or have left a pinned tab on my web browser of where I left off before going to bed not too bothered. Yes I had customised slightly but have my common Ancestry records eg UK BMD, 1939 reg saved to toolbar of browser.
Certainly wouldn't want the US 1950 census on it, in fact happily just have the top blue bar and the right hand side pane. However the US 1950 census is free to access for all whether you have a world subscription or not as is the 1940 US (though seem to have to logon to .com before that is)
Pretty sure there have been discussions about the new page, US got it first, think Christa Cowan of Ancestry has done presentations on her whats new videos but I tend to skip through and only watch if someone has linked and mentioned on Facebook. If I recall she said most people did as PrawnCocktail has done so didn't use the homepage customisation.
https://dna-explained.com/2022/01/27/ancestry-rearranged-the-furniture/