FreecycleReviews of freecycle.org

I can't think why you find it necessary to change the listing format. It worked well and it was so easy to see the photos and contact the donor. Now I can't find a way to see any photos and the listing is confusing and I personally find it difficult to read in that pale green colour you are using. If things don't go back to 'normal' soon, I'm afraid I'm off to another site.. I really don't want to do this and I'm sure you won't miss me but if too many people think as I do, you could have a problem.

New website reasonably accessible on the computer, impossible to use on the phone. Please, please take it back to the old platform. In this case less was SO much more!

Whoever at freecycle thought of changing the format of the website does not have the idea to deal with it. He/she should be listening to people here. The site now allows people to look at only a few posts of combined 5-6 membership areas in one opening screen, which means you get to see, at best only one or two posts from each area/town you are member of. This will be cause the demise of freecycle as people move away. I dont feel like opening and browsing anymore, purely because it is such a pain. I would request freecyle.org moderators and those who manage it to seriously consider adopting back the old format. It they dont go back to old format, then unfortunately I will remove it and cannot support it any longer.

Website changed for the worse I agree with so many others on here. What was a really simple and clear to use website has been butchered. I've used it a lot over the years and as I've been clearing my mother's house have checked the 'wanted' page almost daily. The new browsing experience is awful and I certainly won't be using it so much.

I have Meares-Irlen Syndrome (also known as Visual Stress/Scotopic Sensitivity) the new site font colours 'very pale green on bold white' are a nighmare to try and focus on. I can't be alone in this, whether other Freecycle members have the same condition, or dyslexia, or even perfect eyesite. What was the rationale behind the choice of colours, fonts, and lay out? It is appalling, and very discriminatory to those with eye conditions or sight problems, I can't imagine the distress of those with cataracts, and macular degenerative conditions - mostly by those who are already marginalised or forgotten about by society - Bold black on a coloured base was fine. As for when typing in your offer/wanted details description Freecycle have not put a note above the box stating to only use your keyboard 'Return' key when finished - I automatically use it when wishing to start a new line of text and to make my advert clearer to understand. Instead you present a small box, that appears to limit the sentence length - it is not clear that you are to keep typing your whole advert in one long stream. Incurring multiple headaches and nausea everytime I open an email from Freecycle is going to undo the good that has been acheived by this international community hub. It must be very difficult to read arabic, chinese, or other language fonts in pale green. Please Freecycle go back to the former layout instead of isolating and losing the army of people reducing landfill.

Can’t understand why the site has changed. Not bothering with them anymore. I’m sure I’m not alone. So will be deleting. Believe charities will benefit.

Ugh. I completely share the views expressed by other users that the new online format is much less user friendly. It's clunky, slow to load pages, and a handful of adverts takes up far too much space on a mobile phone screen. I don't have the latest smart tech or a fast broadband connection and I sure many other users don't either. The old site allowed you to quickly scan a list of ads for items of interest, without the need for an image front and centre. You got the image AFTER clicking on the description or by asking the advertiser to email one. Searching for items that were advertised more than a couple of days previously is a complete waste of time. They've long gone, otherwise they'd have been re-advertised, and why say there are scores of matches to a particular search term but then only allow you to view a fraction of them. Frustrating!

As many others have pointed out, the new website is a definite step backwards, the most important thing should be ease of use and clear layout, no 'new features' are needed, the old site worked perfectly well and was easier and quicker to navigate.