Wow. that is (from my perspective - but only mine) terrible.<p>Janky scrolling, things flying around, random animations that don't finish before you scroll past them.<p>The left / right alternate scroll is .... unsettling.
I get the metaphor and all, but I found this statement to be pretty over-the-top:<p>> Our old logo was a blue box that implied, “Dropbox is a great place to store stuff.” The new one is cleaner and simpler. And we’ve evolved it from a literal box, to a collection of surfaces to show that Dropbox is an open platform, and a place for creation.<p>Maybe this is just an intermediate step in an attempt to preserve some brand continuity, and something more radically different is coming later, but the new logo sure looks a lot like a blue box to me. I literally didn't realize the logo next to this text was the new logo, I kept scrolling down looking for something that wasn't clearly a box.<p>I actually agree that the new logo is an improvement -- it really is "cleaner and simpler" -- but I think it is ridiculous to look at that new logo as anything more than (or other than) a stylized box.
Not sure I understand the strategy here, was under the impression that Dropbox wanted to move further into the enterprise (read:lucrative) space which would favor a constant, subtle, and functional "boring" scheme.<p>This seems like a tear in the opposite direction and I'm not sure which target user/market it was designed to appeal to. Maybe it's just a refresh to try and stay top-of-mind in the face of competition from Google, Microsoft, and Box.
This is the worst UX I've seen in a long time. Not only that, it's visually garish. Apparently the designers at Dropbox have never heard of color theory.
My response to this site as someone who has had a paid Dropbox account for years:<p>Oh no. Oh... no. <i>follow link to dropbox.com</i> Ugh. What happened?<p>I'm now under the impression Dropbox will go out of business and I need to explore alternatives.<p>Edit: I think I identified what makes me intensely dislike it. The color scheme and design screams "This is no longer for you, it's for hipsters."
I see what they wanted to do, but I think they misjudged their users. The non design oriented people using this will probably think that this is horrible - which it is (for this purpose). This kind of playful and color heavy design isn't new or bad, it's just that it has a really hard time breaking out of the art/design magazine area. It's impractical, forces the user to look extra hard, uses non-traditional color combinations with weird contrasts. Whoever greenlit this made a mistake.
They have posted some additional information on their blog: <a href="https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2017/10/creative-energy-keep-it-flowing/" rel="nofollow">https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2017/10/creative-energy-ke...</a><p>You can see the new frontpage here: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/allyours" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/allyours</a>
Seems very similar to Spotify's recent-ish rebranding. Which makes sense as the same agency appears to have worked on it <a href="https://www.wearecollins.com/work/spotify/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wearecollins.com/work/spotify/</a>
This reminds me of the time I watched the video about Uber's new logo: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1-im6i8uk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1-im6i8uk</a><p>Seriously, who comes up with this stuff? It feels like a bad joke.
Everyone is dumping on this, but I, for one, applaud their daring to try something that doesn't look like every other SaaS brand out there. (And besides, Box.com already beat them to that.)
It's probably totally subjective but I find the typeface needlessly "wide" and the colour palette unpleasant -
especially that dark red and cyan combination in the new homepage [1]. It has some sort of retro Microsoft Frontpage '97 vibe.<p>[1] <a href="https://i.imgur.com/rcZxsLs.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rcZxsLs.png</a>
It's like they switched from RGB to HSB colors without actually changing any of the values.<p>Also, [do unnecessary scrolling tricks justify <i>requiring</i> JavaScript?](<a href="https://i.imgur.com/9mVzkaY.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/9mVzkaY.png</a>)
Let's hope this brand evolution is better engineered than the web page that's announcing it. The scrolling is appalling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYPWaKHmAhE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYPWaKHmAhE</a>
Looks stylish and artistic. Not exactly what I usually think of when I think of Dropbox. I use them mostly cause they're the most reliable cloud storage method I've tried. But looks nice to me.
This is just so sad. I've used, paid for, and loved Dropbox for years and years. It is really worrying that anyone in the company felt it was OK to launch this rebrand.
This makes me sad. I can barely read that new typeface. If I were on the market for a files backup solution, I'd want the product to communicate robustness and reliability. This combination of whimsy and the site simply not working sends a bad signal.
I haven't looked into details, but the presentation looks pretty garish. I think the best thing about Dropbox is that you don't notice it. It just works. A garish, attention-grabbing logo is the exact opposite of what Dropbox should represent.
What is this nightmare? Neither the Space bar, Down Arrow or Page Down keys are working on this page in Firefox. I don't see the scrollbar either, so I cannot guess how much will I have to scroll using the [sigh] mousewheel.
this has to be the worst website i've been on since 1997<p>double scroll bars? I can't scroll by clicking? all kinds of colors that don't work, i'm so confused right now i'll just pretend it didnt exist..
Uhhh, did they only change the logo? Did they come out with a new product, or alter Dropbox's functionality?<p>I really don't understand what this is all about.
Wow, that broke my browser (chrome, no less). I love innovative UX, but multiple internal scrollbars, a <noscript> tag that shows up as text at the bottom of the page, hijacked and then broken scrolling. Looks more like a college web design project than something that would come out of a top web company... yikes.
Looks like they are modifying the site to fix some of the complaints here. It doesn't seem to have two scrolling areas and standard keyboard navigation seems to work.<p>The colors and typography are still hideous, though.
The scroll on the page is a terrible idea. I was under the impression the page has a problem, with the delay between the left/right pane, until I realized it was intentional ...
What are fellow HN'ers using for file sync/sharing? I was a Dropbox early adopter but haven't been as impressed as of late, with Dropbox suddenly trying to integrate into my MS Office apps and trying to upload my screenshots and photos.<p>I'm not a huge fan of Google Drive's recent redesign either. I like box.com but haven't moved anything yet.
The old dropbox for me had a spectacular unique design and i really loved it. The design of the file browser before the previous one was imho the best.<p>I feel like this is a huge step backwards and if the seamless experience of using dropbox worsens i will consider switching. But then again i am not a paying customer.