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New stacks system - advantages and disadvantages~~

Journal Entry: Thu Feb 11, 2010, 11:52 AM
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Edit: Because I was asked, this journal is also the news article now: [link] ;) So please give it some love :D

Stacks system

Morning everyone!

While browsing dA today's morning, I noticed a huge change. Stacks. My reaciton went from "Whaaaa :noes:" to "Wheeee :lol:" very quickly, when I realised, that the number of deviations in my devWATCH decreased suddenly from 3,300 (seriously!) to only 388 stacks! That is a wow!

But a few moments later I saw a poll where people were terribly complaining about the new change. That surprised me, since I was personally fond of the new system. However, I noticed many users actually didn't know how it exactly works, so I decided to write down this journal. Let me quote a few complaints and make things clear.

:bulletblue:I hate the change, it kills browsing!
I wonder why, actually? The stack system sorts deviations by artists and collects them in single stacks. For me it makes browsing easier - I don't have to dig through hundreds of deviations anymore, I just click on an artist I want to check and there I see all their submissions since the last time I cleared my message box. :D

:bulletblue:There should be an option to bring back the old system!!
Hey, but there is! I don't understand people who complain before even checking. Just go to "Deviations" under your "devWATCH" tab in message center and on the top you still have "Sort by Date" and "Sort by Sender" options. The only thing that may annoy is that when you come back to the main center, there are still stacks remanining. But no one forces you to browse deviations there...

:bulletblue:It's terrible, I deleted the whole stack by only one misclick!
It is true that you can easily get rid of the stack by simply clicking "x", but then the system ASKS you if you really want to delete the deviations. I understand one missclick, but TWO? :o

:bulletblue:I'm pissed that I can't open stacks on different tabs in my browser!
True. That's the thing they omitted. It would improve the stack system a lot, I hope they'll fix that!

:bulletblue:And now I won't know if my fav artist adds something, because it will be added to the stack, not to the list in my message box!
Not true. If an artist submit a new deviation, it is added to the stack, but at the same time this stack gets updated - and it appears at the very beginning of other stacks.

:bulletblue:There's no point in adding deviations to groups now! People will mostly delete whole stacks before even looking inside.
Well, I admit that MAY BE a big disadvantage. Even before the change, when your devWATCH was flooded by groups submissions, impatient users had to delete them manually, which made them at least look at each of them. Now the submissions are in stacks, so let's assume that there's a very ugly one at the very top of the stack - many people will tend to delete them! OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but I'm afraid that it will go like that. (note: it's not about me, it's about other people who do that xD)


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*Manasurge Feb 11, 2010  Student Digital Artist
I dunno, I personally love it. I have over 7000 deviations to go through, so this is making it a lot easier for me to go through them, and see people's complete updates all at once to make better decisions on who I want to keep on my watchlist and such.

I also like that the deviation page updates no longer re-pile up and bug out like they used to because of the stacks.
But of course that's just my opinion^^
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`anako-art Feb 11, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
thank you!! :D
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:iconmoonbeam13:
Please make this news please pretty please :heart:
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`anako-art Feb 11, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
lol :XD: here you are: [link] :heart: though I couldn't submit it under dA related category :P
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*tremani Feb 11, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
I like it. I love it. I could use more of it! LOL. While I as keeping up with my inbox before this is an improvement. This way I can bows my goup submissions at leasure. And not have to sort through them all in order to find submissions from the regulars that I watch.
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:iconinsane-ukulele:
Dla mnie ten system bardzo odpowiada! Zamiast szperać wśród stosu wymieszanych obrazków czy żurnali mogę jednym kliknięciem wskoczyć do spisu wszystkich dewiacji tylko od jednego autora (lub grupy). Zresztą i tak można było BARDZO SZYBKO pozbyć się wszystkich obrazków - strzałka obok usunięcia pojedynczego usunięcia, wybrać opcję "Remove all devations from [XYZ]" i zatwierdzić. Przez strzałkę można również nie przyjmować kolejnych informacji o obrazkach czy żurnalach!

Ale widok więcej niż 50 prac obok mojego loginu wciąż mnie przeraża, ot co. :fear:
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`anako-art Feb 11, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
no tak, były niby te strzałki, ale mnie nie zawsze te opcje działały (firefox mi zamulał D: ), więc teraz jest bosko. wreszcie obejrzę zaległe deviacje, czekające w kolejce od miesięcy... :P
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:iconlyuuin:
love your points, when i saw the stacks i had the same reaction. thanks for explaining, it helps. I have too many fave artists that i watch and i get confused so now its all nice and orderly. plus i'm part of a group so i get SOOOO many deviations....
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:iconkittypon114:
I like the stack idea! Cuz right now I have 1,146 deviations to sort through O.O
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