New Big Finish Website

Seems.to have all been a bit of a disaster so far. New websites always have teething problems but a lot of this could have been avoided with proper testing before going live.

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There’s also the handful of releases available on Spotify and the doctor who podcast.

But yeah, this site launch is completely botched. I would say arguably the app is worse, at least the site we see they’ve tried to make changes for the better with Multi-buy, the app is just a completely inferior version of the previous one.

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Tried ā€œpurchasingā€ a free audiobook. It mandated that I fill out a physical address for a free digital download, but had a dropdown with my name and a fake address at unknown zipcode, London, and I chose that. When I told it to complete the purchase, it went to a page with a spinning progress wheel that never stopped spinning. I did see an email coming through that I had it, and it was in my library when I checked, though.

This website really wasn’t ready.

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I hate to think this, but it almost seems like they’re using their faithful customers as a secret beta test. Because, we will undoubtedly, and very vocally, point out every bug and anti-feature we can find.

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Looked at my Big Finish reciepts and yeah looks like only my most recent purchases (from April 25 and July 12) aren’t in my library on the new site. I’ve downloaded a scattering of stuff (mostly to see about any bonus stuff included in the zipped folder), but I don’t think I need to be in hurry to download everything again since I already have pretty much all of it downloaded already. I do think I’ll finish the list from the old app before it goes away though just in case I need it.

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One thing I don’t like about the new user dashboard, where it shows all your purchased titles, is that on top of not including the page number in the URL for easy jumping around, each page of purchased titles is only FIVE items per page. It’s not like you’ve got ten, twenty or thirty to a page, you have FIVE and no option to change the number per page. At least when you’re browsing their catalog, you can choose between 16, 24 and 36, plus the page number is in the URL. But FIVE and no page number in the URL, that’s rediculous.

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I’m waiting until the 5th to get in touch about it but pretty much all my purchases are gone. I’ve got proof of each purchase so I’m not overly worried but in a more immediate sense I’ve got a lot I want to listen to and can’t.

Still, there are greater problems right now so I’m fine deploying a little patience at the moment and suppose I’ll listen to, I dunno, music or something.

I really hope the bugs are ironed out because, and maybe I’ll post this in the controversial opinions thread… I like the look of the new site much better :speak_no_evil:

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The app has had an update already, fixing some of the problems.

The playlist now holds more than one audio and the list of stuff you have shows the total number of releases.

I bet they are working hard to iron out the biggest issues. This’ll be sorted out, trust me!

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Yeah as folks have said before this is such a clear cut case of corporate giving a strict deadline for going live and the developers not having time to finish and test stuff :sweat_smile:

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Ayyyye lovely, I’m able to see all my releases now. That’s beautiful, that’s progress.

One tiny, minuscule problem tho uhhh…. WHERE THE HELL DID MY BERNICE SUMMERFIELD OH NO IT ISNT AUDIO GO? I literally got that at a sale for free bruh. Did it just poof vanish now… this is just ridiculous now.

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Fun fact:

The order numbers all got updated when the website changed. Someone on Twitter pointed this out.

So the new order numbers are virtually useless.

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If we’re talking good old days of the BigFinish site.

Then the 2012 - 2019 version was easily the best.

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It’s ridiculous that they expect us to sort through our entire download library because of they’re mistake.

I’ve got well over 1K releases, so will likely only notice I’m missing - I dunno, something random - ā€˜The Doomsday Quatrain’ when I decide to randomly relisten to it in like six months time.

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RIP BF forum :smiling_face_with_tear:

But yeah it’s so daft that the expectation is that we’ll have either a memory or record of each of the hundreds and hundreds of releases that we’ve bought over the last ten, fifteen, twenty years, and at the same time not even give us a good way to systematically look over everything. I’m really looking forward to sort by range being reinstated because that’s just driving me nuts

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I’m tempted to just compile all of my proof of purchases, thankfully I don’t delete my emails, and email it all to Big Finish and tell them

ā€œYou want proof of purchase, ok here’s everything, sort it out yourself.ā€

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I’ve mentioned this several times, but I genuinely think there needs to be a new leadership team at BigFinish.

And by that I mean, for God’s sake, someone ditch that ego maniac Briggsy already.

Good Christ, I really miss the days when Gary Russell was in charge :frowning:

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I do unfortunately. Got all my old receipts from when they used to physically print them - which they should still be doing.

God I hate this new website. Utter crap.

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I have some hope, they’ve changed the multibuy system already follwoing feedback. And the Apps already been updated to tackle some of its issues.

I think the issue is the site’s been released unfinished. They seemingly wanted to rush it, cause it to be a mess.

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Wow it’s actually gone. I can’t find any receipt even though I swear on my TIMBS that I got it. I can prove that they put it up for free 3 TIMES but welp… great.

My goodness this has been nothing but a disaster huh…

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Is it in your library on the website if you search for it in your dashboard?

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