View Your Complete StumbleUpon History

chief_geek — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:38:13 +0000

StumbleUpon’s new look makes navigating through stumblers’ profiles a more pleasant experience and the menu changes make viewing items much simpler. The profile page keeps your interactions organized along with a great tab called History.

As we stumble there are times when we discover something worthwhile or interesting, but for one reason or another choose not to like it. Inevitably, at a later time, some of those websites become useful or need to be referenced. Without a bookmark, like, pin or other save method, the website would be lost and with it your chance to get the information or help you need.

StumbleUpon’s History Tab

StumbleUpon’s History tab is a complete record of all your stumbles, even if you didn’t like them originally. Every website visited through StumbleUpon is now available in the History tab on your profile page. The tab is completely private and only available to you, through your profile, while logged in.

To access your StumbleUpon history, login to your StumbleUpon account and click on Profile to access your profile page. On the left-hand side menu, click on the History tab and your complete history will be listed in the center column of your profile page.

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StumbleUpon Updates, Adds Channels

chief_geek — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:01:37 +0000

StumbleUpon is one of the best ways to find new content on the web. Since their start back in 2001 they’ve been a popular way to pass time and surf without destination. In more recent years they’ve been looked upon as one of the better ways to drive traffic to sites and yet still remain a wonderful source of new content.

Now, StumbleUpon is ready to re-launch itself with a completely new look, including new logo, website design, profile layout and added features like Channels and Brands.

StumbleUpon’s New Look

The redesign has three main destinations, ‘Home’ which is basically a graphical listing of all your interests, ‘Profile’ which is all your stumbles, discoveries, etc. and has a completely new look and ‘Discover’ which lists ‘Interests’, ‘Stumblers’ and ‘Channels’.

The new home look is simple and is clearly designed with ease in mind. The tiled listing of all interests is straight forward and easy to navigate.

The new profile page is completely different than what users are used to, but is exponentially more appealing. While there aren’t any innovations to speak of, the layout is much easier to navigate with choices aligned down the left side of the screen with all recent stumbles shown as the main focus.

Discover is where StumbleUpon has recommendations for users. Recommendations on interests is pretty self-explanatory. The stumblers and channels recommendations are left unexplained and since some of the channels were off the wall, we can’t really determine how StumbleUpon “recommends” them. At this point it’s a nice feature, but focused targeting seems to be lacking.

Final Thoughts

The StumbleUpon redesign is pushing forward the process of exploring the web by making it easier to discover new sites based on your interests. The interface is much more appealing and simpler to navigate. The addition of ‘Channels’ and deeper integration of the ‘Explore Box’ are definite pluses. The jury is still out on the idea of following brands and channels though since many are already liking them on Facebook or following them on Twitter.

Your Thoughts

Do you like or dislike the new StumbleUpon? What are your opinions on the redesign and added features? Let us know in the comments!

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