Site redesign - sneak peek - part 1

[opusGlass]

In response to post #41286925. #41289200 is also a reply to the same post.

opusGlass wrote: Looks great -- one feature I'd love to see is an extra sorting option for "Endorsements per Download." Would help when looking for mods that are somewhat obscure but still high quality. Keep up the good work!

theolaa wrote: Yeah, endorsements:downloads would be a good indicator of quality instead of popularity.

Never seems to pick up momentum though! :/

[DaJay42]

Still not a fan of the "flat" design. Like, at all. It just doesn't work well on any screen larger than a phone, and only serves to reduce the usability of the interface.

 

Other than that, the layout of the site is nice, I suppose.

[niacus]

It's bugged me 4ever that you need to click a search button instead of <enter>.

Looks like you're gonna fix that. Thanx!!!

 

Awesome new look BTW. :):)

[urielz]

In response to post #41278850. #41280030 is also a reply to the same post.

urielz wrote: Looks great so far.

Is anything being done to improve communication between users/authors? Specifically, will users have the ability to know when someone replies to comments or quotes? I think this is a major issue with the site right now.

ForeverZer0 wrote: I'm actually kind of glad it's like this. It does wonders to keep unnecessary flame-wars that spark up in comments section from going on too long. (See YouTube comments lol)

But I can also see the benefits, so perhaps make it a setting that can be turned on/off. Or a setting that makes it so you only get notifications when a mod author from the mod you downloaded replies to your post? Idk

That's true. Also adding the ability to block/ignore people would alleviate the problem.

[SongBurdyN0tail]

I like the new design.

 

I'm only afraid to miss the old design when I'm used to the new one. Just out of nostalgia reasons. Is there a possibility to add a button to switch between the designs?

[anokii]

Nicely done, clean interface and easy UI, looking forward to when we can take it for a drive.

[starfis]

In response to post #41278850. #41280030, #41300295 are all replies on the same post.

urielz wrote: Looks great so far.

Is anything being done to improve communication between users/authors? Specifically, will users have the ability to know when someone replies to comments or quotes? I think this is a major issue with the site right now.

ForeverZer0 wrote: I'm actually kind of glad it's like this. It does wonders to keep unnecessary flame-wars that spark up in comments section from going on too long. (See YouTube comments lol)

But I can also see the benefits, so perhaps make it a setting that can be turned on/off. Or a setting that makes it so you only get notifications when a mod author from the mod you downloaded replies to your post? Idk

urielz wrote: That's true. Also adding the ability to block/ignore people would alleviate the problem.

I think direct reply notifications would be nice. Sometimes you are asking something on a very old mod page and it could take months before someone answers.

[Nephenee13]

In response to post #41272730.

hauteecolerider wrote: Overall I like the cleaner view and the way it uses the entire browser window, not just a column in the middle like the current setup does. And I like how the news are tagged with keywords - site news, game news, mod news, etc.

I was dismayed, however, at seeing how all the mods for all the games will be featured on the front page. I use Nexus Mods for just two games, and don't play any others (no time). Currently I have the main pages for these two games bookmarked for quick and easy access, but that means I don't see what is going on in the other games. I could go back to using the front page as my main access if I could just see one small detail:

What games these featured mods are for?? It would help me zoom in on the featured mods for the games I do play. Maybe a tagging system similar to the news and articles with the name of the source game for each mod in the upper corner so I can skim over the front page and see what's going on in the modding world.

Looking forward to giving this a whirl on both my computer and my iPad!

Obviously there will be individual game pages. How is this even a question?

The front page is ALL the games, then you can go to the specific game you want, and have all the same features but restricted to just that game.

[pedantic]

In response to post #41272325. #41274465, #41275065, #41275135, #41275585, #41276745, #41277095, #41278320, #41278875, #41281935, #41282870, #41282905, #41302665 are all replies on the same post.

J Allin wrote: If it aint broke, don't fix it... ;)

pedantic wrote: Sage advice :)

sonogu wrote: Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work :)

HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work

This is the first I've heard about it?

sonogu wrote: http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.

piotrmil wrote: That is very, very true. I do hope that the authors will give us options instead of shoving the new design down our throats.

michaelspicer16 wrote: Agreed

graymaybe wrote: Compared to what it could be, it's pretty broke tho.

Thallassa wrote: Luckily nexus was pretty broke. I'm looking forward to the fix.

HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.

I missed all of those, I was busy doing clinicals at a hospital all that time

janishewski wrote: Advice for the weak. Everything is broken because nothing is perfect, therefore everything can always be improved. This look far superior to the old site design.

janishewski wrote: Terrible advice that applies only to the timid and those that achieve nothing.

EnaiSiaion wrote:

Terrible advice that applies only to the timid and those that achieve nothing.

So how's Windows 10 treating you?

Nothing to do with being timid, weak, or an under achiever. Neither is it how it "looks" that's important to me (The same can be said for a good game). It's how it functions for everyone which should be a sites' primary concern. Fix what's broken by all means, adopt new technology by all means. But it seems to me, in this day and age, that actions are taken simply because they can be taken and for no other practical reason. So, instead of fixing what's broken a little at a time, we're plunged into months of constant change while the little necessary changes are incorporated into a premature overhaul to make the Nexus look like every other site. I love the Nexus because it isn't like every other site. The new "random" mod idea smacks of PSN and the rest looks just like, as others have said, (ugh..) Bethesda. The download shortcut might cause issues, too, for mod makers. It's a great idea but poorly thought through imho. However, if the shortcut were to take folk to the mod description page, similar to the current preview, then maybe the install instructions, requirements, and README.TXT (which so many don't) would be adhered to more often, leaving our brilliant mod makers to do what they do best. I can see the benefit of the shortcut if, for whatever reason, I'm re-downloading a mod. Hey, there's an idea: The shortcut only goes live if you've previously downloaded said mod - the same way you're not able to endorse a mod prior to download. Me? I love change but not simply for the sake of it. Edited August 10, 2016 by pedantic

[Boerner]

I like it