Ancestry 'New Home Page'

[Gadget]

If the way to get around the Home page is to link to other areas, then why have it?  I now link to DNA and Trees. I mainly use the search for US, Canada , etc. UK records are much better on other sites.

 

[ReadyDale]

Mine changed tonight.

Well, that is waste of screen space!

[Jon_ni]

If the way to get around the Home page is to link to other areas, then why have it?

When you think about it there is little on the home page or Dashboard of Findmypast and no one seems to comment on it, every time Ancestry change something there is a tide of complaints but it soon ebbs (not suggesting they are necessary or worthwhile)  They seem to want to make it look more touch and swipe than click and type which I'm not bothered about as always use a computer.

[Gadget]

Jon

Your argument seems illogical.  It's not too good on a smart phone either!

[lydiaann]

Quite simply, I hate it.  As people have said, full of lots of stuff not relevant to my research at all.  Hopefully, Ancestry will read this post and amend their mistake asap!

[Ray T]

Typical Ancestry - first two “Hints from the 1950 US Federal Census” said that, unfortunately, the page was no longer available! I didn’t bother looking further.

When will these numpties spend time sorting out what doesn’t work rather than inventing more excrement to go wrong?

[Nanna52]

I’ve got a “please explain” from their hints on my home page.  They have Emery Young as paternal grandfather of wife of first cousin.  Huh?  He is my biological great grandfather?  How does that work out?  I see that as a new high in their hints confusion.

[Gadget]

Once upon a time, I worked in computing where I designed large social/health databases for research purposes. In those days we tested programs thoroughly and very few bugs appeared in the live systems. In Ancestry, and a lesser extent, FindMyPast, errors are a common occurrence. Have professional standards fallen so low in computing these days and are these changes thoroughly tested before going live?

I've just dared to look at my Ancestry home page again. Here I find a strip of info about my main tree - this is the one that I selected as the preferred option for the page. I also have guest or editor rights on a few other members' trees/DNA.

Then, for some reason, my Ancestry home page shows some irrelevant 1951 US census pages. These are followed by some details - photos and other records - relating to trees that I've not looked at for a good while. They are not relevant to my tree.  Then they summarise my DNA ethnicity results 

It really is ridiculous.

Add - also some US School Year Books that don't seem to relate to anyone's trees

[Nanna52]

Gadget son works in computing and he is fast losing hair as the ‘bigwigs’ demand that programs or changes go live on a certain date.  No questions asked!  Even when they have been told that there are known bugs to be fixed.  Often they soon go offline again whilst bugs are fixed.  ‘Bigwigs’ have no idea of the complexities of programming.