Site redesign - sneak peek - part 1

[jaeenox]

I do not like the tiles at all. I am not a tablet user. I am a PC user only. I like a nice vertical list like on the current "New Today" layout. I like the current "Categories" page. The current Bethesda page is terribly bad at presenting mods in any searchable form. Why go in that direction? Why have a tablet interface for a site that has nothing to do with tablets? Edited August 13, 2016 by jaeenox

[Signette]

Something between Steam and Win10 design. Looks neat, hope it will be as easy to navigate as it is currently though.

[Ethreon]

In response to post #41380455.

jaeenox wrote: I do not like the tiles at all. I am not a tablet user. I am a PC user only. I like a nice vertical list like on the current "New Today" layout. I like the current "Categories" page. The current Bethesda page is terribly bad at presenting mods in any searchable form. Why go in that direction? Why have a tablet interface for a site that has nothing to do with tablets?

"I don't use feature, therefore nobody uses feature". See the logic issue here?

[nexpilot]

It has been a very long time, I will miss the old reliable design I am used to. Will there still be the option to keep the old look or is that going to just disappear completely?

[ealworldsskyrim]

In response to post #41380455. #41381695 is also a reply to the same post.

jaeenox wrote: I do not like the tiles at all. I am not a tablet user. I am a PC user only. I like a nice vertical list like on the current "New Today" layout. I like the current "Categories" page. The current Bethesda page is terribly bad at presenting mods in any searchable form. Why go in that direction? Why have a tablet interface for a site that has nothing to do with tablets?

Ethreon wrote: "I don't use feature, therefore nobody uses feature". See the logic issue here?

same bruh we are not tablet user :3

[SpikeDragonLord]

In response to post #41380455. #41381695, #41383970 are all replies on the same post.

jaeenox wrote: I do not like the tiles at all. I am not a tablet user. I am a PC user only. I like a nice vertical list like on the current "New Today" layout. I like the current "Categories" page. The current Bethesda page is terribly bad at presenting mods in any searchable form. Why go in that direction? Why have a tablet interface for a site that has nothing to do with tablets?

Ethreon wrote: "I don't use feature, therefore nobody uses feature". See the logic issue here?

ealworldsskyrim wrote: same bruh we are not tablet user :3

A lot of sites seem to be preferring to pander only to tablet users while completely abandoning PC users. There should at least be an option to switch between looks on PC. Edited August 13, 2016 by SpikeDragonLord

[Deleted3624098User]

In response to post #41380455. #41381695, #41383970, #41385560 are all replies on the same post.

jaeenox wrote: I do not like the tiles at all. I am not a tablet user. I am a PC user only. I like a nice vertical list like on the current "New Today" layout. I like the current "Categories" page. The current Bethesda page is terribly bad at presenting mods in any searchable form. Why go in that direction? Why have a tablet interface for a site that has nothing to do with tablets?

Ethreon wrote: "I don't use feature, therefore nobody uses feature". See the logic issue here?

ealworldsskyrim wrote: same bruh we are not tablet user :3

SpikeDragonLord wrote: A lot of sites seem to be preferring to pander only to tablet users while completely abandoning PC users. There should at least be an option to switch between looks on PC.

I second Spike's comment/summary. (Me beleiving I was a loner here)

[crazyboywp]

I'm not a fan of the tiled/mobile look of the new page. It's used by everyone right now and while it's cool that it works for pc/tablet/mobile it just looks horrible and we can't seem to escape it, it's everywhere. I don't really know what you would go with instead, but I'm so bored with seeing the exact same layout everywhere. Edited August 13, 2016 by crazyboywp

[BananaPudding]

In response to post #41272325. #41274465, #41275065, #41275135, #41275585, #41276745, #41277095, #41278320, #41278875, #41281935, #41282870, #41282905, #41301515, #41302665, #41318530, #41344390, #41362530 are all replies on the same post.

J Allin wrote: If it aint broke, don't fix it... ;)

pedantic wrote: Sage advice :)

sonogu wrote: Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work :)

HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work

This is the first I've heard about it?

sonogu wrote: http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.

piotrmil wrote: That is very, very true. I do hope that the authors will give us options instead of shoving the new design down our throats.

michaelspicer16 wrote: Agreed

graymaybe wrote: Compared to what it could be, it's pretty broke tho.

Thallassa wrote: Luckily nexus was pretty broke. I'm looking forward to the fix.

HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.

I missed all of those, I was busy doing clinicals at a hospital all that time

janishewski wrote: Advice for the weak. Everything is broken because nothing is perfect, therefore everything can always be improved. This look far superior to the old site design.

janishewski wrote: Terrible advice that applies only to the timid and those that achieve nothing.

pedantic wrote: Nothing to do with being timid, weak, or an under achiever. Neither is it how it "looks" that's important to me (The same can be said for a good game). It's how it functions for everyone which should be a sites' primary concern. Fix what's broken by all means, adopt new technology by all means. But it seems to me, in this day and age, that actions are taken simply because they can be taken and for no other practical reason. So, instead of fixing what's broken a little at a time, we're plunged into months of constant change while the little necessary changes are incorporated into a premature overhaul to make the Nexus look like every other site. I love the Nexus because it isn't like every other site. The new "random" mod idea smacks of PSN and the rest looks just like, as others have said, (ugh..) Bethesda. The download shortcut might cause issues, too, for mod makers. It's a great idea but poorly thought through imho. However, if the shortcut were to take folk to the mod description page, similar to the current preview, then maybe the install instructions, requirements, and README.TXT (which so many don't) would be adhered to more often, leaving our brilliant mod makers to do what they do best. I can see the benefit of the shortcut if, for whatever reason, I'm re-downloading a mod. Hey, there's an idea: The shortcut only goes live if you've previously downloaded said mod - the same way you're not able to endorse a mod prior to download. Me? I love change but not simply for the sake of it.

EnaiSiaion wrote:

Terrible advice that applies only to the timid and those that achieve nothing.

So how's Windows 10 treating you?

sevencardz wrote: People where I work use this philosophy all the time. Also known as "Don't reinvent the wheel". It's fun to watch them struggle along with square wheels all day while I zoom right past them.

EDIT: Oh and Nexus, please fix your emoticons. I mean... who wrote the parsing algorithm that thinks my capital D was meant to be a smiley face?

endgameaddiction wrote: @sevencardz

It's the reason why I don't use emoticons. And I disable it. But really that's not the solution if you like using emoticons and not having your brackets translated into a smiley face when using it outside of the context of a emoticon.

HadToRegister wrote: I make sure to put a space in between " and D if I quote something

@sevencardz

That would be assuming the wheel was flawed and square from the get go which it wasn't. The wheel was round, the perfect shape for mobility and thus there would be no need to reinvent it, just add on to it and improve it, like giving it a sturdy layer. Not toss it out the window and replace it with a recolored copy of some other guy's crusty wheel that has fancy bells and whistles tied to it.

[Varana]

Looks really nice. :)

 

A few questions:

I don't really see any particular use in a list of mods for all games. Maybe for newcomers, but I don't own or play most games there are mods for. Instead, I come here for a few games, specifically.

 

So, will I still be able to jump right into a particular game with a browser bookmark, or do I have to go through an additional site load and click to choose my game from the dropdown menu? Or restrict the games shown as tiles to only those I choose?

 

Other than that, well done. :)