Latexluv posted at 6:17PM Tue, 12 January 2016 - #4248796

The forum has been a mess for many, many months. The MarketPlace is insane! I have to bookmark a product when I see it or add it to my Wishlist, because I am not likely to turn up the product if I do I search at a later time. The catagories in the Store were created obviously by someone who does not work with any of the programs that people here use so they do not know how to create catagories so that a customer can quickly search for something they want and make that all important purchase. Too much emphasis has been placed in making the whole site smart phone friendly. I am about to get a huge gasp from people here---I do NOT have a smart phone and don't intent on getting one (I have a simple flip style cell phone). The Freestuff section has been modeled like the Store without items clearly marked (and searchable) by Software. As has been said before many times, you have to click on each thing to read the description to see if the free item is for Poser, DS, Bryce, ect. A Most Wanted Catagory is okay, but a Trending Now Catagory???? I'm not a teenager eager to be one of the sheep so I look for what's 'trending'. When I come to Freestuff I want to see What's New and I want to know if it is compatible with the software that I use, and I want to be able to easily search by Figure (V4, M4, G2F, ect), or by Type (like typing in "Bottle"). You've got a web designer who knows nothing about the needs of a 3D community and the software that they use.

Don't feel left out, there are things that still don't work right on a smart phone or tablet. Unfortunately there are sooo many things wrong/borked with the site compared to 5 years ago, it's no wonder the traffic has dropped off. The marketplace is not user friendly now, the forums aren't user friendly now, the front/home page is just a bunch of visual noise, and IMHO the galleries aren't as good now either (some things are better, some aren't).

I could go on, but won't because it's obviously a case of those in charge know better than the users (from my own experience, this is actually often true, but given the loss in visitors, the many many complaints, I think there is overwhelming evidence that there are real problems here). Honestly, just compare this sites visual appeal, ease of navigation, and usability (marketplace, forums, and galleries) with RDNA and DAZ. This site looks like it was modeled after a crazy disorganized Facebook page, while the others are quite organized and intuitive. The forum is a huge step back in time in soooo many ways.

OK, enough complaining and wasting my time ....... maybe some day things will be better again.

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