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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7666589" data-attributes="member: 6777737">Article was awesome.My only complaint is that every time I use WotC's website, I'm infuriated at how absurdly awful the interface is.&nbsp; I keep asking myself, &quot;How is anybody supposed to find the same thing twice? Or anything once?&quot; and &quot;Why do I always feel like I'm missing content?&quot;For example, this article has a PDF attached called &quot;UA3_ClassDesignVariants.pdf&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;UA3,&quot; huh?&nbsp; So, I have UA_Eberron_v1.1.pdf from two months ago.&nbsp; Where's UA2?So I scroll to the top of the page.&nbsp; I click on the &quot;Unearthed Arcana&quot; subtitle to see more articles in the group.&nbsp; Except that's not a link.&nbsp; Okay, click &quot;Article.&quot;&nbsp; No, that's not a link, either.&nbsp; Neither is &quot;By Rodney Thompson&quot; so I couldn't find articles by the same author.&nbsp; So I go to the menu at the top of the screen.&nbsp; And look through drop down menus.&nbsp; It turns out that website content like articles is under the &quot;Media&quot; menu.&nbsp; Christ, that's a horrible name for a menu.&nbsp; Everything on the web is &quot;Media&quot;!&nbsp; Why aren't articles their own menu?&nbsp; Aren't they a primary draw to the site?&nbsp; I just click &quot;All Article&quot; because at this point I have no clue if WotC's going to think the article I want is &quot;News&quot;, &quot;Event,&quot; &quot;Feature,&quot; or &quot;Interview&quot; since none of those categories is listed on the article I'm reading.So, now I'm at All Articles.&nbsp; Narrow by types.&nbsp; Ok, here's the actual list of article types.&nbsp; Why is this menu not the same as the on one the site menu?&nbsp; The four categories above are there, but there's also all the rest that I expect to see, too, like &quot;Legends and Lore,&quot; &quot;Sage Advice,&quot; and, thankfully, &quot;Unearthed Arcana.&quot;&nbsp; And why isn't this drop down at least alphabetized?&nbsp; It's completely random.&nbsp; So I click &quot;Unearthed Arcana.&quot;&nbsp; And only one article shows up.&nbsp; It's the <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/unearthed-arcana-eberron" target="_blank">Unearthed Arcana: Eberron</a> article from February that doesn't even have the subtitle of &quot;Unearthed Arcana&quot;.&nbsp; So... where's today's article?&nbsp; And where's March's article?&nbsp; Isn't &quot;Unearthed Arcana&quot; a monthly series?&nbsp; What the hell, WotC. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" />So I go back to the full list of All Articles.&nbsp; I happen to know WotC releases content on a fixed schedule.&nbsp; So, I check my calendar, and the first Monday of March was March 2.&nbsp; I scroll down the full list of articles to March 2, 2015, loading new articles half a dozen times, and I finally find <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/unearthed-arcana-when-armies-clash" target="_blank">Unearthed Arcana: When Armies Clash</a>. What the hell, WotC.&nbsp; And, of course, the name of the file is &quot;UA_Battlesystem.pdf&quot;. Not &quot;UA2_Battlesystem.pdf&quot;. I have seen SharePoint intranet sites that are more usable that this PoS.&nbsp; Goddamn web 3.0 &quot;mobile optimized&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> that's so busy displaying images and background that it can't be bothered to display the content that people come to your website for in the first place!&nbsp; Fire your website designers, WotC.&nbsp; You're headquartered basically in <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing Seattle, WA.&nbsp; Don't tell me you can't find anybody.&nbsp; You can't throw a scone in Renton without hitting a web designer.&nbsp; And no, that wasn't a typo.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 7666589, member: 6777737"] Article was awesome. My only complaint is that every time I use WotC's website, I'm infuriated at how absurdly awful the interface is. I keep asking myself, "How is anybody supposed to find the same thing twice? Or anything once?" and "Why do I always feel like I'm missing content?" For example, this article has a PDF attached called "UA3_ClassDesignVariants.pdf". "UA3," huh? So, I have UA_Eberron_v1.1.pdf from two months ago. Where's UA2? So I scroll to the top of the page. I click on the "Unearthed Arcana" subtitle to see more articles in the group. Except that's not a link. Okay, click "Article." No, that's not a link, either. Neither is "By Rodney Thompson" so I couldn't find articles by the same author. So I go to the menu at the top of the screen. And look through drop down menus. It turns out that website content like articles is under the "Media" menu. Christ, that's a horrible name for a menu. [I]Everything on the web[/I] is "Media"! Why aren't articles their own menu? Aren't they a primary draw to the site? I just click "All Article" because at this point I have no clue if WotC's going to think the article I want is "News", "Event," "Feature," or "Interview" since [I]none of those categories is listed on the article I'm reading.[/I] So, now I'm at All Articles. Narrow by types. Ok, here's the actual list of article types. Why is this menu [I]not[/I] the same as the on one the site menu? The four categories above are there, but there's also all the rest that I expect to see, too, like "Legends and Lore," "Sage Advice," and, thankfully, "Unearthed Arcana." And why isn't this drop down at least alphabetized? It's completely random. So I click "Unearthed Arcana." And [I]only one article shows up[/I]. It's the [URL="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/unearthed-arcana-eberron"]Unearthed Arcana: Eberron[/URL] article from February that doesn't even have the subtitle of "Unearthed Arcana". So... where's today's article? And where's March's article? Isn't "Unearthed Arcana" a monthly series? [I]What the hell, WotC.[/I] :mad: So I go back to the full list of All Articles. [B]I[/B] happen to know WotC releases content on a fixed schedule. So, I check my calendar, and the first Monday of March was March 2. I scroll down the full list of articles to March 2, 2015, loading new articles half a dozen times, and I [I]finally[/I] find [URL="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/unearthed-arcana-when-armies-clash"]Unearthed Arcana: When Armies Clash[/URL]. [I]What the hell, WotC. [/I]And, of course, the name of the file is "UA_Battlesystem.pdf". [I]Not[/I] "UA2_Battlesystem.pdf". I have seen SharePoint intranet sites that are more usable that this PoS. Goddamn web 3.0 "mobile optimized" :):):):):):):):) that's so busy displaying images and background that it can't be bothered to display the content that people come to your website for in the first place! Fire your website designers, WotC. You're headquartered basically in :):):):)ing Seattle, WA. Don't tell me you can't find anybody. You can't throw a scone in Renton without hitting a web designer. And no, that wasn't a typo. :mad: :mad: [/QUOTE]

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