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Great to see they support and still use Perl. Geizhals is a very usable and functional product and price comparison page. Looks a little bit old, but that is ex

Great to see they support and still use Perl. Geizhals is a very usable and functional product and price comparison page. Looks a little bit old, but that is exactly what I like. Geizhals is associated with the Heise Verlag, that is what I do not like so much, because there was a steady decline in quality in the recent years.

Asmod4n 1y ago
They had some very recent UI overhauls, it looks more friendly now.
- nik736 1y ago
  More friendly, less usable
  - pixelpoet 1y ago
    Yeah I'm hugely frustrated by their recent updates that hide / obfuscate the filters, which is basically the main way you want to use the site. I'm pretty sure it's yet another casualty of optimising for phone normies :(
    - sjn 1y ago
      I agree! The filters made be go to the site, and I don't even live in any of the markets they serve! (Though I do visit, and sometimes buy tings based on what I've found through the site).
    - stefs 1y ago
      i just went back to check (i've already been there today) and there's an option "always show filters" in the upper right corner.
      - pixelpoet 1y ago
        Good to know, thanks. I was looking for something like that but couldn't find it last time, maybe it's new? Still makes about as much sense to me as Google adding a "always show search box" option that defaults to off :D
  - Asmod4n 1y ago
    Hm, I only miss one thing, sorting by price with shipping cost. Can’t see anything else that was removed, just changed.
    - the_mitsuhiko 1y ago
      > Hm, I only miss one thing, sorting by price with shipping cost. Not sure if that's missing on the international site, but if you select "inkl. Versand" in the filter box then the sort includes shipping.
  - jagermo 1y ago
    still the best filters, i think. You can filter stuff so deeply, its crazy.
whiteboardr 1y ago
Username checks out : )
l5870uoo9y 1y ago
UI-wise it reminds me of Craigslist.
- Aldipower 1y ago
  Yes, I think this is a good thing. :-)
kiviuq 1y ago
> Geizhals is associated with the Heise Verlag Afaik, Heise Verlag is the owner of Geizhals
lazyjones 1y ago
Haters will say a major factor in still using Perl is the difficulty to replace up to 25+ years old Perl code written at startup pace AND the difficulty to teach old Perl devs a new language.

Asmod4n 1y ago

They had some very recent UI overhauls, it looks more friendly now.

nik736 1y ago
More friendly, less usable
- pixelpoet 1y ago
  Yeah I'm hugely frustrated by their recent updates that hide / obfuscate the filters, which is basically the main way you want to use the site. I'm pretty sure it's yet another casualty of optimising for phone normies :(
  - sjn 1y ago
    I agree! The filters made be go to the site, and I don't even live in any of the markets they serve! (Though I do visit, and sometimes buy tings based on what I've found through the site).
  - stefs 1y ago
    i just went back to check (i've already been there today) and there's an option "always show filters" in the upper right corner.
    - pixelpoet 1y ago
      Good to know, thanks. I was looking for something like that but couldn't find it last time, maybe it's new? Still makes about as much sense to me as Google adding a "always show search box" option that defaults to off :D
- Asmod4n 1y ago
  Hm, I only miss one thing, sorting by price with shipping cost. Can’t see anything else that was removed, just changed.
  - the_mitsuhiko 1y ago
    > Hm, I only miss one thing, sorting by price with shipping cost. Not sure if that's missing on the international site, but if you select "inkl. Versand" in the filter box then the sort includes shipping.
- jagermo 1y ago
  still the best filters, i think. You can filter stuff so deeply, its crazy.

whiteboardr 1y ago

Username checks out : )

l5870uoo9y 1y ago

UI-wise it reminds me of Craigslist.

Aldipower 1y ago
Yes, I think this is a good thing. :-)

kiviuq 1y ago

> Geizhals is associated with the Heise Verlag Afaik, Heise Verlag is the owner of Geizhals

lazyjones 1y ago

Haters will say a major factor in still using Perl is the difficulty to replace up to 25+ years old Perl code written at startup pace AND the difficulty to teach old Perl devs a new language.