No, she was an actual person.

Oh come on, stop this mythology about unsafe IE from big bad company like Microsoft.
The truth is that no browser is safe, and no, I am not IE user.
FireFox was safier at the beginning, just because it was not popular enough to attract such activities.
Some time ago, I typically went to read some website on FireFox, and guess what?
I did not download or run anything, just reading a website, having antivirus Kaspersky and latest security updates, and boom (!), my Windows has been broken and I had to resintall it.
How does it happen?
Well, FireFox had security bug that allowed websites to run system commands directly in links which you click, something like a href="format c: /y".
And no, that was not the only security bug in FF, so even if it can be safe today, it may not the other day with another update.
Since this situation, I started to use browsers in sandbox.

As about new GOG website.
I personally do not like it, while I liked the older design much.
First, it is somehow broken for me (on latest Chrome), and even if I have English language as chosen, I see most parts of the website in german (I do not live in germany and I do not know this language).
I did not notice such problem on other websites for years.
Secondly, its less readable for me now.
I visit main website everyday to see whats new, and now news are at total bottom, and only latest 3.
There is a lot of unused space on both sides, especially right side when reading single game page, including system requirements that is on bottom with other things now, making a lot more scrolling, and ... where are GOG user lists?

It would be great to hear from these "designers" however having worked with UI designers for many years, all I've seen is the work of "developers". Which is why, if there are "designers" I'd love to chat.

Registered: Oct 2018 No games in library. Wrong account? ;P

Wow ... I guess I didn't realise how controversial this topic was going to be, but I can certainly understand some of the concerns many of you have. I've always been partial to the second website design, but I can see the potential for the modern designs as well. I think most of the issues regarding the new design will be solved as soon as the Anniversary Sale is finished and they move back to the more basic page layout. That being said, I have had problems with the website on my tablet, so I realise that the website's not without it's faults.

This new design is a pain in butt for home pc mouse users everything waits like a trap door spider to animated as a mouse curser activates it ,, i miss old design it fits pcs better while this new layout is a push towards tablet pcs?

trying to look at game information now is like walking in a minefeld i gave up on this sale too much going on everywhere my mouse went, wish we had option to see normal layout it worked on home pc better at my end....

the need for google lepis on every part of this site drags it down also....


P.s they need to outlaw google dynamics and all this intrusive crap etc reason why net lags is all this calling home crap on everything.....

I have to agree that PC users are being left behind with the new design, which seems to be more geared towards phone and tablets with everything popping up and playing, whether you want it to or not.

A dumbing down, with a middle finger to PC users - Thanks GoG! Least they could do is give us the option of the "classic view" instead of forcing this pish on us.

It's a buggy mess right now.. I only managed to log-in through sheer luck more than anything, and trying to grab the free game was fruitless (not too bothered there, it's only Shadow Warriors 2). I didn't bother trying to buy anything, either, in case something went wrong there.

GoG gets an F-grade from me here :(

Alright, I have to come back and make one small change to my opinion. After using the website for a week since my initial post. I do have a small piece of criticism for the website designers for potential improvement. I'm actually not a fan of the top banner design. I find the zoom effect distracting, and the image looks poorly cropped. That being said, I still enjoy the rest of the website!

The new design makes it so the images don't load half the time unless I enlarge the window (using chrome). The 'now on sale' is blank for the same reason. It's really clunky and the default autoplay is also not great if you just want to scrawl through the new titles. Really wish I could switch back to the old design.