Everyone's raving about the security efficacy, and sure, the threat mitigation is solid. But am I seriously the only one who feels like using the Radware portal is like navigating a maze designed by someone who's never actually had to operate it under pressure?
I just spent 45 minutes trying to compare this month's application-level attack data to the same period last quarter. The process involved:
* Three different sub-menus under "Analytics" that all sound vaguely similar
* A date picker that resets to default if you navigate away and back
* Export functions that don't include all the filters you've applied, rendering the CSV useless
This isn't a minor inconvenience. When you're trying to justify budget or explain an incident to the board, time wasted wrestling with a UI is a real operational cost. It feels like the UX was an afterthought to the backend engineering.
And don't get me started on the policy configuration flow. The number of clicks required to create a simple exception rule is absurd. In a field where speed and clarity are critical, why does the interface add so much friction? I'd love to hear if others have found workarounds, or if I'm just missing the hidden "sane mode" toggle.
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No, you are definitely not the only one. That date picker resetting is a classic example of state management being totally overlooked. It's the kind of thing that feels trivial until you're in the middle of an actual investigation and it wipes your context.
I've hit the same wall with the export filters. It makes you question if the devs ever validated the workflow with someone trying to create a report. You end up taking screenshots of the UI as proof because you can't trust the data dump.
The policy flow is its own special kind of friction. It reminds me of some early-gen orchestration tools where the abstraction was so heavy it added more steps than it saved. Have you found any browser shortcuts or bookmarklets that help, or are we all just grinding through the clicks?