New Nexus Mods design launched

[Lazuri]

Feedback:

 

When browsing mods, please make the entire "card" react to hovering and link to the mod in question when pressed, not just the cover image and the mod title.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Lazuri

[slippyguy]

In response to post #54911668.

djehmli wrote: Some of the tabs appear to be missing. For example: Legacy of the Dragonborn SSE in the old view has a change tab, in the new view, no change tab. Thought it might be under logs but not there, and not in the file tab next to the down load link either.

Looks to be the same if someone had a readme tab as well.

It is under logs, look again.

[foxhoundd]

i have a great respect for you guys thnx to you i had much more fun in the games then without your mods and tutorials guides.. ive played some games more playtroughs then if i did not got your site and the people who are willing to make it gratefull forever i mean it! :D

 

and now to see how super deluxe upgrade you have accomplished here its super ! its verry pretty also very clear how to use it where everything is ! nexusmods.com are the heroes of modding community and gaming ofcourse!

 

R.dotinga from the netherlands would not say fanboy but i am super glad that you are here and now !

[Dark1Nova]

I mean it is pretty nice, just everything is huge on the new layout. I find myself zooming out to 70% just to maintain the same size scale. Until i'm forced to change, i'll be sticking with the old format.

[Sern]

I just wanna say that so far I'm loving the new site design. Feels cleaner and more concise. Massive improvement over the aging design of the past in my opinion. Sure it'll take some getting used to...but so does anything that's new. Edited November 3, 2017 by Sern

[ScrollTron1c]

Hi,

 

looks like the Redesign is making some progress and more users seem to start appreciating it.

 

BTW thanks for fixing the caption fields for mod user images, apparently the feedback is actually being read :-)

Now you just need to get rid of the scrollbar in full-screen image mode, make the caption and gallery block fade out with the rest of the UI, and the image viewer is pretty much perfect.

 

 

Anyways, i was uploading a mod tonight and noticed two issues:

 

1. The links on the various management panels (like NSFW guide etc) all lead directly back to the same page they were linked from

2. Sorting the order of the showcase images is a massive pain right now, the site won't properly save the new order when you move images upwards

Edited November 3, 2017 by ScrollTron1c

[AlchemicaMateria]

The thing I love most is the ability to press enter to search rather than having to manually click search when searching for mods via key words. Every time I go to search for a mod I press enter, and every time nothing happens. But no more. Haha

 

Overall, I like the new layout as well

[VermillionRED]

Visually, the new design is serviceable and I can see a few perks to it, but limiting non-premium members to only 20 mods per page while browsing a page is horrid compared to the old designs 30. It shouldn't be a feature just for premium members. If you want to make this design accessible for users, this is NOT the way to do it. It just comes across as greedy for what is a very basic option.

[fireundubh]

In response to post #54924528.

AbobosFist wrote: Visually, the new design is serviceable and I can see a few perks to it, but limiting non-premium members to only 20 mods per page while browsing a page is horrid compared to the old designs 30. It shouldn't be a feature just for premium members. If you want to make this design accessible for users, this is NOT the way to do it. It just comes across as greedy for what is a very basic option.

Why do you need to see more than 20 mods per page?

While a "very basic option" on the frontend, every time you ask for 20, 30, 50, or 100 mods per page, you're executing queries for each mod—unless they're using a more sophisticated solution. Multiply those queries by the number of active users on any day, and you have an astronomical number of queries being executed. These "per page" options can get very expensive on large sites, especially when those queries ultimately serve images and other data to users.

Just as an oversimplified example:

- 13,597,383 users executing 20 queries per day equals 271,947,660 queries.
- 13,597,383 users executing 30 queries per day equals 407,921,490 queries.
- 30 queries per day per user produces 1.5 times more cumulative queries.

So, a reduction of just 10 queries per day per user represents huge savings.

Reducing the number of queries overall saves the Nexus a good sum of money, which is used to keep this platform operational. In addition, reducing queries reduces the traffic load on the database and other backend services, which improves overall performance for more users. It's perfectly fair that only users who pay up can use more of the platform's resources, and I'd bet that the vast majority of users don't need to see 30 mods per page, let alone 20. Edited November 3, 2017 by fireundubh

[axonis]

In response to post #54895693. #54896418, #54898518, #54900213, #54900778, #54901488, #54902628, #54905558, #54916983 are all replies on the same post.

bigd4450 wrote: I felt so uncomfortable with the new Nexus. It just seems to be to "fiddly", push this button to push this button to push this button to find what your looking for. Old way, click here to see more and scroll, click to the next page when you get to the bottom. I'm kind of an old guy and I see the trend all over the place to get more info and more options out in front of "the people". But, that being said, I always tried to live my life the way I was taught, the KISS principle, Keep It Simple Stupid. And boy do we seem to be veering away from that idea.

fireundubh wrote: "push this button to push this button to push this button to find what your looking for"

What are you talking about? If anything, the navigation path is actually shorter than the old site.

bigd4450 wrote: What do I mean? Well I go into Skyrim SE want to see what's going on with mods. Well, this page just shows me todays mods. Wait a minute, I can see todays, this weeks, popular (30 days), popular (all time), trending, etc. I just want to see some mods, scroll to the top, okay a drop down, there's mods. What am I looking for, a ton of choices, there it is "Browse all mods". Oh wait, do I want to sort them by time, when they were published, or maybe description, nope, just want to look at some mods, losing interest, too much B.S. going on.

Old way, pull up Skyrim SE, oh, there's recent mods, do I want to see more, sure. Click here to see more, scroll to the bottom, page 2, continue, pretty easy.

I realize that what ever I say here will make no difference what so ever. It's just a trend that I see and really don't like, buttons cluttering up pages, spend more time messing with the buttons, (and half don't work) instead of just going where your trying to go. Just my humble opinion, and opinions are like ----- we've all got one.

Zaldiir wrote: Clicking the "Explore all mods" on the front page gives you the same list that you had in the old design. With the new design, the things that were hidden away are now more visible and easier to use, making life easier for those who want to get more refined results. Life for those who follow the KISS principle remains the same; press a button to see all recent mods, scroll down, page 2, continue.

fireundubh wrote:

Oh wait' date=' do I want to sort them by time, when they were published, or maybe description [...'] too much B.S. going on.

Sounds like a personal problem.

buttons cluttering up pages' date=' spend more time messing with the buttons, (and half don't work)[/quote']
Not really. On the new site, if you click "Mods" or "Browse all mods" at the top, you get a better layout of the old "Files" or "Browse files" page, which, by the way, has a sidebar with a long advanced search form, of which the most used options are now simple dropdowns in the new layout. Talk about buttons...

Compare:

- Browse all mods (New) vs. Browse files (Old)
- Recent activity (New) vs. New recently (Old)
- Top files (New) vs. Top files (Old)
- Mods of the month (New) vs. Files of the month (Old)
- View all images (New) vs. View images (Old)

Anyone objective can plainly see the new layouts are less cluttered, easier to navigate, and easier to read.

axonis wrote:

- Top files (New) vs. Top files (Old)

Anyone objective can plainly see the new layouts are less cluttered, easier to navigate, and easier to read.

Easier to read ?

I can read USSEP's description in the old design, but not so in the new design because most of the text is faded to make way for the image. This mod however, like many other mods, cannot be represented by an image.

fireundubh wrote:

I can read USSEP's description in the old design' date=' but not so in the new design because most of the text is faded to make way for the image.[/quote']
By easier to read, I was referring to the font size. On a 27" monitor at 1920x1080, I shouldn't feel like I have to squint.

And, personally, I don't need a wall of text to determine whether I want to learn more about a mod.

The faded text is a good thing and acts as an "effective" character limit, hopefully encouraging modders to be concise and not include extraneous details.

The fixed-size result tiles also prevent modders from abusing the length of the brief description text to expand the size of their tiles and unfairly draw your attention away from other mods. As a modder, I see this as something that helps level the playing field.

axonis wrote: Comparing a 54-word paragraph to a wall of text is exactly why mod authors have such a serious problem with users who refuse to read instructions.

Not every mod has a graphical function. I'd rather trade that huge thumbnail for text; losing the "oh no, wall of text" users would be a most welcome bonus.

fireundubh wrote:

Comparing a 54-word paragraph to a wall of text is exactly why mod authors have such a serious problem with users who refuse to read instructions.

You do realize who you're talking to, right?

No I don't and I don't see how this is relevant. There's nothing personal in my argument; I just think that your statement about mod descriptions is wrong and I argued against it.