Did Amazon change their webpage?

[amyberta]

When I signed onto Amazon the welcome page was different.

[Tara Maya]

What was different?

[derek alvah]

Yes. Rumor has it that they've made it more tablet friendly with a new layout in preparation for the release of their amazon/kindle tablet. Don't remember where I read that. May have been here on the boards, but it has changed.

[DYB]

Correct, Amazon is in the process of redesigning their web-site and are making it available to some customers.  So the roll-out will be slow.  I still have the old design.

[Hadou]

I haven't really noticed any change, but then again, I haven't really looked for changes. 

[history_lover]

Yep, mine changed some time last week - it has a much cleaner look.

[derek alvah]

Same here. I got the new one last week on my laptop, but the old one still shows on my iPad.

[amyberta]

On my iPad it is the old one. I like the old one better.

[Jan Strnad]

It's something everyone with a web page has to think about now.

[arshield]

I have had it for almost 2 weeks now.

[kiazishiru]

I haven't really noticed any change, but then again, I haven't really looked for changes. 

what I have heard if it changed you will have realised

[CollinKelley]

I'm still seeing the old webpage, but will be interested to see what the new one looks like. Someone grab a screenshot.

[DreamWeaver]

I'm still seeing the old webpage, but will be interested to see what the new one looks like. Someone grab a screenshot.

Here you go.  I've been seeing the new Amazon page since early last week.

[Daring to Dream]

  I can't see it yet, and as sad as it is i'm kind of frustrated!  LOL.  I'm excited about it.  I've even tried two different web browsers hoping it would let me see the new one but no luck here.  It looks nice though. 

[CollinKelley]

Thanks for that DreamWeaver! It looks like a pretty subtle makeover, but I'm guessing it will be easier to render on tablets.

[Joe Chiappetta]

Mind does look different too, but I actually cannot tell what is different, but I know something is different--like deja vous

[Susan J]

I have had it for about a week or so.  One of the things that I really like is that the search field is bigger.  On the main page, if one just puts the cursor on the search bar and clicks, a menu drops down for the free song of the day, free app of the day and deal of the day.   

The menu under "Your Amazon" also seems easier to navigate.  One of the menu items is "Your Cloud Drive" which gives one a nicely organized page with folders for documents, music, pictures and video.  There are also separate menu item under "Your Amazon"  for one click (or touch) access to the cloud player, video library, etc.

I really like the new design and it makes me even more eager for the new tablet. 

[Tara Maya]

I still have the old one.

[chumlyb]

I logged on here to see what people were saying after just getting it for the first time.  I don't like it at all. It's super personalized and truth be told my browsing history is close to irrelevant to me. It's definitely not how I want to see the page presented and it doesn't lead me to what I'm trying to find.  It reminds me of one of my favorite recent books, The Filter Bubble, about everything you miss because of personalized search results.

I wish somebody would post a screen capture of the "old" home page.  Just like when they tear down a building and I can't recall what was there, I can't remember what the home page looked like.

[DreamWeaver]

I posted the image of Amazon's new home page earlier. That was viewed using Firefox.

I wish somebody would post a screen capture of the "old" home page.  Just like when they tear down a building and I can't recall what was there, I can't remember what the home page looked like.

I still get Amazon's previous home page when I use Internet Explorer, so here's a screenshot of that:



Personally, I prefer the previous design, but that may be because I'm not used to the style of the new one yet.  The new graphics seem rather "blah" to me and I prefer the older navigation style.

[Lambert]

Yes it's different. Just have to get used to it a bit now.

[Susan J]

Strangely enough I have both.       I have had the new format on my desktop for quite a while using the Chrome browser on Vista.  However, my laptop which uses the Chrome browser on Windows 7 still displays the old site.  So I really get to compare going back and forth and definitely prefer the new format.   

[ErinS]

I had the new version earlier today, but it changed back to the old version. Same computer, same browser. Strange...

[chumlyb]

Thanks for posting that Dreamweaver.  It's the menu on the left in the old version that's the big loss for me.  It's not nearly so user friendly to navigate now.

[MagicalWingLT]

I like the old design better... It has more colors, with the goldish and the orange... The new one has too much white...

[derek alvah]

I had the new version earlier today, but it changed back to the old version. Same computer, same browser. Strange...

Same here. I had the new one for a couple of weeks and it just changed back to the old site this morning.

[wvpeach]

Oddly enough only one of our computers has the new layout on the home page. Our old desktop we don't use near as much as the laptops.
  I was kinda waiting on my laptop tot get the new layout so out of curiosity I checked my husbands la[top the other day and it's still on the old layout.

[mooshie78]

All of my computers (work desktop, work laptop, home desktop) and my iPad are all still on the old version.

[Pradcliffe]

I've had the new webpage for several days and don't like it but I guess I will eventually be forced to get used to it.  I have a laptop and don't need all that white space.  I don't want so much personalization.  I really hate the emphasis on electronics in the directory and the simplifying of the directory.  Maybe I could live with the new homepage if I could click on "departments" and get the complete list without further clicks to finally get to the "department" I want.  Worst of all, during the entire period that I had the new homepage, I also experienced all kinds of problems on the website.  Sometimes I simply could not connect.  Other times, I connected, but could not navigate the links on the site.  And worst of all, I'd put something in my cart, click on my cart and it would show up.  But, when I clicked on proceed to checkout, it would say my cart is empty.  Very frustrating and it happened on both IE and Firefox.  Guess what?  About an hour ago, I connected to AZ and I got the old home page.  Guess what else?  No more webiste issue.  Everything worked like clockwork.

[amyberta]

I have the old one back again.

[ReneAZ]

I logged on here to see what people were saying after just getting it for the first time.  I don't like it at all. It's super personalized and truth be told my browsing history is close to irrelevant to me. It's definitely not how I want to see the page presented and it doesn't lead me to what I'm trying to find.  It reminds me of one of my favorite recent books, The Filter Bubble, about everything you miss because of personalized search results.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't like it.  I still can't find the discussion boards on the site; the search feature doesn't help, just gives me books about discussion forums or a page with "tags" that just takes me to more books!   
I know change is inevitable, but lately changes just don't seem to mean 'better' (at least IMO).
Guess I'm just going to have to get used to it and figure out how to get to the things I'm interested in.

[valleycat1]

I get the new one on one computer; still get the old one on the other.  Not sure why (they both recognize who I am when I go to Amazon).