Am I the only one that finds the "Round thumbnail frames" irritating on classifieds?

You are certainly not the only one that finds the "Round thumbnail frames" irritating on classifieds. I hate them.

Some "port holes" even get by in the classic view mode. 

I agree

Tell Audiogon as they think its great.Nobody likes them as they are stupid!!

If that’s the case, Agon got ripped off big time

I contacted them when the bubbles first appeared. i also noted that the left column price range did not allow me to put in my price range

AFAIK, neither has bebn resolved, though they assured me it was

OMG, and Edit button. Progress

If AGon are like many businesses, they may have got stiffed on the design by overcharging consultants and would get ripped off again making further changes out of scope.

"High End" Agon is apparently very comfortable with embarrassing format ads compared to most everyone else on the Internet even Craigslist.

trash...should just model their listings like amazon or ebay

I was wondering why USA Tube Audio has no ports on their listings. So like lowrider says, only private sellers. 

I find the new user interface annoying and hard to look at. I've been shopping around for HT processors there and it's really hard on me to sort through what I'm looking at compared to the previous design.

There's no way around it, all private sellers get the porthole on their items.
Only the  listing display can be changed to Classic view. 

So you are saying the sellers have to pay not to have it? Really? I’ve never sold anything before on AG. If anything, I would think it’s an option to pay to make your ads stand out. 

Remember that the porthole idea was brought to you by the same greedy minds that initiated the “Insider” club here on Audiogon. By now you probably realize that no amount of complaining on this forum will change it. Fortunately, there is a workaround that is explained above by one of the previous responders.

We are designed to be resistant to change, yes. Part of our basic wiring. For better or for worse. Natural selection had it become ingrained into the design. Overall, probably a good thing, in most cases of natural world living.

Oh, no doubt we're resistant to change.  

@rcprince , did u see my comments? Even in Classic view, featured ads still display the porthole view. Very annoying.

It is designed to make sellers pay more to get their message through to you.

It’s not about your dislike, it’s about beating up sellers.

It’s a forced shakedown of sellers, who have to pay more to get rid of the porthole view.

The whole thing is very against the buyer and the seller, for the purposes of revenue.

It is difficult to be more wrong than this method, when it comes to making yourself effective and complimentary in growing your own chosen marketplace.

Yes thanks

Thx rcprince....

Hard to see the object......I skip right by it.

I find that audiophiles are easily agitated ;-)

You can get rid of the porthole view.  Go to Browse, on the right you'll see a "sort by" box and another icon plus a green icon.  Click on the middle icon and it will give you an option for Classic View.  Click on that and you go back to the way things used to be.

There were lots of hate threads on the portholes when they were rolled out.  I’m amazed they are still around. They are just terrible.  

Is the porthole an option when listing a classified? I don't see how any seller finds this attractive

Agreed very unappealing.
I thought the old format was much better.

I hate it.

I think more people view this forum. I will send a note to AG. I really enjoy looking at the ads. I'm looking for a possible amp purchase early next year and currently searching for speaker bases and plinths. The Portholes are a terrible feature IMO

there are a lot of issues when it comes to this site and you can email them your concerns and it will get mentioned in a meeting and that is about as far as it will go.           

might have been better if this was posted in the Misc Audio category....vs Amps and preamps.

I buy and sell on Audiogon, and have also been skipping past those listings. Even when viewing the classifieds in "Classic" mode, thumbnails and featured ads display the porthole photos. 

It's a terrible design and I'll bet some sales are being lost due to this format.