VKontakte is not an updated version. How to download the VK program in the old version: useful tips

More recently, the Internet audience was able to see VKontakte update 2016 year of manufacture. Since its inception, VKontakte has not changed radically in terms of design. And 10 years have passed since then. According to the administration, the developers spent about a year and a half working on and implementing the new product, which, you see, is a lot. Many resources redesign almost once a year, but VK remained conservative in this matter for a very long time and did not introduce big changes, but, as they say, nothing lasts forever. Changes have come and they are visible to the naked eye. As always, we divided into two groups. The first are those who resist innovation in every possible way and immediately reject everything new. The second group is those VKontakte users who applaud the new design of their favorite social network and have already managed to put a huge amount on the design. Many users in the first category don’t like the fact that a lot of things have been stolen from Facebook’s design. Let's take a closer look at what the developers came up with that was new and what they left without intervention.

Firstly, it immediately became noticeable that the font had been changed from the old, small and awkward one to a more readable and wider one. In general, the page has become much wider, which allows you to use more space. At first glance, it seems that they removed a lot of unnecessary details in the design. Now, spending a lot of time on the vastness of VKontakte, your eyes will get much less tired. This is one of the main advantages of the new VK design. Another innovation concerns photo thumbnails - they have become round.

The update did not reach users immediately. Those interested had until April 1 to try. VKontakte 2016 update on computer in test mode. Many switched, many did not want to - this is everyone’s personal matter. But if you now want to go and personally test all the innovations, then you need to contact the VKontakte team, namely, write to the support service, to the help section or to the community https://new.vk.com/team. After some time, you will receive a response with congratulations that you have become one of the participants in testing the new VK design (see picture below).

As can be seen from the figure, the left menu has also become wider and larger for the convenience of users. Now the most important menu items have moved to the top. You can also refuse the new design if for some reason you don’t like it. To do this, click on the link “Return to the old version of the site”, as can be seen from the figure above. This new version is not yet final and is being tested, as many shortcomings and bugs are still emerging. For example, many people complain that, but not everyone has this problem.

The developers say that VKontakte 2016 update on PC, first of all, made convenient and simple for all platforms. That is, now both the mobile application and the desktop version of VK are almost identical and users will be able to use different versions intuitively. A lot of innovations have affected VKontakte music. Now you can find similar recordings to your favorite song. You just need to click on the icon on the right next to the song (see picture below). In addition, you will be able to determine the playback order yourself by simply moving them to the desired places using the left mouse button held down. Another interesting innovation is GIF animation that will play automatically.

Well, another very important update is integration with other popular social resources. You can find all this in your profile settings. Under your photo on the page, click on the “Edit” button

Go to the editing page and select the “Contacts” tab on the right, then click on the “Integration with other services” link at the bottom. We have looked at the main innovations of VK, but besides them there are also many different small changes and improvements.

The social network VKontakte is one of the most popular. Today, millions of users from around the world visit this Internet resource every day. We are talking not only about residents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, but also about representatives of the United States of America, Great Britain, France and other countries.

Most recently, the social network VKontakte changed its design. Today, many are interested in how to return the old version of VK and whether it can be done. Now we will try to answer this question, and also talk in detail about how you can change the new version of the social network to the old one, to which everyone is already accustomed. Let's go!

Why was the version updated?

A new version of the popular social network VKontakte was introduced only in April 2016. The previous version is outdated, because it has existed for a long period of time. It should be noted that at first, when representatives of social. networks conducted tests of the new design, each user had the opportunity to independently connect himself to the new version, after which, if he did not like it or was inconvenient, he had the opportunity to return the old one.

Later, experts launched a new version for everyone and removed the option to return to the old one. It was then that people began asking questions about how to return the old version of VK after updating.

New version of VKontakte

On June 9 last 2016, approximately 10% of VK users were connected to the new version of the social network. This was done forcibly, since the update occurred independently, and it was not possible for them to return the outdated version of the site. However, it didn’t end there either, because on August 17, 2016, the social network VKontakte completely updated its design for all users. At the same time, the opportunity to return to the old version was lost for every registered person on social media. networks.

After this, people spend a long period of time trying to find out whether it is possible to return the old version of VK. Moreover, if the answer is yes, then they want to know how it can be done. As representatives of the social network VKontakte say, there will never be a return to the old version of the site!

Partial refund

It is quite problematic to completely return the old version of VKontakte, but some changes can still be made. As you know, the update has completely changed the appearance of the dialogs. To keep the message design the same as it was a few years ago, you need to go to the “Messages” section. Further on the bottom right you will find a gear, which you need to hover your mouse over and select “Go to the classic interface”.

By completing the previous steps, you can return the classic dialog box, but everything else will remain unchanged, since without any additional actions and special applications it is impossible to return the previous version of the VK social network!

"We don't like it!"

Now there are a lot of people who are not satisfied with the new version of the social network. Many people are trying to find out a comprehensive amount of information about how to return an old version of VK to a computer, but it is simply impossible to do this without the help of additional programs developed by experienced specialists. People are sure that the previous version was more convenient. In addition, some are confident that the new design of VKontakte is very similar to the Odnoklassniki and Facebook networks. By the way, did you know that users even created a petition containing demands to preserve the old version, but this did not affect anything?

At the same time, representatives of the social network VKontakte simply laughed at users who promised to leave this network if the previous version of the site was not returned. The fact is that a month after the promises were made, people continued to be online. It is quite logical that they are accustomed to the new version, because for many it really seems more convenient, modern and simpler.

However, if you still cannot get used to the new version of the social network and are trying to find out how to return the old version of VK to your computer, then in this case you can use additional applications, one of which we will talk about in more detail right now.

Stylish

This online program is a special software that can help you return the old design to the VKontakte social network. We will provide information on how to return the old version of VK to Windows, focusing on the Chrome browser.

So, to get started, you need to launch your browser and select the vertical ellipsis at the top right. After that, click on more tools and select Extensions. Next, you should scroll down and click on the “More extensions” button.

You are now in the Google Chrome web store. In the store search column, enter the name of the program, that is, Stylish. The next step is to select the Stylish program from the list of drop-down programs and click on the “Install” button.

After installation, you need to click on the userstyles.org link, which will be called “Programs”. In the search above, you must enter the following data: “Old VK design.” Next, press Enter and you will see the custom theme. Go to the appropriate section and click on the “Install” button.

The next step is to log into VKontakte, but there will be no new version of the social network, because you just managed to install the old version of VK.

Try to see if you are comfortable using the outdated version, because in a year you could get used to the new version of the site, which many find much more convenient, pleasant and simpler.

Application "VKontakte" for Android has received a major update that makes working with it much more convenient and productive. Executive Director of the social network Andrey Rogozov spoke about this at the traditional VK Media Day event, calling the innovations the most ambitious in the last few years.

The most promising is the introduction of intelligent algorithm "Prometheus", which will analyze the user’s area of interest and offer him materials that correspond to his personal preferences - the latest information about events and new products, as well as live broadcasts, personal pages and communities. You can see these entries in the newly created “Recommendations” section, where you can preview each piece of content in the form of a card. When selecting recommendations, the emphasis is on exclusive content created by communities and users themselves. In this way, it is expected not only to provide complete and prompt information to users of the social network on topics that interest them, but also to promote the promotion of interesting and high-quality content.

In the new version of the VK mobile client for Android, the developers decided to abandon the side menu bar by moving the control panel to the bottom of the screen. The navigation bar has five tabs including News, Search, Recommendations, Notifications and a final tab where you can find all other options. Switching between sections is done with one touch.

Has undergone changes "Answers" section- it has been transformed into a notification center where friend requests, all kinds of notifications are received, including information about new posts from friends and communities (if you have a subscription to notifications), about user mentions in conversations, as well as reminders about friends’ birthdays. Initially, notifications can be customized, but over time they are able to “learn”, adapting to the user.

Moved directly to the news feed views counter. Now it appears in the right corner under each post. It has become easier to share information and photos - to repost, just swipe to the right in the news. Another important innovation was a special editor designed for creating and publishing relatively large volumes of information. It allows you to easily embed multimedia elements into the text and will appeal not only to users who blog on the VK social network, but also to communities that have not yet acquired their own website. The management of the social network plans to launch a full-fledged platform for publishers with even broader capabilities, in particular regarding text formatting.

The feature of accelerated loading of mobile pages is very useful, which is also included in the application updates. Thanks to the use of the system Accelerated Mobile Pages(AMP) from Google, users were able to view the full version of the site page that interested them directly from the application, without going to an external resource.

- this is not a joke. Since the transition to such an interface is obviously inevitable for everyone, the question is: how to return the old VKontakte design has only a temporary solution. But because albeit temporarily, but disable the new VKontakte design and it’s still possible to continue working with the usual sane interface, then that’s what we’ll do.

This question is relevant, perhaps, for all VKontakte users who, over 10 years, have become accustomed to the simplicity and convenience of the old design and use its functionality to the fullest. In particular, this applies to those who created and administer communities and groups - the developers of the new VK.com have certainly made their lives difficult with their innovations.

By the way, for this category of VK users I would like to give a practical recommendation: in order not to waste precious time on independent public promotion both on VKontakte and in all other popular social networks, and to fully concentrate on quality content for your community, you should contact the service Soclike. Judging by the numerous positive reviews, this PR team knows its business and will be able to quickly provide your group with the required number quality subscribers.

Let's return to the main question. Let's make a reservation right away - we will talk about browser version social network. Android and iOS applications, alas, will not be considered in this article.

Upd. 08/17/2016. Dear Reader, in order not to waste your precious time, I would like to immediately inform you: “The uprising has been suppressed, Skynet has won.” Well, jokes aside, the inevitable happened: despite all the protest sentiments of VKontakte users, the developers, after several “waves” of transferring users to the new design, decided that enough wasted time: on 08/17/16 ALL users of the social network were transferred to the new design... Accordingly, the addresses are new .vk.com simply does not exist at the moment, and recommendations using its return do not work...

This does not mean that there are now absolutely no ways to return the old VKontakte design: especially for those who do not give up, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the ““ block located below in the text. There you will find a method that will probably be able to extinguish the flame of righteous anger in you.

Well, before this block there will be information that has more historical than practical significance: the chronology of the fight against the disease called “ New design of Vk.com". Getting acquainted with this information will not take you, dear Readers, much time, and probably someone will be interested in knowing “how it all began,” so all previously working methods remain in the article. So let's begin.

For those who have become a “guinea pig” for VKontakte designers involuntarily (i.e., they simply encountered a new interface at a certain moment), there should be a link “Return to the old version...” located at the bottom of the left column with menus and advertising. In truth, the designers clearly tried to make the tool for how to return the old version of VKontakte as inconspicuous as possible: gray letters on a gray background - this is difficult to notice.

Those who voluntarily joined the “ranks of testers” of the new interface (by clicking on the ill-fated “Join testing” button) may not find a link to return to the old version.

And how to disable the new VKontakte design in this case?

Pay attention to the browser address bar:

Attention to the address bar!

As you can see, before vk.com “ new" Those. in fact, it is another user profile page. To return the usual vk.com/page_id, and with it to return the old version of VKontakte, we simply “edit” the address: you need to erase “ new." And, of course, press Enter (or the input confirmation key on a touch device).

The result will be like this:

We removed “new.” from the address and got what we needed!

Sound familiar? Probably to the point of pain :) Yes, yes, this is the good old vk.com interface, which everyone has gotten used to over the 10 years of its existence. Well, now it’s a small matter: all that remains is to bookmark this page in the browser, so as not to edit the address every time, and call up this page after logging in to the social network.

It is not yet known when exactly the redesign of VKontakte will “cover” everyone, so there is hope that the old version of vk.com will be able to be used for a long time.

Upd. 06/09/2016. It seems that the “old believers” did not rejoice for long: the VK.com team began a forced transfer to a new design without the possibility of returning to the previous version.

Upd. No. 2 - joyful (not so joyful anymore - has lost its relevance...)

It turns out that there is still a workable method to return the old VKontakte interface even to those who seem to have been left with no options (at least the “prompter” was repeatedly thanked for this method in VK). However, we warn you right away - you will have to perform all actions at your own peril and risk, and there may be a risk. The method of returning the old vk.com design is associated with running scripts, and Netobserver does not guarantee that the body of the script does not contain code capable of stealing user login and password.

Let's consider a really working method, suitable for the Google Chrome browser and its “brothers”, like Yandex.Browser (browsers on the Chromium platform):

So, the method is as follows: find it on Google Playmarket

Install the first plugin in the list:

After installation, the activity of the plugin can be checked by the icon in the upper right corner of the browser:

In the tab that opens, click on the “Install this script” button:

Next, a warning from Tampermonkey will appear stating that only reliable scripts should be run (i.e., it once again warns - you act at your own peril and risk), and the installed script will be displayed:

That's all - the script immediately starts working. All you have to do is go to VKontakte (or refresh the page if you are already there) and make sure for yourself that the good old vk.com is back!

Moreover, the effect will persist both when moving between elements of the VKontakte menu and when logging in again.

This is more convenient than the method that was proposed in the comments to this article (however, I would like to say “Thank you” for this option for solving the question “How to return the old VKontakte design”).

There are also extensions similar to Tampermonkey for other browsers:

For Ognelis: ;
for Opera: ;
at Safari - .

Well, after installing the extension for your browser, return to the step of downloading the user script - and then in order :)

Upd. 3 - for the most persistent.

Dear readers, you have 2 options: accept it and start getting used to the new design (this is difficult, but possible - I say from my own experience), or fight to the end :) The remaining way to fight is to use custom styles. There are several of them currently being developed, and all of them are still very crude. But, as they say, in the absence of fish and...

For enthusiasts who do not give up and are ready to get confused, we have prepared the following recommendations:

Using a custom script via Tampermonkey;
Using the Stylish browser plugin with style loading(most popular option) .

For those who have already learned to work with Tampermonkey (see description in Upd.2- above in the text), an alternative script is proposed (though very crude), returning some semblance of the old version. There’s probably little point in using it for now, but you can track the changes being made—I’m sure that after a while this custom style will work much better.

https://userstyles.org/styles/userjs/128986/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0 %B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%20%D0%92%D0%9A.user.js

The script will need to be edited. Specifically interested in the following lines (from 7 to 10):

// @include http://new.vk.com/*
// @include https://new.vk.com/*
// @include http://*.new.vk.com/*
// @include https://*.new.vk.com/*

You need to remove "new." on lines 7 and 8, ".new" on lines 9 and 10.

It should look like this:

The Stylish plugin is the most popular option for returning the old VKontakte design

In principle, the algorithm of Stylish is similar to the method of Tampermonkey, with the only difference being that Stylish, unlike the latter, works with styles, not scripts.

Attention: Do not run Tampermonkey with Stylish! Although both plugins are designed to do, in principle, the same thing, it is not a fact that using them together will lead to twice the best result (rather, the fact is that it will not :)).

So, if you have already tested the first method and decide to move on to the second, first deactivate the Tampermonkey plugin.

After installing the extension, you need to make sure that it is activated. For Chrome, the picture will be as follows: an icon with the letter “S” will appear in the upper right corner of the browser:

The next step is to download the style from the developer's website: .

On the page that opens, you will need to use the big green button - it’s hard to miss:

Judging by the speed of releases, the author is trying very hard to eliminate all the currently existing shortcomings. Therefore, I recommend that you bookmark this page so that after a few days (weeks) you can download the modified style for Vkontakte, which will no longer be so crude.

In the meantime, let everything be the same for you as the lucky person who left this review:

Dear readers, if you have alternative methods for solving a return to the old VKontakte design, do not hesitate to leave them in the comments! We are also waiting for feedback from those who were helped by the recommendations presented.

Have a good mood everyone!

Article How to return the old VKontakte design - disable the new version was modified: May 4th, 2017 by Netobserver

There is a link at the bottom of your profile home page below My Settings. Immediately after clicking on the link, the page will reload and the VKontakte design will have a new look. Some social network users complain that they cannot access the coveted link to update the design. In this case, try logging into your profile from another computer or mobile device, as existing viruses may limit the operation of the application.

To update VK on your computer to a new version, we will need to go to the article about the new design https://new.vk.com/blog/redesign2016. At the bottom of the article, click Join testing. And then I’ll wait for a response from VK.

On April 1, 2016, VKontakte launched an updated version (it was long overdue) of the site design, which was in test mode for some time and was available only to a select few, or to those who wanted to try it. For this purpose, the news blog had a button to submit an application, which, when activated, included a new version for you. At the moment it is included for everyone.

https://vk.com/support - go to popular questions and you will see a question related to the design of VKontakte, click and you will instantly see the updated VK)))

In general, none of the proposed options work anymore. It may be possible to return to the new version if you abandoned it earlier, but if it was not connected to someone initially, then now there is no way - no versions, methods or options work. And through the help item at the top of the page, as suggested here, nothing changes (maybe, if someone tested it before and refused, they can still somehow switch back, but for the rest, alas). Even the application for testing is not confirmed. Therefore, all that remains is to wait for mass connection.