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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Compare the fist version of the website (that screenshot which was posted in public) and how it is now; It clearly is a big improvement I think. But such stuff takes time. Imho, it's ridiculous to expect a complete change overnight (and no, it is not a matter of a few hours work to fix everything).
I'm having my final say in design here. This topic is about the build of the site and not the design. If their main area of focus is on building an application, then they should focus on that. If they do not have the time necessary to design and build a user-friendly, good website, then they should concentrate on the application and hire a company who know what they're doing. If the company was half decent, they would've read the brief, figured out what the user needs, looked at the existing site and figured out how they could build and improve on that experience. I'm one hundred percent certain that that didn't happen. That's why I'm being stubborn and sticking to my guns. If they did hire a company, I would not pay for that. I'd downright refuse.
I'm fighting a losing battle with you Cookie. You're clearly very biased towards Yuna has a company. Yes, the site works. Of course it
works, but an electric scooter has wheels and can go down a road, but I'll stick with my VW.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Also, you can't expect them to drop everything they're working on and completely start changing the website according to your own personal whishes.
I don't expect them to drop everything. I want them to be aware that the job done on the site wasn't very good.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
It is not no longer about the community, on the contrary. But what has that todo with all of this anyways?
People agree with me, nobody from Yuna has said anything about it. Messenger Plus! has always been a group effort. Not just the application, but the website, forum, plugins, skins etc. That's disappearing.
It's getting worse. This has gone from a thriving community to a few straggling members, a poor website and (from what I've heard) an application with very few improvements. It's really unfortunate. I'm glad Patchou sold when he did. Really glad for him.
Edit: If you report the thread it may be moved to the correct forum. Sorry about that.
Wow, I didn't see the additional page. Too much caffeine today. I also cannot believe I ignored the comment from Cookie essentially saying "design doesn't matter". To
you it may not matter but it does to other people. People like me who remember the old site, type in msgplus.com to download an update and think... Woooooow, this is awful!
That will happen. I guarantee you. Design matters. Design is the difference between a 1% conversion rate and a 20% conversion rate.
Choices in design need to be strategic and planned. It's clear from a mile off that the site hasn't been strategised
OR planned properly. It's been an afterthought.
Let's hope they learn from their mistakes.
