Mod Browsing Overhaul Discussion

[Isguros]

  On 3/19/2025 at 10:33 PM, Vylmort said:

wha would be easier :   or 

Well I go for the first one as that gives me a better overview on what I wna t, what is new.  I don't a table formatted crap layout. I am on a PC , NOT a TABLET !

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Biggest difference in this picture is obviously the lack of support for search preference view in the beta. If they plan on adding that, the beta page is only a fair bit worse than the old one: no page jump navigation controls on top, filters position cutting off categories, no more size, downloads, and endorsement sliders, and the shifting of mod positions when you show/hide the filters... and of course the subjective stuff if you like the new layout and such.

Edited Wednesday at 10:52 PM by Isguros

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/19/2025 at 10:33 PM, Vylmort said:

wha would be easier :   or 

Well I go for the first one as that gives me a better overview on what I wna t, what is new.  I don't a table formatted crap layout. I am on a PC , NOT a TABLET !

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This is exactly what I mean, and have been arguing for. With a list, your eyes move UP and DOWN.
With the TILES, your eyes now have to look UP and DOWN, AND LEFT and RIGHT.

Tiles are not efficient, and it's a waste of space.

[Vylmort]

  On 3/19/2025 at 10:45 PM, RomanR said:

 

For most PC users the result is practicaly unusable webpage now. Even ones with displays above HD resolution can't view much content due vertical design unfit for typical PC display, the choose of colors tire your eyes very quickly, the ones with average PC experiencing slowdowns. And last thing which begins to annoy me greatly - Nexus is more and more looking and behaving like an e-shop, rather than a place of modders.

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I Aggree I use a wide screen and even Windoews 11 reverted back from the hidious button pages back to a normal view and Nexus is now doing something that should have been tried a few years ago and would be burn down then, but it seems they do not care.  Peopel wants mods and add mods to their games by a simple layout not by a layout that takes more time to load then the old one and looks not good. ( though the loading times are really a crime, optimizing things before going live should be a pre, ifm the old layout loads faster then  the new one, the dev's failed and during testing this should have been clear, this change should  never be approved at all)

 

[mygames86]

The new layout is annoying.

When you are at the front page of a game, e.g. https://www.nexusmods.com/games/skyrimspecialedition click on "View more mods", you used to get to page 2 mods, and only see new mods.

You are are on a site where the first new mod is on the first page, last row, second column... has nobody tested the layout beforehand?

 

[ModEnjoyer52]

  On 3/19/2025 at 10:11 PM, CW001 said:

At the very least rename the Trending & Popular options for mods on the game page back to "Popular" and "Top (period)"or something. Even from the most basic UX perspective, what's the difference between something that's trending and something that's popular? They're synonyms!

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What about the Surprise button? Am I going to get a jump scare?

[chefsbrian]

Well the good news is, this thread has been very thorough and captured pretty much every complaint I've had, from the information density issue to the performance issues and quality of life issues. The bad news is, the response from the devs has been... Well lets just say I'm not particularly enthused about the "We've decided this is what modern looks like, and if you don't like it, you're the problem" approach to criticism of the changes. Its pretty clear there's strong opinions on the Nexus side as to why a technical modernization in the backend requires throwing out a working design pattern on the front end, even if there's little interest in elaborating on those opinions.

Pretty sure all we can do at this point is vote with our wallets. I've cancelled my auto renewal. NexusMods can, and will, do whatever they like with the site, that's fine. But we don't gotta pay for it.

[JezebellPepper]

I have no idea what's going on with the "my mods" section but it's seriously fcking annoying. Sometimes I'm able to look at what I've downloaded for a specific game and other times it forces me to look at all 147 mods I downloaded for ALL my games. I DONT WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AT ONCE. I only want to look at what I downloaded for ONE game. Can you fix this stupid update? I'm so sick of these stupid companies forcing their user bases into these stupid updates NO ONE asked for and then telling us to eat sht and get used to it.

[TheDapperMrPie]

I'm not really one to make comments or posts nor do i visit this forum very often but I've been using nexus for years. This is one of those rare instances where i feel like i want to have my opinion expressed especially for a site that i enjoy.

 

To be blunt, This Ui update is horrible. There is so much wasted space. No color. Things blend together and its just doesn't have a good vibe. I feel like i'm doing the equivalent of eating a bland and dry biscuit. It lacks character. Its another cookie cutter "modern" ui. And i think that's a shame.

[SoulOfDarkest]

I legit think its my first time commenting,even tho I been using the site for years,thats how bad it is,I really dislike it,feel like a change just to change things around,when not needed,its worst

[JoJoBay3437]

I've literally never felt the need to comment in your forums until now. This new update is atrocious and completely ruins the flow of navigating your site. I'm currently using a tampermonkey script to use the old layout where I can (better leave that alone y'all). I don't even care if this update is more usable on mobile, inevitably everyone will use your site on a desktop. *Where all the actual modding will happen*. If I have to browse whatever THIS is to get mods installed then I won't even ever see it.