Mod Browsing Overhaul Discussion

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/24/2025 at 10:34 AM, pilonexyz said:

This is the modified CSS code, will try to publish also on https://userstyles.world

Please note i'm not a professional and i'm with very basic CSS knowledge and i tried to do my best.

You can get the code here:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/a13JRcUf

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You need to fix some of the CSS code, because it ends up removing some important BUTTONS, like the “REPORT ABUSE” and “SHARE” buttons from the mod pages.

[LunchboxGaming]

  22 hours ago, NotTelling2021 said:

Let's not be bystanders, let's take action.

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There are only two ways, ditch premium, or stop using the site.

Think of it like a government where the people that pay more in taxes have more of a vote and the rest could leave as a form of voting. Otherwise you get what you get, and speaking too boldly could *get you negative attention.

Edited 21 hours ago by LunchboxGaming

[Shichi88]

Still beyond me why you are vehemently against just leaving the old UI as an option for people - it costs you nothing, dont maintain it or what ever
You done it in the past!!! I dont get it!

 

[WndMll]

  23 hours ago, JustThatKing said:

Whilst we cannot use "#8e8e8e on top of #232326" as some of you have suggested, as this does not meet WCAG AAA accessibility standards. 

However, we're actively working on adjusting the contrast values to help resolve the issues you're having. We've made a quick edit to part of the game homepage to see if this helps with your issues. 
You can open the the full image to make it closer to using the website directly https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/3333/images/12393/12393-1742919067-1216899835.png

Can you please let me know if this helps? If it doesn't, please let me know which parts of the page are you finding problematic. 

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I think that tiles should be darker than the background. Background should be the tile colour IMO. Tiles should be something like the background but lighter.

Also the spacing still, god please fix the spacing!

[GuyGamer]

everything is so big, as if it was created for phone users

[teabael]

So, essentially you took all the feedback and decided, "Don't care, we're doing what we want anyway."

 

This design is nonfunctional, distracting, and atrocious. Thanks, I hate it.

[papoilool]

Why does everything have to turn into this...?

[hymhym]

I've been modding for a long time. I still remember life before Nexus, and I can see an absence of Nexus in my life in the future. All it takes is for a less annoying option to pop up.

All I really use Nexus for these days is Skyrim. Sure, I sometimes download something for some other game I run modded, but most of my non-Skyrim-based mods I already get elsewhere. And I am so ready for something else to take the place of Skyrim in my life. 14 years of playing one game is long enough.

And seeing how Bethesda is trying to take control of the mod scene for their games, Nexus really should be thinking real hard about how to retain their relevancy in the future.

Sure, the official mod service for Starfield sucks, but... Well, TES6 is still a fair way away, and who knows? Maybe they'll manage to get their act together by then and offer a decent mod publishing platform for both paid and unpaid mods. And if they do, then Nexus will become obsolete. Everyone will just use the official mod page for most of their mod needs.

The thing to keep in mind is that at this point, we do not use Nexus because we want to; we use it because we have to. Many of us are actively looking for alternate options already. All it takes is for some entrepreneurial person to go about setting an alternate option. It's not like Nexus has a copyright on the mod page concept. All it takes is for a decent alternative that is less PITA to use to appear, and Nexus will lose its hold on the modding scene.

While the demise of Nexus is quite unlikely to be around the next corner, the thing with collapses is that they are always sudden and seem to come unexpected. Except they are not. If you pay attention, you can see the telltale signs of an imminent collapse. Hubris of the people in charge is a common sign. Unrest and unhappiness of the people is another. If those in charge keep ignoring the wishes and needs of the people, then things get pushed to the brink, and people will migrate elsewhere the moment a chance presents itself.

That's why things like this UI debacle matter. It is pushing people to look for alternatives. It is setting up Nexus for a collapse. It won't cause it on its own, but it will certainly hasten things. So please, do yourselves a favor and listen to us on this matter. It's okay to admit that some experiments were a failure, revert back and try something else instead. This UI is not working; revert to back to the old one. It wasn't perfect, but better than this. Re-think the whole thing and try again in the fall or something.

Look at Steam as a good inspiration on this topic. There is a lot to criticize about Steam, but... They do a pretty good job of keeping their customers happy. Happy to the point that something like Epic Game failed to make any kind of dent into Steam's market share. despite the enormous amount of money they spent on their bid. Despite all the free games they offered to people in hopes of luring them away from Steam. Steam, with all its flaws, was just too comfortable and easy to use for people to change ships.

Steam has always understood that their business model is in service, and they do their darnest to make sure that using Steam is as painless as possible. And if something is making people be unhappy and restless... Then, they take steps to mitigate it ASAP. Keeping people happy is their first priority, always, and it keeps making them oodles of money in return.

I wish I could say the same about Nexus... But I can't. So, to any site staff who might read this, keep this in mind - the more miserable you make your users' experience, the lower the hurdle needs to be for people to switch services once an alternative appears.

[Shardoom]

  22 hours ago, JustThatKing said:

For those of you having performance issues with scrolling in the browser, we've made some adjustments that should significantly improve your performance. 

We have removed many of the CSS Blurs, particularly the mod tile images. Whilst we thought these blurs look good and provided a consistent experience for mod images when they were non-standard aspect ratios, they were affecting performance.

These changes should improve performance drastically, particularly in Firefox and non-GPU-accelerated browsers.
 

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Why are you ignoring all of the requests for a UI revert toggle?

There are evidently a significant amount of your userbase who despise this change.

You seem to simply be ignoring our protests.

[ortext]

  21 hours ago, papoilool said:

Why does everything have to turn into this...?

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Simple the devs only care for their vision and opinion on this matter. And not the community. ( Which they would never admit. )

Forcing the people to speak out. Even those that are normally good, logical, rule abiding and friendly.

They forgot what made Nexus what it is today.