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I actually think their UI is too form over function. One particular annoyance I had recently was with the DNS zone editor. It truncates both the record content

I actually think their UI is too form over function. One particular annoyance I had recently was with the DNS zone editor. It truncates both the record contents and the domain name, which means that if you've got a bunch of long domains with TXT records, telling them apart means copying the contents into a text editor to see the truncated text. e.g somekey._dkim.subdomaina.domain.com k=rsa; t=s; p=MIGfAAAA somekey._dkim.subdomainb.domain.com k=rsa; t=s; p=MIGfBBBB somekey._dkim.subdomainc.domain.com k=rsa; t=s; p=MIGfAAAA getting truncated down to somekey._dkim.subdo... k=rsa; t=s; p=MI... somekey._dkim.subdo... k=rsa; t=s; p=MI... somekey._dkim.subdo... k=rsa; t=s; p=MI... Compared to AWS, which is visually unappealing, but I can actually see my DNS records....

quantumcd 6y ago
I agree, but I seem to recall creating/editing records much easier than Route53... particularly with the console redesign.
jacurtis 6y ago
I agree. I think their UI is actually a little too creative at times. It has lots of whitespace and a single color and that means people will say "clean", "minimal", "modern", "artsy fartsy". But I agree, that with something that coins itself "the developer cloud" it should provide critical information first. It is ok to kill some whitespace or put some monospaced fonts in there. You aren't trying to sell me an iPhone, I am trying to manage a server. Route53 on AWS is what I have been using for domain management and I like it because it doesn't mess around with cute UIs. It is strictly function. Instead of form fields for each TTL line and host line like other sites do, you just get a big multi-line text box and you use spaces and line breaks (gasp) to create your dns listings.
- Closi 6y ago
  I actually like their UI - I think Azure or AWS looks fairly scary to me, someone not that familiar with cloud architecture.

quantumcd 6y ago

I agree, but I seem to recall creating/editing records much easier than Route53... particularly with the console redesign.

jacurtis 6y ago

I agree. I think their UI is actually a little too creative at times. It has lots of whitespace and a single color and that means people will say "clean", "minimal", "modern", "artsy fartsy". But I agree, that with something that coins itself "the developer cloud" it should provide critical information first. It is ok to kill some whitespace or put some monospaced fonts in there. You aren't trying to sell me an iPhone, I am trying to manage a server. Route53 on AWS is what I have been using for domain management and I like it because it doesn't mess around with cute UIs. It is strictly function. Instead of form fields for each TTL line and host line like other sites do, you just get a big multi-line text box and you use spaces and line breaks (gasp) to create your dns listings.

Closi 6y ago
I actually like their UI - I think Azure or AWS looks fairly scary to me, someone not that familiar with cloud architecture.