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I've tried emailing a couple of feature requests but it seems to go into a black hole. So, I'm hoping that this way will attract others to chime in and agree to show support.
There used to be a way to show drops sorted by "ending soonest", but I can't find it any more. The other sort order I REALLY could use is "most recently activated". That would be much better for me than the daily emails.
I also VERY much want to be able to flag a drop I'm thinking about to get a reminder (a day or two) before the end of the drop.
Please add these features! Or, if they're already here, where are they?
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dhuff0271
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Aug 29, 2019
Let me search active drops and filter out those that are "sold through"
Heefty
1387
Oct 11, 2018
I wish Massdrop's website would...
randomly malfunction and send me free gear ;-)
ChuckDee
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Oct 11, 2018
I brought this up with MD personnel, and their response to me was that something is coming in regards to this very soon. So they realize the issue, and are rolling out an update to address it soon.
Fearlessleader
403
Jan 21, 2018
Sort by newest... isn’t really newest. We have to first scroll through 30 or so “in stock” items (i.e. regular for-sale non drop items!) to get to the actual newest drops. Newest should mean “drops”.
McDoogle
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Apr 30, 2018
FearlessleaderI agree totally. This is for frustrating for me being someone who checks the site daily wanting to see what the ACTUALLY new drops are.
T_Good
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Dec 21, 2016
I'm going to reply in a new comment to the micro-thread Jasper and I had going below, https://www.massdrop.com/talk/259/i-wish-massdrop-s-website-would/606907 .
Jasper, After using the "Newest" sort option for a week, I can see how some folks would like it, but it still feels clunky to me. I'm willing to chalk that up to simple user preference and move on. Indeed, the original poster for this discussion asked for this very feature, and it was delivered.
I'd like to ask again about a 'sort by price' option. Please add this feature.
I'd also like to ask again for a different sorting option for Talk/Discussion. The reasoning for which I, and other folks, have outlined in other comments on this page.
Thanks again for your consideration of Massdrop users' requests.
ASCII
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Nov 30, 2016
The discussion pages are the backbone of your website & its broken as far as I'm concerned, right now it's a confusing mess... it was much more organized & legible with the pagination.
Here is a very informative article regarding infinite scrolling https://www.nngroup.com/articles/infinite-scrolling/
There's a design rule that the web design team needs to understand, The KISS principle.
The only improvement that the site has ever lacked in my eyes is an updates tab on the respective drop page.
Lastly I applaud your efforts to improve, but keep it simple.
T_Good
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Nov 30, 2016
ASCIIThis article is so on-point for this site, I sure hope someone at Massdrop reads it.
At this point, I don't really care how they do it, but I'd like to be able to read the early discussion posts. The bread and butter items of Massdrop, the Varmilo keyboards, are impossible to decide to buy, since one can not view the first 20 or so discussion posts, where the most valuable user discussion often starts. I'm about to learn Greasemonkey, just so I can fix this site into something usable.
Massdrop devs, please give us another option.
Jefffa
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Nov 29, 2016
I recall sending an email a couple years ago suggesting a "sort by newest drops" option. They responded with something along the lines of "thanks for the suggestion" blah blah.
Without the function I suppose they make us sift through all the drops again which increases exposure to the site and thus increasing the chances of buying something... maybe? I dunno.
Jasper
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CTO
Feb 13, 2017
JefffaI hope what they say about being better late than never is true... https://www.massdrop.com/my-communities/drops/newest
Jefffa
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Feb 15, 2017
JasperWell, I'm definitely happy now. Thanks, mister CTO!
Zarzuelio6969
1
Nov 28, 2016
Word man I've had similar problems but I called their support line at 613-204-0113 and they gave me some insight as to how you can fix this problem.
Heefty
1387
Nov 16, 2016
I wish Massdrop's site would let me add items to polls or even to a new poll that I'm trying to create. That would be really awesome. For some reason I fill out the forms to do so and hit submit and never see the thing I added...
T_Good
46
Nov 16, 2016
The discussion pages are now useless.
The most recent comment as of right now (mine) on the https://www.massdrop.com/buy/mountainsmith-day-tls-lumbar-pack/talk page is 5 posts down from the top.
So logic for the Talk pages appears to be, top to bottom: - oldest post is first at the top, then newest post, then specific replies to that post, oldest first. For Discussion pages on drops it appears to be: - newest post, then specific replies to that post, oldest first, then next newest single post.
T_Good
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Nov 18, 2016
You have not affected faster performance. Using an Intel i7 hardwired to >50Mb/s down connection with FF 50.0 causes slower performance in loading discussion posts for me. The blank post placeholders load, and then I wait for them to start populating. It was faster before when this was not a function of that awful infinity scroll. Also, it is impossible to get to the first posting on some of these drops that have 500+ comments. I gave up on this current drop: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/akg-m220-semi-open-studio-headphones/talk Many times, the first 20 comments or so contain valuable info; that info is now obscured.
Legibility has basically not changed and readability is getting worse https://www.w3.org/wiki/Text_styling_with_CSS#Web_typography_review
How about a compromise and make this a user profile setting? If folks are clamoring for this kind of sorting, let them keep it. If others like a more linear view, let them keep it. I'd like to help this site get better and not just be perceived as negative about your decisions.
Fearlessleader
403
Nov 18, 2016
Thanks for noting this... my comments applied before these horrid changes and are now multiplied by it. giant sigh ... worse than complaining into a black hole is a black hole that spews back partially implemented attempts at improvements that are actually worse than no improvement.
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