Welcome to the New Current TV Website!

Thanks for your sharing this website.. Keep posting..

It's taken awhile but I'm starting to appreciate some of these new changes with Current and at Vanguard, keep up the good work. Nice layouts things getting more manageable and user friendly. Thanks Guys. hydro.

Threading "Replies" Method Not Serving ...Please Check it out at the link, and if you agree, say so, so we can get it changed...
http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom/topics/fix_the_threading_method_it_does_no...

Synopsis: It is impossible to intelligently, and in a timely fashion, follow threads with replies strewn throughout the page. When you return to a thread you should be able to pick up where you left off, without having to hunt and peck and waste time figuring out the discussion flow.

There is a better way with simply some slight adjustment.
At the link there I have suggested a method for addressing this that I feel would better serve our needs. Please go there and chime in.

Maybe this is way we can "Vote" to influence changes to the form and function here at the site ;^)

My only complaint:
The new layout makes it super hard to find other stories to read other than the ones listed on the main page.

Can someone tell me... I haven't posted a story in a while, but did they update the ability to invite people when you post a story?
I found it really tedious to have to click each one individually, and i think the only ones you can choose are listed from whom you follow list, and not the who is following you list.
This really needs to be upgraded if it was not already.
I had written to th blog, and to the feedback thingy about this, and I believe there was mention of looking into it for the coming upgrades.

I don't know if this has anything to do with it too, but I have noticed that since about the beginning of the year I only get invitations to stories from about two, sometimes three people. Now maybe I am not that popular and so do not get invited, and I don't much care about 'that' aspect... I did wonder, however, if the invite system is fubar and members simply do not use it... but then there are those three people who invite me from time to time... so who knows ?!

by the time i get use to one web page--you change it!!!!!

Although I like the changes I believe cosmetic changes and color scheme are less important in my opinion.

I wish Current worked harder to attract and retain users who engage in civil discussions, encourage quality comments instead of bickering. I would also like to see two separate counters for votes, one for the up vote and the other for the down vote.

Current did need change. Unfortunately, the kinds of changes being made aren't for the better (in my humble opinion). It seems like Current is doing it's absolute best to alienate viewers and detach itself from the online community, thus stripping away one of the main reasons that people were attracted to it in the first place. I've watched Current decline steeply in the past few months and I'm really not happy about it. I'd love to see Current revert back to better times, but with each new "upgrade" I feel like that's becoming less and less likely. I'd love to be proven wrong.

I figured out why I don't like Current as much anymore.

It's its sudden fixation with getting more and more users.
In other words making the site more appealing to everyone and anyone in order to increase traffic to the site thus being able to charge more in ad space. Greedy $#%!@

And because there is so much more people on the site and because there is no restrictions on what stories you can post and how many, there is so much more shit stories to sift through. Thus making the previously easy task of finding good stories to read and comment on laboring and not worth the effort.

All this site is made up of now is mediocre users posting mediocre stories which in turn satisfies the mediocre intellect of said users.

Even the staff running Current seems mediocre or rather doltish. Purposely taking away their most popular features. The same features that made them popular or worth wild in the first place. Taking away almost all viewer created content (VC2) and input, Viki, Relevant Vanguard stories, Its signature green color theme, and an online community that seem more informed and intellegent than most.

I guess that's how new users are able to put up with the steady flow of crap spewing trouhg the feeds here on Current, they don't know what Current used to be and how much better it was. All they're getting now is the bottom of the barrel and they don't even know it.

I don't like it. The emphasis is now placed on the television channel, rather than the on-line community.

The ads start automatically and blare some ridiculous commercial, which makes the whole place feel like a spam trap.

Current was a great experiment that has sold out to a third rate cable channel.

the dot com used to run the channel, now the channel runs the dot com...sadness

The site looks good, so far no complaints. Caught me off guard when I logged in!

It's a little harder to log in to the site now ,because as I scroll up to the sign in on the page, the tab marked "participate" opens!!! The tabs are just WAY too sensitive!!! & I actually find the new setup harder to navigate with !!! I DO like the whole streamlined look,but functionality is not as good as it should be!!! I I am STILL finding that stories related to one subject will appear in places completely unrelated to that subject!!! As for current the channel...It would seem the channel is having issues, as all I've been seeing lately are best of specials!!! It's clear Current is TRYING to improve upon things,but there are STILL many many things that seem to need some work!!! Weeding out spammers would be a HUGE must!!! I support Current & a lot of the awesome stuff Current does,but I do have to warn the site & show creators not to go overboard changing things!!! I've noticed with ANY site though that if the site makes some sudden radical change people freak out,some leave the site & then others just stay around & eventually get used to change!!! I really hope things get worked out!!! & I REALLY want to see Current pushing some of the ideas that the network was founded on again,because some of those old Ideas are why Current is even worth paying attention to in the first place!!!

Personal taste note: I really don't like Super News at all!!!

Current will be fine.

I do miss when contributions by the Current community were more prominently displayed on the front page and it'll take me a little while to get used to the new color scheme (which really isn't all that important). Other than that, I rather like the Current's new look, it looks really organized.

i love the new design :D as the super news people would say its "swexy" :D but i miss the old feaures like featuring news stories and comments on tv i miss all the old CJ and UC2

i loved putting on a video seeing the UC2 text popup telling me i was about to watch something done by another user :D

Hate the new format voting up/down. Why do you want to hide the feature. Also The "more" button was very useful so you could read the article without having to load a whole new page.

This is making the site worse not better

Those of us with groups should be able to customize the colors on their pages as well as be able to add banners on them. My page for the Sustainable Agriculture Group looks terrible now with the contrasting colors. I also think you should have a category marked groups at the top ot your main page. Some may not be able to find them or know to click on "participate" to get to them.

Only time will tell.
EDIT: The post story button tab closes if you click off it, making it difficult to post. Fix requested ASAP. tyvm

well, it can only be an improvement over the old site because over the past few months the current news section has been completely worthless.

People's avatar is gone from the news list.
The whole scheme of colors is cold, feels robotic and too harsh.
The aesthetic does not convey that warmth you would expect from a community, social site.
What happened to all groups?
The ad auto-play needs to stop.
I like the BFD feature and a better navigation menu but that's about it.

Oh well, lets give it a shot.
Im getting a little tired of all this change though.
Is like Obama, a change for the goddamn worse.

Thanks for effectively gutting out 85% of our content. The page really does 'look' nice but to us members this is BS. At least give us a page that when we log in we can see our content and what people are really commenting on. like a google's twitter feed..

Do we really have to tab around to see what stories are on the rise. what a joke.

new site is ok
the other had more vibe.
this feel like corp current

what a gwaaan

peace=in

Fuck you.

love the new layout, but I also miss the green!!!!

Big Featured Discussions and Popular Comments are really cool features.
How are BFD's selected?

I think having the option to comment on the BFD directly from the front page without even going to the article page is a bad idea.
That just means a lot of people will be commenting on a the headline and not the actual article.

whoever is in charge of the dot com part of current needs to be fired

Dropped a good ol' suggestion in the suggestion box.

BRING BACK VICKY, THE CURRENT ROBOT!!!
MORE USER-CREATED CONTENT!!

i cant get to "my current". it suck's! i think it is just another way to censor unwanted oppinions! how many time do you people need to change the format? looks desperate to me! maybe currnet needs more content on tv instead of regurgitating the same old stories? sad and pathetic!

Looks ok, BUT I MISS THE OLD COLOR SCHEME. Black/Lime Green is way sleeker than this white/baby blue (twitter much?), imo. Im gonna miss the old site, this just looks like Twitter had a baby with Current. But i guess we're just gonna have to deal with it... :-/

i'm just wondering why they keep changing it? the first one was perfect, the second, less so...

Finally! It's about time the community's contributions became more marginalized and less emphasized. I mean, who comes here for non-TV content?

http://with.it

It wasn't the tech/aesthetic aspect of the site I had an issue with. BTW, I can't place tags on my posts now. I have the add tag button, but after I click on it there is nowhere to enter them.

I saw a post on current about how the new apple ipad...which sucks by the way....is taking over t.v and there really trying to advertise it...you didn't follow the heard did you current???....That makes me a little sad...
OOO
and if you could please not post mindless stupid things like how to spot a masturbator and get back to the real stuff that's going on...that would be great!!!!

So where is the new Make TV button? Can't find it.

BFD... Big Fuckin Deal... Big Featured Discussion... lol

I hated the marquee before and now!! but I shan't nit-pick, it's good that current is trying to improve

May I recommend the change in the way banned comments appear.

I find it disturbing that once active member of Current community who may have contributed many great posts and comments would simply and COMPLETELY disappear from Current. I do understand, respect and support Current guidelines, rules of conduct and an absolute need for civil interactions. But Current culture is shaped by Current posters and removing ALL traces of existence is simply wrong. I truly believe that only the offending comment should be removed leaving preserved all non-offending and often valuable informational comments and links.

Thank you for reading my suggestion and I hope Current team will preserve our non-offending posts that help shape the Current culture.

good job you guys looks clean.

fyi green>blue

corporate whoring at its finest, great job current. epic failure. thanks for shoving more shit down our throats that we don't want.

I haven't really had a chance to check out everything yet but the site definitely looks sleeker and cleaner. I was never a huge fan of all that green. So far so good. Nice job.

Much cleaner interface, good use of color and graphics. And I can see the Logout button! Nicely done. I also noticed improved performance today. Am I dreaming?

At first, I was like, "Ooh...that black is real sexy naughty," but then I saw the drop-down menus, and got sad. D:

What, no "groups" button/link at the top???
Where do you go to navigate groups now?

ok.. I see the apple product in the background. Did Apple not approve the app yet/on time???

I'm going to need a little time to scope it out before presuming to comment too much.

That said, I really miss the helpful icon that used to adjoin the user's icons throughout the site, at any post, etc, showing the user's level's/achievment/activity. I mentioned this in the blog, and I thought it was slated for return?

Also, I should mention, and maybe I am in the minority, but as much as Current has going on on TV, I am someone who does not really do much TV, and i do not even get Current TV anyway. I initially started coming here because I was intrigued by the ability to scope news from around the world ...driven by world community participation, and the facitlity to be interacting, rating, and all that.
I hope Current keeps a strong mindfulness about how this site works as a stand-alone (from TV) service for news access interconnected with community driven rating. Since the major transition some time back it seems this has suffered greatly.

Good luck with the new dress... I hope it works out.

you used to be able to watch the featured video right on the front page. now its all presentation. kinda a step back maybe?(is it easier to count views or something?)

besides that it look great!~

Ok, first - to the suggestion of having people compete to have their story aired simply for the glory. I find this idea rather counter productive and somewhat insensitive to those who have worked so hard to create stories. My understanding is that the goal of Current TV is to get as many different stories submitted as possible to make information and knowledge more accessible to people - for the people, by the people. It seems like it would be a waste time for the producers at current and voters to determine which of the variations are better when there are plenty of other stories they can be voting on and getting to air that much sooner. Also, those who are creating the packages would be wasting their time trying to get the same story for the same outlet when they can be putting their time into investigating and reporting on something different and focusing on things they are very familiar with. The whole idea behind user generated content is to get new stories, new perspectives, and new talent to be seen and heard. Not to compete for glory. You want glory, go try out for the olympics. You want to make change in the world and inform people about important issues, do film/video/news.
The other issue I have with such an idea is that while you, and others you know may have time to put into producing projects for glory, that very idea is what has caused so many talented film makers and video producers to stop creating and start working at Starbucks. Then you are left with only stories from the perspective of people who have enough money and time to make stories for free. Awarding people for their hard work with money is essential to create quality content. Not because everyone is greedy, but because people need to make a living or at least recoup their costs of production.

Lastly - to the design critiques, while I am a big fan of good design, I don't think they really did a bad job here with design, as they made an extremely streamlined and easy to navigate interface which from what I understand from people I know, this is MUCH better. Those who are not tech savvy media junkies who are interested in current, are now more comfortable at the site and not overwhelmed.
Great job current, keep it up.

yummy!

it's like a nice new pair of undies...

i like the new web logo

I like it

stop changing !!!!!!

all i miss so far, is the ::more:: button/link that extends the opening paragraphs of each article. having the 'champloo' of (extended)things to read, all on one page was like no other source i'd found - outside of long-winded gossip sites. it was perfect for breaking my glut-of-tabs habit... please cough it back up!

The functionality is a lot better now, but what happened to the current design standards?i thought current valued design. It looks like you guys used some standard wordpress type blog. added a couple features here and there and you were done. this is not the current i know.

Will user-submitted stories never be featured on TV again?! I think so many of us were drawn to Current with the lure of having our hard-found news links featured on TV hourly.
I believe that particular feature of Current is what had so many of us out there digging up the best and most newsworthy material for this great site. Bring it back! Please? :)

the homepage auto-play and floater ads are soooo annoying, and I see you removed all of my attempts at being equally annoying with comments about floater ads and auto-play that I liberally posted on the top 20 stories. I had a feeling that annoying current staff just might be violating current policy, but alas, I did not heed that still small voice and became a renegade poster. Clearly, if I am not more careful I shall find myself banished to JJ land.

sorry, but it's still annoying. I think the new homepage is over the top with self promotion, but I will just bypass your annoying self promotion tactics and bookmark from elsewhere. I still really like Current.

I've noticed the beta tag is missing. Does that mean that this new Current is now officially v1?

I also preferred the green over the blue. Just my opinion. To me, the color green symbolizes technology, which works for Current.