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This reminded me exactly of that Dropbox design page at dropbox.design - it was the exact same frustrating experience. If this is a trend please make it stop.

by mlazos 9y ago

chao- 9y ago
For what it's worth, and setting aside opinions on the design itself, at least https://dropbox.design/ https://dropbox.design/ never steals focus or disables core navigation keys in frustrating, alternating ways.
- saberworks 9y ago
  I don't understand this comment. That page removes the ability to scroll via pageup/down, via arrow keys, via spacebar, and via a scroll-bar on the right (even when force-enabled via operating system settings). It appears that the only way to scroll is via mouse wheel. How is that not disabling core navigation in a frustrating way?
  - chao- 9y ago
    Interesting. They all work fine for me. I wonder why? I have tested on Firefox 59 and Chrome 65 in Linux.
    - CoderPuppy 9y ago
      For me they didn't work until I clicked in the page. Chrome 60 and Firefox 58 on Linux.
      - nawgszy 9y ago
        Doesn't that just mean your browser window didn't have focus? I can scroll on apps in the background with scroll wheel but not arrow keys, etc.. That's just an OS thing
        CoderPuppy 9y ago
        No, the window and tab were focused. It would be that the scrollable element wasn't focused.
    - lostsock 9y ago
      Also all worked for me in Chrome 65 on Windows.
jordaniusrex 9y ago
Same agency http://www.xxix.co/ http://www.xxix.co/
- practice9 9y ago
  I wonder how the decision process went. Perhaps something along the lines: "Wow, look at that ugly page from Dropbox. My eyes hurt! Let's make ours even uglier!" It's all about "Designer experience", not "User Experience" in this case (i.e. trying to be edgy for the sake of it, in order to impress your designer / PM peers)
- madspindel 9y ago
  Is this a joke? I visited the website on my phone and it's horrible broken with "cards" all over the place.
  - scoggs 9y ago
    https://twitter.com/richlyons_/status/978449888655556613 https://twitter.com/richlyons_/status/978449888655556613 I'm unsure to be honest.
- untangle 9y ago
  Their website UX is far worse than IBM Plex. How can it be?
neotek 9y ago
>dropbox.design This is fucking mental, seriously.

This reminded me exactly of that Dropbox design page at dropbox.design - it was the exact same frustrating experience. If this is a trend please make it stop.

by mlazos 9y ago

This reminded me exactly of that Dropbox design page at dropbox.design - it was the exact same frustrating experience. If this is a trend please make it stop.

chao- 9y ago

For what it's worth, and setting aside opinions on the design itself, at least https://dropbox.design/ https://dropbox.design/ never steals focus or disables core navigation keys in frustrating, alternating ways.

saberworks 9y ago
I don't understand this comment. That page removes the ability to scroll via pageup/down, via arrow keys, via spacebar, and via a scroll-bar on the right (even when force-enabled via operating system settings). It appears that the only way to scroll is via mouse wheel. How is that not disabling core navigation in a frustrating way?
- chao- 9y ago
  Interesting. They all work fine for me. I wonder why? I have tested on Firefox 59 and Chrome 65 in Linux.
  - CoderPuppy 9y ago
    For me they didn't work until I clicked in the page. Chrome 60 and Firefox 58 on Linux.
    - nawgszy 9y ago
      Doesn't that just mean your browser window didn't have focus? I can scroll on apps in the background with scroll wheel but not arrow keys, etc.. That's just an OS thing
      - CoderPuppy 9y ago
        No, the window and tab were focused. It would be that the scrollable element wasn't focused.
  - lostsock 9y ago
    Also all worked for me in Chrome 65 on Windows.

jordaniusrex 9y ago

Same agency http://www.xxix.co/ http://www.xxix.co/

practice9 9y ago
I wonder how the decision process went. Perhaps something along the lines: "Wow, look at that ugly page from Dropbox. My eyes hurt! Let's make ours even uglier!" It's all about "Designer experience", not "User Experience" in this case (i.e. trying to be edgy for the sake of it, in order to impress your designer / PM peers)
madspindel 9y ago
Is this a joke? I visited the website on my phone and it's horrible broken with "cards" all over the place.
- scoggs 9y ago
  https://twitter.com/richlyons_/status/978449888655556613 https://twitter.com/richlyons_/status/978449888655556613 I'm unsure to be honest.
untangle 9y ago
Their website UX is far worse than IBM Plex. How can it be?

neotek 9y ago

>dropbox.design This is fucking mental, seriously.