The New StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon is transitioning into a new redesign, and changing some things around. The new design is much lighter, and puts the search field in clearer sight.

New StumbleUpon Design

In the post announcing the change, the fourth iteration of the site, they say that their goals are to make things simpler, searchable, and more social. The search has been improved, and now lets you chose to search within your favorites, everyone’s, or your friends’.

It all looks significantly different. The “simpler” part of their mission has certainly been realized. It’s easy to navigate, and there certainly aren’t any unnecessary elements cluttering things up.

The search, too, works as advertised. It’s good at digging-up what you’re looking for, and seems to be heavily weighted towards views/votes.

It will be interesting to see if this drives more people to the main StumbleUpon site instead of just clicking away at their toolbars. I wonder if the iframe toolbar and Su.pr are also partially attempts at doing just that?

  • http://www.slowcomputer.net Dave @ Slow Computer

    Ever time I see a stumbleupon story I wonder how much traffic the guy at stumble.com gets every day. Check out his site.

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      I wonder if StumbleUpon has tried to buy that domain yet? I bet a lot of people do land there by mistake.

  • http://www.squiders.com Web Design Maidstone

    I shall reserve judgement

  • http://www.moinid.com Web ideas

    Finally! :) Will see!