I tried DA Eclipse and i already dislike it

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I was getting nervous before i tried Eclipse, even i didn't wanted to try it at all. At the beginning of my "quest", i was saying "well, it's don't look too bad!".but when continuing, i regretted making that choice.

An important note : i don't make any screenshots to proove anything. I was too lazy and i don't want to come back ever again.

Okey, let's get started!

Why my avatar look jpeg-ish? It's like there was a effect that does the opposite of Gaussian blur.
Why there's nothing in my Featured art widget?
Why there's less stuff in my activity widget?
Why nothing is centerented?
Why my page looks empty and had less wedget? Like the donation wedget by exemple.
Wait... People can see my recent posted comments? I want to keep this private! And people can stalk you by this!
Where is the journal entrys page?

The thing that really bothered me is that DA Eclipse is UNUSABLE in Seamonkey. I can barely do anything! I was required to use Microsoft Edge to send help. Thankfully, someone helped me and i'm happy to get back to the old layout Heart 
And those errors 500 and 503, that also bothered me as well.

So, DA Eclipse was worse than i expected. The only thing they should do is making the layout better. It's look like ArtStation, which it's a professional art website and not everyone are really professional in DeviantArt.
Come on, DeviantArt. Don't fix thing that aren't broken.
I know they're aware about the issue and i hope they will fix this.

By the way, Someone made a amazing original redesign :D
Check out this comment : www.deviantart.com/comments/1/…

I also made a outdated journal about DA Eclipse : More of my thought about DeviantArt EclipseUpdate : Removed the dislike button and detailed location. The dislike button wasn't added as a new feature. The guy who revealed this feature has probably did a big mistake. For the detailed location, as i have said ; this is optional. But this is not automated and you can just add tags, so this feature is not that bad.
Thanks to humblehills to explains me this.
Note : Since i discovered many bad thing about DA Eclipse, i was thinking to do an entire journal about this. Also, I'm not leaving! I will try to resist that awful layout, or maybe DA staff will scrap Eclipse.
What is DeviaantArt Eclipse?
DeviantArt Eclipse is a upcoming update for DeviantArt probably in end November or beginning 2019 (can someone specify DA Eclipse launch date?). That update will have a dark theme and a new design that it will make the site more professional.
Good things (i personally found)
Bullet; Green Dark theme : The only feature everyone wanted. Y


Anyone can try it now, but do it in your own risk.

P.S. : I'm not exactly sure if it's will release in April. I asked, but i didn't got any answer.
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Rejuv1n8edChr0nic9l's avatar
It just takes some getting used to, in addition to being patient with DA getting some bugs taken out. I've already suggested adding a tutorial to help guide users through the works.