Has anybody else found that it freezes and crashes all the time?

I used to spend unhealthy amounts of time looking for my next car on the old site but it seems my laptop can't handle the new one. :thumbdwn:

Nope, can't say I have had an issue.

Used to be able to swap to the old mode somehow, will see if I can find it again.

Around 5% of our visitors have been directed to this new site over the past few weeks, and they've been feeding back to us and helping us to get the site ready for launch.

By gauging the nature and volume of responses, we now feel that we have taken the new site to the level where it is ready to be launched fully. We'll still be constantly adding new functionality and features, for months and years to come. This new site will go live to 100% of our visitors from 23rd September 2009. .

Sounds like you can't after all, sorry.

the new Autotrader website is a pile of 5hite, it is soooooo slow its unreal

I've sent them a fair few emails stating how crap it is!

Yep, the new website is terrible. I used to spend hours daydreaming too but never use it now either.

It's not just the autotrader website unfortunately, too many web designers seem to be stuck in an endless race to stick as many flashy gimmicks into their sites with lazy code that takes up way more space than is necessary. If only they'd design quick and clean sites. Funnily enough, the old AT site was a perfect example. It was simple, it was reliable, it worked! I find the Pistonheads classifieds taking up the role the AT site used to hold for me as it doesn't crash all the time and is far more intuitive (simple) to find things rather than go through draggy and over complicated menus only for it all to crash as it tries to load the photo's anyway!

I know the person who was project managing the Auto Trader search redesign at one point... I kept telling her not to change it!

The original version was the best.

PistonHeads classifieds are rubbish too, not enough search options.

Old AutoTrader worked well. I like the design of the new site, but it just does not work!

I don't think Autotrader realize that not everyone has a fast Broadband connection, which is what you need for this new site. I seem to have trouble dragging that yellow scrolling button when I have a slow connection.

The people who designed the site would be using a 100meg. Lan connection and would be oblivious to the problems the rest of us have.

AutoTrader is just as bad on my work connection...

It's not the computer/browser is it? Cos my old Dell couldn't cope, but my new pc is fine, both on the same internet connection.

It works the same speed here using IE and FF as it does at home on my "barely" 1Mbit connection, using IE, FF or Chrome! :(

Sounds a bit like food shopping, you see one of your favourite items

& there's a big yellow stripe on the box with "new improved recipe" on it.

9 times out of 10 it means they've ruined it!

I find the Parkers website much quicker for searching than Autotrader

Edited 5 November, 200916 yr by gcr31463
added a bit

Has anybody else found that it freezes and crashes all the time?

I used to spend unhealthy amounts of time looking for my next car on the old site but it seems my laptop can't handle the new one. :thumbdwn:

Yep.

Where ever i am , Work, Home, Friends..... & i don't think the layout is anywhere near as friendly..

Java, So unstable .... I hate it .. Bring Back Html....

Dean

Javascript* dean

It's not a broadband speed issue it is a browser memory issue. You'll find running the new Auto Trader web site in Google Chrome which has a very very fast Javascript processing engine will be almost seamless, whereas in other browsers that aren't as quick to process Javascript it can be a little jumpier.

PCs with a lot of available ram will cope just fine. Old ones - not so much!

4GB at home, 2GB here... still ****!

Must be user error then.

I use firefox as my main browser but whenever i visit the autotrader website i use the IE tab extension. Viewing autotrader using Firefox is slow and jerky. Using IE via IE tab in Firefox makes it smoother. Not faster, just smoother.

Javascript* dean

Yes, thats the Scrote ..

Hate it , i tell You :lol:

If you have both Microsoft Virtual machine & Sun's Java installed, this seem's to contribute to Javascript driven website Woe's :( They seem to conflict with each other, Even if Virtual machine is not ticked & Most older Pc's will have this version...

Removing as per here, does improve things ...

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_msvm.xml

Did i mention that i hate JavaScript !!

Dean

Edited 6 November, 200916 yr by dfullb

I fecking hate the new Autotrader site

It's ruining my vRS hunt!

Its working fine for me?? and the only thing thats stopping my vRS hunt is the fact there just arent enough Fabia vRS SEs for sale around here , and the nearest one (Huddersfield) is up at £10995 ffs!