How can I get back into the old SD?

Question

My PC was powered off accidentaly.

Now I don't seem able to get back into the "old" SD.

Any ideas how I can do this? Thank you.

• Get an old PC. - ray76 Feb 3, 2012
• L O L Ray - you still got it! :) - billygoat Feb 3, 2012
• Google Spanish Dict in Windows. - annierats Feb 3, 2012
• I take it you are also not a fan of the new SD interface? :-) - Gekkosan Feb 3, 2012
• No I am not - and it is not because I am a "stick in the mud" I don't like "enforced change" - ian-hill Feb 3, 2012
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Answer 1

Lol... I would like to take a moment to state the obvious. Span¡shD!ct is going through it's Facebook stage and changing it's look in order to attempt to attract new people, and at the same time entertain the young people with a new look.

Case being the same as Facebook, I absolutely abhor the new look and functionality. "Don't fix it if it ain't broken" is what I was always taught.

EDIT:Pleeeease do not vote for me till they fix the negative votes. The vote system now subtracts votes and rep instead of adding them!

EDIT2:Hmmm... someone does not follow directions but it seems to have worked ok for me. Lol, why is it subtracting votes from Gekko!?! Pobre amigo mio... =\

• The negative points bug has been fixed. - Martha-SD Feb 3, 2012
• Awesome, thanks. That was a funny scare, ¿no? - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• I left facebook and I'm free to leave this site as well... Unless they send me new sunglasses! - annierats Feb 3, 2012
• lol - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• Dont leave, Annie! I need you here to say everything I want to say--except funnier. - MLucie Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 2

I went to bed about 8 hours ago and the world was alive and operating

in a useful and knowing way , I now find that WW3 has begun in my

absence , my old comfortable cloth slippers have been replaced by

plastic ones with no laces , my old ones are nowhere to be found

they were quite functional everything was in my reach , they flipped

and flopped as slippers should , maybe a little moth eaten but well loved ,

I am an old dog with fleas and bits missing I do not need the added

encumbrance of bells and whistles when a grumble and grunt will suffice.

And who is it that has the unnimittigating gall to force me to accept with

no option to refuse this unwanted effluent pervading my screen .

Begone "flash harry " give me back my slippers.

Beam me up Scotty I want to go where old slippers go ,

to a kind and gentler place where old folks are left to grow

And ancient spanishdicters frolic in verbal conjugations

a translation free land and every vote thousand reputations

gained and badges handed out like lollipops to suckle all.

• Hehe-That sums it up brilliantly, Ray! - pintor Feb 3, 2012
• I knew you would find a way of expressing our exasperation mate :) - ian-hill Feb 3, 2012
• Perfect, Ray! I, too, prefer my old slippers. - MLucie Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 3

Mystery solved: the "New" and very arguably "improved" SD has just gone on production. There is no going back to the "Old" SD anymore!

• Jajajajajaja! I voted for you and it says -1 ! - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• Well, very very very arguably "improved" SD is indeed taken over. =[ - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• Uh oh... someone else didn't see my comment and voted for you too! Now you're -2 Gekko! =[ - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• Wooohoo, I tried voting again and it fixed it... now instead of -2 you only have -1 votes. - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012
• Hey, you should see what happens if you try to vote for yourself! At least on Firefox it produces a nifty bug! :-P - Gekkosan Feb 3, 2012
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Answer 4

Oh-oh, what's going on? I can't access either.

I don't like this new version, I'm not comfortable here.

Aren't we going to be able to use our old site any more?

• Laura, I'm totally with you, I don't feel happy, it stares at me. - annierats Feb 3, 2012
• I hate it. My post will not be here today. I tried. - 0043ad50 Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 5

Ian, I'm using the old site in Windows without problems, you just have to come and visit me, that's all!

• Ian, don't coem, it has been eliminated... Now there is a huge square saying Feedback anb no questions anywhere.. I'm crying. I shall got to Buzzu or whatever theya re called. This is not bearable. - annierats Feb 3, 2012
• The least they could do is eliminate typos! - annierats Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 6

The new Spanishdict.com... YACK!!! I guess it is time for me to retire from SpanishDict.com. I know a few that are going to be happy to see me go!

• Noooooooo farallon! Don't goooooooo.... - ajaks Feb 3, 2012
• wow, you are not the only one to say that, farallon, that is a disaster, you are a native speaker, omg, if we can't keep natives here, what will become of this site.....:( - Heidita Feb 3, 2012
• Please don't retire, Fallallon! This will get better.... - MLucie Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 7

As someone who´s made a living writing software for 30 years I have to say this is definitely not a well thought out interface. It appears that most of the feedback from the beta version was ignored, and very little testing went into the current version before it went live. The changes don't seem to bring much in the way of good new stuff, they've broken a lot of the good old stuff, hidden some of the rest of it, and managed to annoy virtually all of the regulars who make this place useful. I'd really hate to see the forum turn into a semi-ghost town used only by people expecting automatic free translations or looking for someone to do their homework for them.

I'm not going to take my ball and go home, but I sure hope someone goes back through all the feedback we've taken the time to give and considers it seriously.

• Well said from a knowledgeable point of view! - MLucie Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 8

Well, Internet Explorer seems to allow it. Mozilla wants to immediately direct you into the beta though.

My first idea... modify the URL and remove the beta in it.

If that doesn't work, go to a specific post (this one would work) and then modify the URL by removing the beta. That should directly link you into the old view and you can navigate from there.

Of course, there may be a simpler way like a button, but I don't see it.

• Strange with Firefos my link goes into the oild site but not IE - ian-hill Feb 3, 2012
• Hey Güero nice to see you! - Dakie Feb 3, 2012
• Eyyy compa, good to see you too. I may be coming to México in the not too distant future. Mandame un mensaje. =] - DJ_Huero Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 9

No that puts me straight into the new SD Heidi

• really??? hmmmm, that is weird, have you tried dj's suggestion? - Heidita Feb 3, 2012
• Yes that doesn't work either - ian-hill Feb 3, 2012
• Nothing works. - annierats Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 10

I don't understand the mechanism at work here. It's not happening to me, using Firefox.

Instead of just deleting the "beta" from the address, replace "beta" with "www" and see if that works. The correct full address for the old site should be:

http://www.spanishdict.com

• hmmm, that is what I sent him, very odd that it shouldnt work, hmmmmm - Heidita Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 11

I've now been redirected to the new site. They have improved the look and feel a little, from how it was a few weeks ago, but I still don't like it. Where is the Reference Section? I asked this question a few weeks ago, but the question seems to have disappeared??? I'm particularly interested in the article on transitive/intransitive verbs and the use of 'se' written by Lazarus

• Billy, the reference section is on the answer bar in the categories section. You just have to look for what you want, but at least it's there. - sanlee Feb 3, 2012
• http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/browse/reference-articles - sanlee Feb 3, 2012
• thank you Sandy - billygoat Feb 3, 2012
• Another place I've found the dictionary and the reference is by scrolling down this page, to where it says in bold, Spanish Reference/Learn Spanish/Popular Searches. - bandit51jd Feb 3, 2012
• Under the bold Spanish Reference are the links for both. - bandit51jd Feb 3, 2012

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Answer 12

Will the old SD still be available now? Please let us know. (It just went live.)

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Answer 13

Hey follow this link, Anonymous is talking about the new SpanishDict.

What?... Is the link leading you to the new SD?... Seems that no one can save us this time.

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Answer 14

I am going to have to take a break from SD until this is sorted out. I am Pet Korun on the word reference forums if anyone is looking for me.

I am not trying to be a brat by leaving, I honestly have a headache from reading the screen here. I know it doesn´t matter since most SD traffic is not regular users but Googlers looking for video lessons or a dictionary.

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Answer 15

I am using the old site, exclusively so far, have a look if this link works.

link

• No it doesn't work. I am using Google Chrome and I can reach only the new site. - porcupine7 Feb 3, 2012
• It doesn't work. - annierats Feb 3, 2012
• It doesn´t work.Goes to the new one. - faliron Feb 3, 2012

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