Namxas01: What? You don't like that? That's my favorite part of Christmas (or any other family get together, for that matter). :D

Faenrir: Are you for real ? Isn't the magnifying glass icon a general search symbol recognized by...everyone ?
The search function on gog is great, you should try it.
And gog galaxy is still in development but it's clearly the best alternative to steam, right now, even though it's far from complete... If you like DRM free games, support gog and buy here. The site will continue to develop.

zeogold: Cavenagh has stated in the past that his favorite person on this forum is Kleetus.

nashathedog: Hello, When using Galaxy to browse the store the only magnifying glass is on the left side of the ui and I tried using it but it only scans my games not the store games, There seem to be no magnifying glass for the store games when trying to find a game you want to buy via the Galaxy's Store ui.

As someone previously wrote it's best to use the store via a web browser not via Galaxy. So yes that is a work around but it is one example of something that needs improving with Galaxy and as the site continues to develop I imagine they want feedback like this.

Faenrir: My bad, didn't see anywhere that you were using Galaxy, i was referring to the website. It's not really a "workaround" for me as the client is pretty new compared to the website, which i have always used as i find it more convenient.

HereForTheBeer: How was this random user selected? Was I even in the drawing?

nashathedog: Hello,
I currently do the majority of my gaming via Steam, however,
I would prefer to use a platform such as GOG where I control my game content and can't be cut off from it if Steam decides to insist on making me sign back in after a couple of days off no internet access, which happens more often than I'd like. I'm starting to think Steam have coded it so that if you do not sign in via the internet every 4 or 5 days it automatically locks you out until you do so again, but who knows maybe it's just my bad luck that this has happened the last 3 times I've had no internet for any meaningful length of time.

Anyway,
The point is, as I said I'd prefer to start getting my games via the DRM free GOG platform but here's the problem I have with GOG at the moment.

Galaxy is not user friendly.
As an example I booted up GOG today and went to the store to look for a game,
After spending a minute or two browsing the front page I started looking for a window to write the games name in but I can't find one.

It's certainly not as obvious as it should be, I tried using the window over on the left side of the store page but that's for searching the games I already own, so after a couple more minutes of trying to find a way to do it on the front store page I give up and move on.

It's not the only issue either, With Steam I enjoy the Steam achievements feature and it is one of the main reasons I predominantly use Steam, When I heard GOG was getting a similar feature I was pleased however this is also more complicated to use or browse over than it should be.

GOG is currently my smallest game provider of 4 I use with the other 3 being Steam, U-play & Origin.

Of those 4 GOG is the one I'd prefer to use but you don't make it easy to choose you, So please fix up the UI to make the store easier to use and the features more prominent.

Ease of use is the key and it is the reason GOG isn't my first choice,

I can't imagine I'm unique in this way so please fix up the kinks in Galaxy so we can all get on board.

All the best
David.E

nashathedog: No worries, It seems that after entering the store if you then choose the browse games option in the store drop down section you get a window for searches on that page but that needs to be available on the main storefront page too.

TentacleMayor: I have a more substantial problem with Galaxy, I'm on a very, very slow connection and Galaxy is decidedly less efficient at making use of my limited bandwidth. Downloads are way slower, as if Galaxy is always downloading something else in the background. Even when game downloads are paused it chews up all my bandwidth, with nothing to show for it. Bigger downloads come up with a checksum error when using the downloader, so Galaxy is the only option and it sucks.

But my biggest issue with GOG that ensures it can't be my one-stop shop is the lack of sales. The Steam store seems to have disproportionately more sales, even given the difference in catalogue size, and of course then there are all the other key retailers and bundle sites, ensuring that you can always find something to your taste somewhere. On GOG, you may have to wait for months, with no recourse if you want a discount.