New Nexus Mods design launched

[Sonja]

In response to post #54799858. #54800528, #54805933, #54818428, #54818433 are all replies on the same post.

vcgrant wrote: On first blush, I find it ironic, and a bit telling, that a web site that owes it's very existence to PC Games and its fans, optimize's it's web design for mobile platforms.

Dark0ne wrote: Why is that ironic? A few people have commented on this and I've yet to have someone explain why it's silly to code a site with mobile optimisation in mind as part of the process.

18% of our traffic comes from mobile. A number that grows every single year as smartphone usage continues to rocket. It would be stupid to do a new design and not take that into account, just like it would be stupid to do a new design and not take in to account the 17% of people who browse the site using FireFox or the 5% who browse using Edge.

With your (and some other users') line of thinking, websites for console games should be most optimised for Televisions, because that's the platform on which you most play console games. Makes no sense, right? How you play your games has no relation to how you browse the internet and finding a happy medium for both desktop and mobile users, that can make both as happy as possible was, and still is, the most prudent course of action.

Rigmor wrote: New site works great with the 0.0001% of "Brave" browser users :P

vcgrant wrote: It is ironic because the functionality that can be had with a web page optimized for a PC processor and graphics is much greater than any mobile platform. Most mobile sites in look and usability are about where computer platforms were in the earliest days of the Net. Most apps are dumbed down to enable them to run on mobile devices and any 3D depth has been lost to flattening everything out to make it smaller and quicker to load.

Bottom line from my perspective, this is a PC site., make it look and play as one.

vcgrant wrote: Double Post

While it's very nice that people on mobiles can more easily window shop for mods, when they come to actually download (and install if they're using NMM) them, they will be doing so on PC.
As I have stated, the new layout has really started to grow on me after my initial apprehension; there is much that I like. However, in terms of PC functionality, it does need some tweaking.

Moreover, even if it's steadily growing, 18% doesn't comprise a majority. I'm abysmal at mathematics, but even I can calculate that much. While far too many comments here have been little more than pitchfork level incoherent wailing, gnashing of teeth or just generally rude, there has still been a lot of constructive feedback, and I really hope you guys take it under consideration before releasing a final version. Aside from the obvious benefits to those (the majority) on desktop, this would probably reduce alienation and toxicity dramatically. Edited October 30, 2017 by Sonja

[collinmacleod]

In response to post #54811233. #54814953, #54818718, #54819003, #54826838, #54833298 are all replies on the same post.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: Not sure if this has anything to do with the site upgrade, but is the search function currently broken? Some mods I can find just fine, but even typing the exact name of some mods doesn't return any results, either on the new site or the old one.

Also, is there/will there be a way to track replies to comments (like a notification system)? I often find myself forgetting where I left a comment...

Thanks!

Eolhin wrote: I have the same problem! If I didn't already have the link to the Inigo mod, I couldn't find it. I search by the mod name, and all of the foreign translations come up, along with the InigoMCM (separate add-on mod), but the main mod, Inigo, is nowhere to be found, and I have tried many different search parameters. Something is broken.

Edit: I have tried clearing all filters, and then unchecking everything, as that didn't uncheck things, but the search results got MORE constrained, rather then less. I am quite confused. I tried both the basic search bar at the top, and the Refined Results drop-down.

Also, where are the notifications in the new format? You know, that small round orb that gave you the drop-down list of notifications in the old format, right next to the messages envelope? I find those incredibly useful, and can't find them right now. I am sure I must just be missing them.

ScrollTron1c wrote: Well i found more mods that don't show up with the search function, and i don't even have filters enabled. Example "Mature Skin" for Skyrim didn't show the actual mod yesterday, the day before it was "Requiem". Seems like both are showing up now.

Not sure if connected but i had "Translation" mods blocked.

vcgrant wrote: I second this, I tried to search Underground Hideout New Vegas probably the most popular house/home mod on the site (18,000 endorsements) I can't find it on the new site. All searches bring up related mods, i.e addons and patches, but the main mod is nowhere to be found. I also, searched Mobile Truck Base, with the same result.

I am definitely staying with the old site until this is fixed.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: My workaround is just using google, typing something like "site:nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition inigo". Kind of silly that this vital feature doesn't work and I haven't heard any official response about it anywhere.

Eolhin wrote: They are still looking into it. There is a ticket open for it on the GitHub. Go look there (the link to GitHub was in the original post) to see what is going on. But yeah, the search feature is fairly important.

Remove any language filters.... It seems the new site is adding invisible language tags. Edited October 30, 2017 by collinmacleod

[Sonja]

In response to post #54811233. #54814953, #54818718, #54819003, #54826838, #54833298, #54834703 are all replies on the same post.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: Not sure if this has anything to do with the site upgrade, but is the search function currently broken? Some mods I can find just fine, but even typing the exact name of some mods doesn't return any results, either on the new site or the old one.

Also, is there/will there be a way to track replies to comments (like a notification system)? I often find myself forgetting where I left a comment...

Thanks!

Eolhin wrote: I have the same problem! If I didn't already have the link to the Inigo mod, I couldn't find it. I search by the mod name, and all of the foreign translations come up, along with the InigoMCM (separate add-on mod), but the main mod, Inigo, is nowhere to be found, and I have tried many different search parameters. Something is broken.

Edit: I have tried clearing all filters, and then unchecking everything, as that didn't uncheck things, but the search results got MORE constrained, rather then less. I am quite confused. I tried both the basic search bar at the top, and the Refined Results drop-down.

Also, where are the notifications in the new format? You know, that small round orb that gave you the drop-down list of notifications in the old format, right next to the messages envelope? I find those incredibly useful, and can't find them right now. I am sure I must just be missing them.

ScrollTron1c wrote: Well i found more mods that don't show up with the search function, and i don't even have filters enabled. Example "Mature Skin" for Skyrim didn't show the actual mod yesterday, the day before it was "Requiem". Seems like both are showing up now.

Not sure if connected but i had "Translation" mods blocked.

vcgrant wrote: I second this, I tried to search Underground Hideout New Vegas probably the most popular house/home mod on the site (18,000 endorsements) I can't find it on the new site. All searches bring up related mods, i.e addons and patches, but the main mod is nowhere to be found. I also, searched Mobile Truck Base, with the same result.

I am definitely staying with the old site until this is fixed.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: My workaround is just using google, typing something like "site:nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition inigo". Kind of silly that this vital feature doesn't work and I haven't heard any official response about it anywhere.

Eolhin wrote: They are still looking into it. There is a ticket open for it on the GitHub. Go look there (the link to GitHub was in the original post) to see what is going on. But yeah, the search feature is fairly important.

collinmacleod wrote: Remove any language filters.... It seems the new site is adding invisible language tags.

I'm having the same problem when I search for Inigo.
I just tried removing language tabs from my filters, as per the recent suggestion, and the issue persists. With the tags removed, my search for Inigo yields everything *except* his original English version. The MCM comes up, as well as the various translations, but not the English page.

I have no idea what it is, but I do have a pretty extensive set of filters and a very long Block list (mostly authors who overwhelmingly produce vanilla-voiced female followers)... I'm wondering if this influences things. However, when I search for followers like Vilja or Sofia this doesn't happen, so I'm slightly stumped.

[r131]

In response to post #54811233. #54814953, #54818718, #54819003, #54826838, #54833298, #54834703, #54834953 are all replies on the same post.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: Not sure if this has anything to do with the site upgrade, but is the search function currently broken? Some mods I can find just fine, but even typing the exact name of some mods doesn't return any results, either on the new site or the old one.

Also, is there/will there be a way to track replies to comments (like a notification system)? I often find myself forgetting where I left a comment...

Thanks!

Eolhin wrote: I have the same problem! If I didn't already have the link to the Inigo mod, I couldn't find it. I search by the mod name, and all of the foreign translations come up, along with the InigoMCM (separate add-on mod), but the main mod, Inigo, is nowhere to be found, and I have tried many different search parameters. Something is broken.

Edit: I have tried clearing all filters, and then unchecking everything, as that didn't uncheck things, but the search results got MORE constrained, rather then less. I am quite confused. I tried both the basic search bar at the top, and the Refined Results drop-down.

Also, where are the notifications in the new format? You know, that small round orb that gave you the drop-down list of notifications in the old format, right next to the messages envelope? I find those incredibly useful, and can't find them right now. I am sure I must just be missing them.

ScrollTron1c wrote: Well i found more mods that don't show up with the search function, and i don't even have filters enabled. Example "Mature Skin" for Skyrim didn't show the actual mod yesterday, the day before it was "Requiem". Seems like both are showing up now.

Not sure if connected but i had "Translation" mods blocked.

vcgrant wrote: I second this, I tried to search Underground Hideout New Vegas probably the most popular house/home mod on the site (18,000 endorsements) I can't find it on the new site. All searches bring up related mods, i.e addons and patches, but the main mod is nowhere to be found. I also, searched Mobile Truck Base, with the same result.

I am definitely staying with the old site until this is fixed.

saintcrazythefollower wrote: My workaround is just using google, typing something like "site:nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition inigo". Kind of silly that this vital feature doesn't work and I haven't heard any official response about it anywhere.

Eolhin wrote: They are still looking into it. There is a ticket open for it on the GitHub. Go look there (the link to GitHub was in the original post) to see what is going on. But yeah, the search feature is fairly important.

collinmacleod wrote: Remove any language filters.... It seems the new site is adding invisible language tags.

Sonja wrote: I'm having the same problem when I search for Inigo.
I just tried removing language tabs from my filters, as per the recent suggestion, and the issue persists. With the tags removed, my search for Inigo yields everything *except* his original English version. The MCM comes up, as well as the various translations, but not the English page.

I have no idea what it is, but I do have a pretty extensive set of filters and a very long Block list (mostly authors who overwhelmingly produce vanilla-voiced female followers)... I'm wondering if this influences things. However, when I search for followers like Vilja or Sofia this doesn't happen, so I'm slightly stumped.

I have the same search issue (tested with Inigo and Vilja) ... but only on the new design site. If I switch back to the old one, everything is perfect again.
Strange :/
I hope the twisted wire is found soon - I like the new design and except for "searching" I found no issues so far :D

[NexBeth]

While it's very nice that people on mobiles can more easily window shop for mods, when they come to actually download (and install if they're using NMM) them, they will be doing so on PC.

 

 

I believe it was mentioned that while you can't download mods on the phone, you can set them to download from the phone on to your pc. So that is a notch on the side of making the site more phone-friendly.

Edited October 30, 2017 by NexBeth

[Sonja]

In response to post #54837778.

NexBeth wrote:

While it's very nice that people on mobiles can more easily window shop for mods, when they come to actually download (and install if they're using NMM) them, they will be doing so on PC.

 

 

I believe it was mentioned that while you can't download mods on the phone, you can set them to download from the phone on to your pc. So that is a notch on the side of making the site more phone-friendly.

That's actually pretty awesome, I wasn't aware.

Still, hopefully they can find a bit more of a balance between making the site comfortable for both mobile and PC users. As I said, for the most part, I've come to quite like the new layout, but I do think it still requires a little more refining.

[Deleted130954User]

Nice to see Nexus evolved. Personaly, I am a bit bored with the old design. It's refreshing to see this.

 

Here some suggestions:

 

>> Let the user stick his favorite sub-menu(s) ("Most endorsed (all time)" or "Manage my mods" for example) to the main bar for a quick access. (Reduce the size of this damn search bar and you will gain some place for this.)

 

>> Add a carousel to the main page ("Our Games" list by default for example) with the possibility for the user to choice a specific display: "Hot Files", "Latest Files", "Latest Images", etc instead of the default list.

 

I understand this add a layer of complexity for you but I think a good user experience mean your user is able to customize a bit his own "daily" use.

 

Anyway, I think you are on the good way. Thanks for bringing Nexus into the 21th century.

 

I made my comments quota for this year. I return in my cavern to praise Azura.

 

- An very old user

[Kandahar]

After reading this announcement and then browsering comments I noticed an issue. Why does new website not move my screen to the top comment in the next page? Every time I switch to the next page of comments my screen is at the same area as it was previously and then I have to scroll up every single time to read comments from the newset to the oldest ones.

 

I really dislike "top mods" list. It's annoying to move my eyes from left to right and back to read what is on the list. Switch it to 1 mod per row, it worked flawlessly before therefore there is no need to change it. If you switched to 1 mod per row, please don't make "mod tiles" too big nor too wide. Your current design may make user miss a mod he is looking for.

 

The new design was clearly made for mobile phones and I hope you are aware of why Windows 8.0 did not succeed and you will not make the same mistakes as Microsoft. As long as the new website works as fast as the old one at least, I don't mind new mobile design. The only concern is higher usage of mobile internet data.

Edited October 31, 2017 by Kandahar

[TBoneTones]

I think it's pretty bloody awful, actually. But hey ho, I 'm a very mature gamer, so my old fashioned sense of visual appeal I daresay is not what the snappy youngsters want a site to look like. I do suspect, however, there was an itch to make a change for the sake of change. The old site, as has been mentioned already in comments, you could take in fairly swiftly..... everything.....this new one you cannot...you have to search around. Never a good sign. I predict this will actually 'age' far quicker than the old one.

[instyne49]

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