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JustThatKing

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I've sent my feedback through the form. But also dropping it here...

I'm not sure if the typeface choice for the mod page is functional. It clashes with the header and in mods with long names it can get very busy. See here: NNj5zZg.png I think it's better to keep the condensed style typeface. Maybe use something like Roboto Condensed. The line-height on the mod description also felt more packed but unnecessarily larger. 

The "Popular Collections" section is also... questionable. IMHO, we don't need another "top posts" for collection. We need more space to highlight less popular collections. Maybe rather than "Popular Collections", it's better to have "Trending Collections" like "Trending Mods" so it will change regularly. What counts as "Trending" is based on downloads/endorsement since it was last updated or uploaded.

I'm also questioning the decision to only show Endorsement metrics on the Trending Mods and removing something more important like Categories. Also the number of trending mods is less now, only 6 (it used to be 7 mods). Would've been better if 7 mods instead of only 6.

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8 hours ago, OFO said:

I absolutely love this new layout. it is vast improvement and makes everything so much easier to navigate. lok forward to this being implemented

Just to give a little different perspective....I absolutely don't love this new layout. It is a vast step back and makes everything so much more difficult to navigate. Looking forward to this not being implemented.

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I have been using Nexus for almost 10 years and after the new beta realized just how much the old font on each mod title (Main heading and sub headings) fits neatly into my vision. Sure it was all caps and sure it was thin but man it was efficient.

Comparatively the new heading takes a bit more effort to read as it is more in my FOV although much more dominant in displaying mod titles distinctively.  Not sure if this is just an ultra wide display problem (32 inch) but perhaps users of smaller screens see things differently.

What I noticed is through the gain in readability is lost on speed. I never pay much attention to the mod title of a mod when I have clicked into it. If I clicked on the mod, I have already read it on the catalogue. I do not need to see it span across my screen again. This is a personal opinion of course but will vary differently amongst other users. When within a mod, more attention is drawn to the mod's description, images, dependencies, and comments.  Interesting update. Somewhat miss the all caps titles but it seems to fit the classic more compared to the new font used.  Other than that, the orange lettering is a welcome touch throughout the website and greatly homogenizes the overall feel which improves on the older style. Perhaps this change is one we will get used to with time and could be explored further.

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I was just looking at a mod and decided to track it. Couldn't find the "Track" button. After half a minute staring at the place where it used to be, I saw it. Sure, it's there, but it is black. It doesn't look like a button! It looks no different than the word "Download:" on the same line which is NOT a button. Please give buttons a coloured background.

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I just realised that a mod gets marked "Downloaded" the moment you click the Download button. If you then choose to cancel without downloading the mod, it is still marked as downloaded. This can happen if the mod has requirements, so a requirements box comes up first asking you whether you want to download those first. If you decline, your download is canceled, yet the mod is still marked as downloaded. I think it should only be marked as downloaded once your download has completed. So not if you stopped it half way either because then you still haven't got that mod.

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3 hours ago, LenaWolfBravil said:

I was just looking at a mod and decided to track it. Couldn't find the "Track" button. After half a minute staring at the place where it used to be, I saw it. Sure, it's there, but it is black. It doesn't look like a button! It looks no different than the word "Download:" on the same line which is NOT a button. Please give buttons a coloured background.

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Reminds me that I recently had the same (or rather opposite) problem with the "Track" button on a user profile. It looks too bright in comparison to other buttons (well, not exactly buttons, views/endorsements info cards), as if I'm already tracking that profile or something.

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