Mod Browsing Overhaul Discussion

[LordGeneralCheese]

This new redesign is very uncomfortable on the eyes, speaking as someone who has an astigmatism.

[dogearmy353]

I don’t even care too much about the general appearance of this UI, though, it is a downgrade in my opinion. It actually gives me a small headache to look at. I’m not sure why, and apparently I’m not the only one.

 

getting a headache while trying to browse mods isn’t fun.

 

if you have data saying someone out there actually likes this, that’s cool, good on you, make it a toggle, like it was while it was in beta. That worked great for me, and I’m sure it worked for the people who like it. Dont force change for the sake of change while the old UI is still perfectly functional and preferable for many.

[DuncanWasHere]

I almost never post on the forums, but yeah this change is just shockingly terrible enough that I had to say something, and what frustrates me most is that I get the feeling that this is the kind of change that companies just steamroll through, never roll back, and the community just learns to accept that their input means nothing for anything of actual importance. It's especially sad to see because Nexus has been relatively good about respecting their users/creators and not enshittifying the platform, aside from when they came out with collections. I noticed when the forums were changed, and I thought it was terrible, but I didn't really care because I didn't use the forums. When user profiles were changed it was more concerning, but at least there wasn't a lot to screw up there. But jeez this is just awful now. Really bad.

 

I don't know what options they realistically have here, but for whatever it means to them, this change is going to make me use the site less. I think it is obviously going to have that effect on a lot of people. I remember reading that the reason for the changes was because they had to update to a new site API for security reasons. Which is totally fair. But I don't know how that prevents them from fixing at least half of the issue, which is just the terrible, oppressively minimalist CSS.

[tinchek]

1 hour ago, jmharris said:

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13507498-mod-browsing-overhaul-discussion/page/119/#comment-130498579

What about the rest of my comment/suggestion?

[kat1004]

20 minutes ago, jmharris said:

Sure, that's a different debate. I was only attempting to clear up the "40% "majority" as stated previously" declaration was a misrepresentation of previous discussion.

We are getting into xkcd 386 territory though. 

Will you guys be addressing people who have physical and/or health issues with using the new design? Because there are a lot of us complaining about headaches, migraines, eye strain, etc regarding using the new design.

[jmharris]

2 minutes ago, tinchek said:

What about the rest of my comment/suggestion?

The date updated date range? As I understand it there are a number of my colleagues who will be going through all feedback and suggestions and working out a prioritised backlog. I cannot confirm if that is on it at the moment.

I was just hoping you might find some solace in knowing that the missing date range filter was on its way back.

[jmharris]

3 minutes ago, kat1004 said:

Will you guys be addressing people who have physical and/or health issues with using the new design? Because there are a lot of us complaining about headaches, migraines, eye strain, etc regarding using the new design.

I must admit that I have never asked the design team directly whether they thought the interface might make people ill. That's not quite my wheelhouse. I do know for certain that they will be digesting this feedback! I cannot currently state what action will be taken in regard to that.

[VivianVesania]

It'd be great if you could offer some option to use the old UI. This just makes it needlessly more complex. Just wanted to mod my games, not get a headache as i try to figure out what  out of a million places i need to go to.

[kat1004]

Just now, jmharris said:

I must admit that I have never asked the design team directly whether they thought the interface might make people ill. That's not quite my wheelhouse. I do know for certain that they will be digesting this feedback! I cannot currently state what action will be taken in regard to that.

If they actually take the feedback related to health concerns into consideration, that'll be nice. As of the change to the new layout, though, I physically can't use the site without taking migraine relief medication. And that shouldn't be a requirement for such a popular website.

[tinchek]

3 minutes ago, jmharris said:

The date updated date range? As I understand it there are a number of my colleagues who will be going through all feedback and suggestions and working out a prioritised backlog. I cannot confirm if that is on it at the moment.

I was just hoping you might find some solace in knowing that the missing date range filter was on its way back.

No yes, thank you that is good that they are returning the custom date input filter functionality back.

A toggle or an additional Date Updated filter would be a game changer for the site and mod discoverability. As I said, it works amazing for Steam. For some games(Rimworld), they even have version filters.