Isn't TBP design too old ?!

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Why TPB does not have a great minimal flat modern design?

Because they didn't exist at the time we built the site and there has never been any reason to change.

We don't see file sharing as a competition and we've better things to do with our lives than pander to people with short attention spans.

[dynstab2]

A desirable "improvement" with infinitesimal work involved would be to add a DMCA link in its footer giving the daily, monthly and to-date stats of torrents deleted «at the request of rights holders», just like this popular torrent site, KAT not to name it, does.

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Oops! I'm told this popular site has stopped posting these stats about a week ago not to sap the morale of its uploaders even more, with some of them, appalled by the sheer number of torrents going in limbo (I remember seeing close to 10,000 in a single day a few months back), threatening to leave in forums and blogs.

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Unlike "popular torrent site KAT"...which is real pretty...we don't delete torrents at the requests of right holders. Function over form.

[vonRicht]

Unlike "popular torrent site KAT"...which is real pretty...we don't delete torrents at the requests of right holders. Function over form.

Very well said, mate.

The TPB design is fine as it is and very easy to use. As mentioned before TPB is simple and fast. It's like coming home every time you visit the site.

[anonymous123]

Old is Gold ! The Site Caters our need good enough unlike other sites which are DMCA ass lickers.

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As others have said I'm all for a site that would rather ignore dmcas than focus on a fancy design.

But if you really want Pirate Bay to look different you can do so yourself. For example, using a addon with Firefox called Stylish and a theme for it here.

[deanpepler]

Its fast and simple to use.  How can fast and simple be improved?

i think its fine as it is

Plain HTML is how it should be why turn it into something fancy? 

no thank you 

[tpbfanforlife]

theres no reason to change it. learn how to speak English before you criticize the greatest site known to man.

Agree. the layout of TPB is great.

4 ever! it is the only look for the pirate bay.

[zorchtorrent]

I am a design researcher and also a php developer...

Why TPB does not have a great minimal flat modern design?

what's not "minimal" or "flat" about it??
Minimal; it has just what is needed, nothing more, nothing (mostly) less.
Flat; I'm feeling the display, no bumps, feels pretty flat to me.

Personally, I'll take a site that stands up, and delivers the goods over a site that looks pretty any day. Shows they have their priorities straight.

THIS

Its fast and simple to use.  How can fast and simple be improved?

AND THIS!!

As a UI designer, I will say that TPB has one of the best, most functional, and (except for the necessary ads, yecchh) most streamlined interfaces for what it offers.
In the car racing world, it's called a "sleeper".
Just because it doesn't look like a feature site on Best Web Gallery, doesn't mean it's not best for what it does.

Those uncluttered, pastel-shaded "flat" motifs are cleverly designed to placate and spoonfeed clamoring masses of UnderUsers tweeting away on their iPhucks.
TPB is the John Deer of interfaces, maybe not the prettiest, but instantly recognizable and gets 'er done very well.

I won't now get into the one or two "missing" features TPB could provide, but they aren't "app-killers" by any stretch.


I can understad OP's confusion though, being a PHP dev. Works on the Backend, not the Front.

[Road2HD]

It seems like the staffs feel good about the old design and code.  IMPRESSIVE!!!

For me, as a uploader, I don't like the upload web page and the verify code. plus nobdoy can edit his own torrents description except the mods, that's really bad.

anyway,I don't want to argue with anyone about the site, TPB is a good place to share files and videos, but TPB is not perfect at all. 


here is a link: https://torrentfreak.com/top-popular-tor...15-150104/