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> It's ridiculously difficult to share a single file online without a bunch of hassle. Most sites either riddle their pages with ads so you have to guess where the correct download button is and usually restrict useful features to their premium users.

Imho, if you really want to be the "Google of file-sharing", then the UI should be a lot less distracting.

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I have to say I humbly agree with this advice - the NoFile.io name got me clicking (the most difficult hurdle) - then when stuff started to animate I thought 'oh' and closed the window. Perhaps this is small minded of me :-)

"Google of file-sharing" would be a too heavy title to hold right now. The animations are there in the background to give the site a comfortable touch, but it should be easy to distinguish them from the actual site content (e.g the download button comes inside a "box" with a different background color and animated icons hidden underneath).

Perhaps it would be useful to add an option that toggles the animations on/off.

> Perhaps it would be useful to add an option that toggles the animations on/off.

If hundreds of people are telling you the animations are too much, kill the animations.

If a small handful of people are saying it, ignore them.

But please, please, do not add _any_ complexity to a small-margin, intentionally simple service like this in the hopes of pleasing everybody.

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