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Author Topic: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?  (Read 2484 times)

mudbanks

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Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« on: December 22, 2021, 09:21:59 PM »
I probably will get used to the new layout at some point but right now it feels like a jumbled mess. There's too much unnecessary white space in buttons, some sections are unnecessarily large when they only contain trivial information, and the reading area isn't centralised. I can't even stand to look at the new product pages for more than a few minutes ugh >:(

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2021, 12:02:16 AM »
In 2 years, you’ll be used to this format and complain when they change it again

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2021, 07:44:03 AM »
Knowing DriveThruRPG, more like 20 years.

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2021, 07:52:50 AM »
Drivthru has always been a mess... They are still stuck in the early 2000s.
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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2021, 08:41:49 AM »
Yeah, not great.  Information overload and takes too long to load in fully. 

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2021, 10:01:16 PM »
I probably will get used to the new layout at some point but right now it feels like a jumbled mess. There's too much unnecessary white space in buttons, some sections are unnecessarily large when they only contain trivial information, and the reading area isn't centralised. I can't even stand to look at the new product pages for more than a few minutes ugh >:(

Still looks the same to me. Maybe when the server I'm stored on gets migrated to the newer webapp.

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2021, 09:16:03 AM »
Drivthru has always been a mess... They are still stuck in the early 2000s.

There are professions called UI artist and UX designer (user experience). But they cost money to hire. It's like saying the carpenter is too expensive I'll just build the cabinets myself.

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2021, 09:22:05 AM »
I probably will get used to the new layout at some point but right now it feels like a jumbled mess. There's too much unnecessary white space in buttons, some sections are unnecessarily large when they only contain trivial information, and the reading area isn't centralised. I can't even stand to look at the new product pages for more than a few minutes ugh >:(

Still looks the same to me. Maybe when the server I'm stored on gets migrated to the newer webapp.
Same.

And I'm fine with the clunky old (or new) interface, if it means lower prices.

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2022, 08:38:59 PM »
They brought back the old design. Thank god.

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Re: Thoughts on DriveThruRPG's new design?
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2022, 04:10:42 AM »
Drivthru has always been a mess... They are still stuck in the early 2000s.

You say that like it's a bad thing...  ;) Web 1.0 is dead, long live Web 1.0.  ;D  ( >:( Now where's the webring at the bottom of this page?)
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