Forum: Community Center


Subject: What was the point of the site redesign?

drifterlee opened this issue on Aug 19, 2015 ยท 34 posts


Groade posted Fri, 21 August 2015 at 11:56 PM

I wanted to give the new site design a chance but it is just getting more annoying the longer I use it.

Others have already outlined the issues. The pages are far too cluttered and disorganized. I won't rehash everything that's been said but here's one of my most annoying peeves - The 'What's New' on the Marketplace is different from the 'What's New' on the Freestuff section.

The Marketplace What's New section somewhat makes sense, even if the images are annoyingly oversized. The utterly pointless offset of the items is irritating but manageable (what is the point to not lining-up the items so they're straight across?) At least at the bottom there is a page listing.

The Freestuff What's New is terrible. The offset of the images is ridiculous and there is no page listing, you are forced to keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling which is ludicrous. I do not check the Freestuff section that often, so a page listing is critical for ease of navigation.

Be consistent between sections of the site. Each page/section should function the exactly same across the entire site rather than feeling like different people designed each one without talking to each other.

So far, I am not impressed by the changes. I have found nothing that has made the site feel easier or more straightforward to use and the changes only feel like they are forcing users to adapting to them rather than trying to make things clear or convenient.