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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 4947601" data-attributes="member: 61155"><p>In your face? Really? <em>Really?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>We've got a sign-in box at the top-right. Slightly larger than before - honestly, a convenience for me - but hardly dominating the page. </p><p></p><p>The big banner logo currently has five rotating ads - of which 2 seem to be regarding DDI, 2 regarding recent print books, and 1 regarding a recent novel. </p><p></p><p>The tabs at the top take you to: </p><p>Game Content: Print Books</p><p>Novels: Novels</p><p>Tools: DDI</p><p>Player: Half print books, half online content (of which maybe 2/3 is DDI, and 1/3 is free content)</p><p>DM: Similar to player content.</p><p>Events: RPGA events.</p><p>Community: Forums, blogs, etc.</p><p></p><p>After the banner ad, we have news and articles on the left, and product releases in the middle. The news and articles are clearly labeled whether subscriber content or not. On the right, we have quick links: </p><p>New to D&D 4th Edition: Basic intro material.</p><p>Content Calendar: Listing of DDI and free content.</p><p>Wizards D&D Community: Forums.</p><p>Rules Updates: Book updates.</p><p>Worlds: Campaign settings.</p><p>Partnerships: Other publishers/websites/etc.</p><p>General Archive: Archive of DDI and free content.</p><p></p><p>We also have the Store and Event location (unrelated to DDI), and the D&D Test Drive (which does, admittedly, link to the <em>free</em> demo of the character builder.)</p><p></p><p>Continuing down the page, we've got some of the more prominent news postings - of which one is DDI related (the Scales of War AP), while another is about the new website, and the last about some D&D shoes and shirts. On the right we have our DDI toolbox with the links to the various aspects of it. </p><p></p><p>Then we have a large section devoted to the core books, followed by pictures from the MM art gallery, and finally a collection of various linkage throughout the sight. </p><p></p><p>It is a lot of content, yes. Much better organized that it used to be, by a long shot. I'm finding it easy to navigate to most of the current stuff, with the only navigation issue being hunting down older content. A fair enough concern, that. </p><p></p><p>But DDI being pushed upon you? How? </p><p></p><p>What would you suggest they remove to ease this 'burden'?</p><p>-The DDI login? That would make the sight a lot less useful for me, and probably many, many others.</p><p>-The toolbox? Which is relatively out of the way, but provides quick access to the different tools for subscribers? </p><p>-The recent article listings? Which is usually how I check what most recent updates have been posted?</p><p>-The big banner ad - would you prefer it only insert advertising for products you are interested in? Unfortunately, WotC does not actually have access to magical divination or mind-reading... </p><p></p><p>Now, I could see simply wanting the big banner ad to be less <em>prominent</em>. But that wouldn't be a complaint about DDI. Turning it into one is just... dishonest. Or, if you actually do want them to remove all the links/login to DDI material, and cripple the usefulness of the site for actual subscribers... then I will have to simply hope that WotC continues to disappoint you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 4947601, member: 61155"] In your face? Really? [I]Really? [/I]We've got a sign-in box at the top-right. Slightly larger than before - honestly, a convenience for me - but hardly dominating the page. The big banner logo currently has five rotating ads - of which 2 seem to be regarding DDI, 2 regarding recent print books, and 1 regarding a recent novel. The tabs at the top take you to: Game Content: Print Books Novels: Novels Tools: DDI Player: Half print books, half online content (of which maybe 2/3 is DDI, and 1/3 is free content) DM: Similar to player content. Events: RPGA events. Community: Forums, blogs, etc. After the banner ad, we have news and articles on the left, and product releases in the middle. The news and articles are clearly labeled whether subscriber content or not. On the right, we have quick links: New to D&D 4th Edition: Basic intro material. Content Calendar: Listing of DDI and free content. Wizards D&D Community: Forums. Rules Updates: Book updates. Worlds: Campaign settings. Partnerships: Other publishers/websites/etc. General Archive: Archive of DDI and free content. We also have the Store and Event location (unrelated to DDI), and the D&D Test Drive (which does, admittedly, link to the [I]free[/I] demo of the character builder.) Continuing down the page, we've got some of the more prominent news postings - of which one is DDI related (the Scales of War AP), while another is about the new website, and the last about some D&D shoes and shirts. On the right we have our DDI toolbox with the links to the various aspects of it. Then we have a large section devoted to the core books, followed by pictures from the MM art gallery, and finally a collection of various linkage throughout the sight. It is a lot of content, yes. Much better organized that it used to be, by a long shot. I'm finding it easy to navigate to most of the current stuff, with the only navigation issue being hunting down older content. A fair enough concern, that. But DDI being pushed upon you? How? What would you suggest they remove to ease this 'burden'? -The DDI login? That would make the sight a lot less useful for me, and probably many, many others. -The toolbox? Which is relatively out of the way, but provides quick access to the different tools for subscribers? -The recent article listings? Which is usually how I check what most recent updates have been posted? -The big banner ad - would you prefer it only insert advertising for products you are interested in? Unfortunately, WotC does not actually have access to magical divination or mind-reading... Now, I could see simply wanting the big banner ad to be less [I]prominent[/I]. But that wouldn't be a complaint about DDI. Turning it into one is just... dishonest. Or, if you actually do want them to remove all the links/login to DDI material, and cripple the usefulness of the site for actual subscribers... then I will have to simply hope that WotC continues to disappoint you. [/QUOTE]
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