The first pair of these I ordered 3 years ago were good.  My newest pair, which are black, though I did just get a new pair of the brown too, are not as good.  My favorite part of these is that they are slightly over sized which is good if you like a looser fit and the cell phone pocket which perfectly fits my Samsung Galaxy phone.  The parts I hate is that the belt loops seem to fall apart fairly quickly, within a year or so of use which not a single one of my 6 year old "other" brand name shorts have done. And yes, like a lot of other people here, the front pockets are utterly absurd!  My first pair from 3 years ago was NOT as "Tapered" as the newer ones are.  I don't have huge hands and I can barely get them into the bottom of the front pocket.  They pockets were so "Tapered" on my newest black pair that my keys sit up high in the pockets are constantly poke me in the leg by my hip.  VERY ANNOYING!  It's a SIMPLE adjustment to correct this problem yet even with ALL the complaints here about it, nothing seems to be changing.  This will eventually force me to find another brand.  Once I do find a good pair that has "Correct" front pockets and the cell phone pocket that I like, I am kissing Dickies goodbye.  Because who ever designed those stupid pockets should be fired as they are pretty much useless that way.