StumbleUpon Changes - Are you a List or Grid?

Written on April 1, 2008 – 7:03 pm | by Shana Albert |

In the past few days I’ve noticed a few changes on StumbleUpon. They aren’t huge changes, but changes none-the-less. These changes appear on your own StumbleUpon page. What is cool about these changes is that you have a choice. You can choose to keep things the same as they have been or change the way your Favorites page looks. And, deciding between keeping things like they once were or changing it to the new display depends whether you are more visual or not.

If you take a look on your Favorite Page on StumbleUpon and you have it set to the standard view it should look something like this:

Now, take a look at the right section of this page. You will notice a section that looks like this:

If you click on the link that says, "Show thumbnails" your Favorite page on StumbleUpon will now look something like this:

Pretty cool, huh?! But, it can be changed even more still. Visually, I like the way the above thumbnails looks on my favorites page. But, maybe for you this way is too wordy and you would like to see more Thumbnails. Not a problem. You will notice that there is a section that says, "Display: List Grid". It should look something like the following image:

Right now your StumbleUpon Favorite page is probably on the default display, List. Click on Grid to see the display change to list your favorites as a grid using Thumbnails. It will look something like this:

For example, when I stumbled the post, "Treating Your Blog as a Business: 8 Aspects to Consider" it lists the screen shot of the entire web page and It’s easier for me to look at the thumbnail and know it is a DailyBlogTips post. It probably has a screen shot of the entire web page because there is no other image on that post. However, when I stumbled Brent Csutoras‘ post, "Digg’s April Fools… The Joke is on You!" the thumbnail on my StumbleUpon favorites page is the image of Brent’s "digg-fools-buttons photo". This could make just the thumbnails display on my favorites page more difficult for me in the days to come to figure out what I stumbled without having the description there too.

I DIG that I have choices on how I would like to see my StumbleUpon Favorites. I love the way my Favorites look on one page. Visually, it looks awesome!! But, I’m not sure if this is the best way for me to keep my StumbleUpon favorites page. Again, it looks great!! But, it is hard for me to figure out what website it is by the Thumbnails. Some Thumbnails are easier to figure it out than others. Some of the Thumbnails are screen shots of the web page… making it easier for me to figure out what favorite it is. However, some of the thumbnails are images from the web page itself. Even though this too is cool it isn’t very easy for me to always figure out which StumbleUpon favorite I stumbled.

Bottom line…. I love that I have choices. Which display do I enjoy the most? The answer is, "I’m not sure, yet". For right now I’m toggling back and forth between different displays until I figure it out. So far, it appears that I’m leaning towards to the traditional basic original version of no thumbnails. But, that is probably because I’m not really good with sudden change and I need to work myself into it a bit. I’m usually a very visual person, so I’m guessing that eventually when I get more use to it I will be using the Display page with the Thumbnails in the List form.

What about you? What StumbleUpon Favorites Display are you using?

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18 Responses to “StumbleUpon Changes - Are you a List or Grid?”
By Steven Snell on Apr 1, 2008 | Reply

Nice. I’ll have to experiment a bit.
By Shana Albert on Apr 1, 2008 | Reply

@Steven - Let me know your thoughts when you get a chance to experiment with your SU favorites page. I’m still unsure which I truly prefer.
By Tanner Christensen on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply

Thanks for this info Shana. I’m definitely a grid-type guy, I guess it comes with the designer frame of mind.
By Jason Bartholme on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply

Great post, Shana. Grid view does look better, aesthetically. However, if you favorite the same site often, it takes away from the appeal. I noticed that with my favorites page. It does encourage me to spread out the stumble love.
By daver on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply

I noticed the thumbnail option and like it, but hadnt noticed the list/grid option. Im glad that one of us has some good eyes
By Alex on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply

Wow, nice catches
By Elizabeth Able on Apr 2, 2008 | Reply

I’m undecided about which I like best. I wonder if the grid view will have the effect of devaluing writing personalized reviews? You can’t read reviews if skimming a grid view - if I want to see someone’s reviews, I want that list view.

On the other hand, if I want to see what site someone has reviewed, grid is better.

Nice analysis, and thanks for the screen shots.
By WebGeek on Apr 3, 2008 | Reply

Great observation! Just checked out the grid option…This will be fun to experiment with.
By Matt Ridout on Apr 3, 2008 | Reply

Nice post, although not a recent update - this has been around over a month. Yet this is the first blog post I’ve found on it - thanks!
By Watch Every Lost Episode on Apr 3, 2008 | Reply

I’ll probably switch to gridded style right now…
By mark @ mytropicalescape on Apr 3, 2008 | Reply

I was wondering what the heck was going on…Thanks for the info Shana!
By Shana Albert on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply

@Tanner - You’re most welcome. As always…. thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

@Jason Bartholme - Yeah, I can see where that might happen if you favorite the same blog often. Good point.

@daver - Very cool. Glad I could help.

@Alex - Thanks, Alex.

@Elizabeth Able - Excellent point. Another thing… I’m not sure I’m crazy about the Thumbnails when I’m reviewing a photo. The thumbnail takes away from the photo I just rated. Thanks for stopping by Elizabeth and leaving me your comment.

@WebGeek Sure will.

@Matt Ridout - The thumbnail grid has been around a month?? Its only been on my favorites page this week…. very strange. Thanks for the comment.

@mark @ mytropicalescape - Hey Mark…. always great to have you on my blog. Glad I could help you. I still have mixed feelings about the Thumbnails, but one of these days I will make my decision whether to have list or grid. I’ll probably make my decision just as a new change to SU is made.
By Wave Shoppe on Apr 4, 2008 | Reply

Aloha Shana, thumbs up for the post! The grid view floats my boat.
By Kristen on Apr 7, 2008 | Reply

I do like the grid. I have not had time to experiment with it but now that I know how to make changes I am going to play around with it. Thanks Shana!
By Sam Freedom on Apr 9, 2008 | Reply

44 Sphinns once again just goes to prove it’s not what you know but who you know. For what it’s worth, I’m a gridlist kinda guy - grids on monday, wednesday and friday and list on tuesdays, thursdays and fridays.

I take the weekends off.

Sphinn 45 on the way,
Sam
By Shana Albert on Apr 9, 2008 | Reply

@Sam Freedom - I’m not sure how 44 Sphinns on this post would prove it is “who I know and not what I know”, Sam. I have many more friends on Sphinn than 44. So, if my post was going to be sphunn by all who know me on Sphinn it would be much higher than that. So, it doesn’t appear that your comment has any validity to it. And, further more… if you didn’t like my post you didn’t need to sphinn it.

Thanks for stopping by, Sam.
By Timothy Carter on Apr 26, 2008 | Reply

Wow! Thanks for providing such a great post! There are so many things I clearly don’t understand still about the possibilities and capabilities of my new StumbleUpon is able to do.

I’ll keep “tabs” on your future written works. Thanks again!
By homaid on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

I use list with the thumbnail turned on, to help my see the reviews “very important to me”, and with the thumbnails it help a little to figure out which website is it.

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