emily Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) So remember how Bricklink got bought out by a huge company? And how, instead of opting to rescue the site's interface from the 90s, they made LEGO Cuusoo again? Well now they've finally turned their attention to the core site by launching a beta for its upcoming facelift. Right now it's mostly just a reskin of the site to bring it slightly more up to date, but there are some important new features as well. Like, they actually addressed what were easily Bricklink's greatest problems. That's right. You can now pay on-site, as opposed to throwing the seller a payment over PayPal manually as we have done since the dawn of time. And you can run a search without having to specify the category (sets, parts, instructions) you want first. You get a nice set of tabs that let you select any category you wish to view, all on one search results page. You can see the announcement here, and try out the preview here. Edited June 12, 2015 by Pereki The Ace Railgun, le717, Jimbob and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostoya Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Not bad, at least it's so similar I won't have to adjust to it again. I do wish they'd change the forum completely though because the system they use is antiquated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Oh hey, it even looks like it's from 2004, complete with OH MY WORD WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT All uppercase HTML, old HTML4 styling markup, and messages AND it probably uses Quirks Mode techniques??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!! *dies* aidenpons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Oh hey, it even looks like it's from 2004, complete with OH MY WORD WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT All uppercase HTML, old HTML4 styling markup, and messages AND it probably uses Quirks Mode techniques??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!! *dies* Yep. No DOCTYPE declared... But if it works, it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I was hoping for a responsive design that utilized the entire width of the page and looked like it fit into 2015, but at least this is an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Well, BrickLink has been upgraded to 2004. And people hate it. I'll take 90s web design over modern hovery unintuitive ick any day. Who do we tar and feather to get it reverted? I've said it before and I'll say it again. Unless the majority of the active members loose this "leave it be as I like it and don't dare change it" mentality and embrace the modern, the here and now, BrickLink will die from lack of new members and being stuck in the "olden days". Also, someone made some neat mockups of what the site could be. The first image is really nice. Too bad BL would utterly revolt because of how "radically disgusting" it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 With anything that any popular company does to change its product, there will always be someone or some group of people who will hate on it. I'm not surprised that there are a few rant topics about already. My opinion is that the site is a nice improvement on its predecessor, while keeping a very similar interface in terms of functionality so as not to alienate its users. I would love an even more modern update though! EDIT: Oh wow, I hadn't checked out the items page yet. I think this is so much better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Who do we tar and feather to get it reverted? I can't believe it's not a caricature!™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncogM Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I'm glad that website is finally getting some polish, but I've just been amazed at how well it has worked over the years. The company I do some barebones marketing work with updates their website every few weeks and breaks it every few weeks. They became a publicly traded company this last week and I can't even access my account because they broke the state field on the verification page. oi.Although the ten year gap between my last time using Bricklink at age 15 and using it again at age 25 and the website was identical was definitely interesting.I have found a few places within the searching and catalog browsing of Bricklink where the links don't respond to opening a new tab. Thats a total pain in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 This has been a long time coming. Bricklink has partnered with Brickset in order to list items for sale on the Brickset set details page! Example. If you scroll down to the main 'buy' tab, you're given the most expensive option (sneaky) but the sidebar has the buy at Bricklink section that lists the cheapest options for new and used inside and outside the US and North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 If you scroll down to the main 'buy' tab, you're given the most expensive option (sneaky) It could be a bug or oversight depending on how the BL API results are delivered and sorted. It'd be worth reporting to Huw. Meanwhile, BL itself is still in 2004.... :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 http://www.thebrickfan.com/bricklink-new-storefront-preview/ Updates continue to happen. Wonder how long this is going to take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 http://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page It happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ace Railgun Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Oh so that's what they were doing, I was wondering why the site was down today. Looks much better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 http://www.bricklink.com/v2/community/newsview.page?newsid=36 Quote Fluid page width: Having a small or large screen will no longer be an issue. Items details and all page elements will display properly based on your screen size. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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