Mod Browsing Overhaul Discussion

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/18/2025 at 1:59 PM, Iluviel said:

Hopefully you'll get used to the changes soon

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And there it is.

We're going to do BETA tests, and will listen to your feedback, but as usual, it ALWAYS boils down to this...

[mfPixel]

  On 3/18/2025 at 3:58 PM, NawmSayin said:

The changes to the search features are fantastic and look great - I think the old search bar was the main shortfall with the site. However, I do think the game specific front pages are a bit of a regression. The effort to make them more clear/readable actually has the inverse affect. It's very plain verging on drab and as others have said it not as appealing to browse the site when not looking for something specific. Theres no distinctive style and it's a bit generic. Hopefully now that the funcional part is implemented, the aesthetics of the site will get some love. I think the good far outwighs the bad. I'm around long enough to remember the previous site redesign and people weren't crazy about that one either! :L

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Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. We’re glad you’re enjoying the new search. This release is a foundation for us to build on, and we’re excited to refine the game homepages to make them more visually appealing. We know this is a big shift for long-time users, and will take some time to settle in. However, these updates will enable us to iterate and improve much more quickly—something that was challenging with the previous version.

[Adlais]

My site just updated and my first thought was "ew".

I really appreciate attempting to update the site's visuals, but this really isn't it imo. The site looks cheaper and visually "sketchy" if that makes sense, it could be down to my personal preference, sure, but if I were a new member I would be far less trusting of this site than when I initially joined. 
I haven't really minded the majority of the pages, but the "main" page for a game looks much worse than it did, which is a pretty significant issue when that's the page you spend 80% of your time on.
Less fits on the screen at once, making it much less convenient to browse mods, which is of course the entire point of the site, and the gradient in the background makes the page more difficult to read while also reducing the aesthetic of the page.

[RomanR]

  On 3/18/2025 at 1:54 PM, Iluviel said:

40% of our users browse Nexus Mods on a mobile device, you're not the only user we are catering for. Whilst we always keep desktop users our focus (as modding happens on a desktop), we have to cater for everyone.

We're also an old website, with a really wide range of users across all demographics. Not everyone can cope with small, concise and densely packed information. Some users need content well spaced and easily readable. The new design accommodates everyone, regardless of your needs.

Please try to keep your feedback polite, swearing (even obfuscated) isn't pleasant or polite.

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Problem is that mobile device doesn't mean a smartphone with display height oriented only, as I was trying to point out. You're just focused on smartphones while ignoring everything else. And when I saw updated design of Oblivion game page this afternoon, the result is even worse  than I thought in my opinion. Not just a wasted space, deep black background versus bright  white text with colorful pictures making it over-contrasted and not fit to view for long for example. This is a complete misunderstanding of how the UI should look and how it should be used. Sorry to say, but I perceive this part as utter failure. 

[mtkkiller]

Man i'm so happy i paid once for a lifetime account years ago, those "people" are just making bad decisions on bad decisions, they do not deserve the money.

[WndMll]

  On 3/18/2025 at 5:08 PM, HadToRegister said:

And there it is.

We're going to do BETA tests, and will listen to your feedback, but as usual, it ALWAYS boils down to this...

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Now that I've seen that all hope is lost, let's just hope there will be someone out there willing and annoyed enough to make a browser extension or a tampermonkey script that fixes it.

[Isguros]

  On 3/18/2025 at 5:13 PM, mfPixel said:

However, these updates will enable us to iterate and improve much more quickly—something that was challenging with the previous version.

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How quick is quick, cause this site is in dire need of a visual upgrade. 

[Lollia]

  On 3/18/2025 at 5:21 PM, WndMll said:

Now that I've seen that all hope is lost, let's just hope there will be someone out there willing and annoyed enough to make a browser extension or a tampermonkey script that fixes it.

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Just like how modders already do for so many games? 

[WndMll]

  On 3/18/2025 at 5:36 PM, Lollia said:

 

Just like how modders already do for so many games? 

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Not comparable but I see what you're getting at.

[Synthlight]

I made a userscript to get rid of the godawful waste of space that is the "Popular Collections" section:

(Because I fully expect any feedback on the section to be "This is how it is now, get used to it.")

Edit: Setup a repo for these with a before/after image: https://github.com/Synthlight/Nexus-Design-Fixes

 

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Nuke "Popular Collections" on Nexus game pages.
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Remove the godawful waste of space that is the "Popular Collections" section from Nexus game's root page. (Because I've zero expectations that anyone in charge of design will ever actually act on feedback like this.)
// @author       LordGregory
// @match        https://www.nexusmods.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

function getElementByXpath(path) {
    return document.evaluate(path, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
}

(function() {
    getElementByXpath("//section[@aria-labelledby=\"popular-collections-header\"]").remove();
})();

 

And one to remove the game header that wastes space at the top:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Nuke the Game Header on Nexus game pages.
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Remove the godawful waste of space that is the game header section from Nexus game's root page. (Because I've zero expectations that anyone in charge of design will ever actually act on feedback like this.)
// @author       LordGregory
// @match        https://www.nexusmods.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

function getElementByXpath(path) {
    return document.evaluate(path, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
}

(function() {
    getElementByXpath("//div[./nav[@aria-label=\"Breadcrumb navigation\"]]").remove();
})();

 

Edit: And, yup, what I expected to happen actually happened:

Got a suggestion on changing some part of the new design? Well, too bad. It'll just be denied/ignored. Get used to the new design, it's here to stay.