Navigation and "look and feel" #56929

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opened 2018-09-26 14:48:21 +02:00 by Tobias Johansson · 3 comments

Here are my thoughts and opinions of the current state of Navigation and “Look and Feel” and what parts I think we need to give some more love.

Navigation

On the main page: It is confusing to have both a dropdown menu and visible menu items that does more or less the same thing.
Proposal: Remove the dropdown menu and stick to simple topmenu on desktop. And and dropdown only on mobile (but with less items then the current one)

Confusing when the topbar changes on every page
**Proposal:**Same topbar on every page, and put the breadcrumb menu below it.

Hard to go back to the main page once you are on another page
**Proposal:**Add a “Blender Cloud” link at the top left

Topbar menu item “Services” is meaningless. Why would you ever click that twice?
Proposal: Replace with a “My Activities” link to “https://cloud.blender.org/p/home/”. In the future we could list watched videos, settings and so on here as well.

Desktop: Proposal.png
Mobile: mobile.png

Distracting elements

As a user the names “Attract” and “Flamenco” has no meaning. It is implementation details that just adds confusion to the user.
Proposal: Remove all references to them in the UI and instead refer to them with a meaningful descriptive name. Maybe “Project Manager” and “Render Manager”.

From a user perspective it is not clear why the page is sometimes white, and sometimes black.
Proposal: Have it white at all times.

As a logged in subscriber I don’t care if some assets are Free.
Proposal: Remove the “Free” banner on assets when I’m a logged in subscriber

Here are my thoughts and opinions of the current state of Navigation and “Look and Feel” and what parts I think we need to give some more love. ## Navigation On the main page: It is confusing to have both a dropdown menu and visible menu items that does more or less the same thing. **Proposal:** Remove the dropdown menu and stick to simple topmenu on desktop. And and dropdown only on mobile (but with less items then the current one) Confusing when the topbar changes on every page **Proposal:**Same topbar on every page, and put the breadcrumb menu below it. Hard to go back to the main page once you are on another page **Proposal:**Add a “Blender Cloud” link at the top left Topbar menu item “Services” is meaningless. Why would you ever click that twice? **Proposal:** Replace with a “My Activities” link to “https://cloud.blender.org/p/home/”. In the future we could list watched videos, settings and so on here as well. Desktop: ![Proposal.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F4823084/Proposal.png) Mobile: ![mobile.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F4823177/mobile.png) ## Distracting elements As a user the names “Attract” and “Flamenco” has no meaning. It is implementation details that just adds confusion to the user. **Proposal:** Remove all references to them in the UI and instead refer to them with a meaningful descriptive name. Maybe “Project Manager” and “Render Manager”. From a user perspective it is not clear why the page is sometimes white, and sometimes black. **Proposal:** Have it white at all times. As a logged in subscriber I don’t care if some assets are Free. **Proposal:** Remove the “Free” banner on assets when I’m a logged in subscriber

Added subscribers: @TobiasJohansson, @fsiddi

Added subscribers: @TobiasJohansson, @fsiddi

Added subscriber: @pablovazquez

Added subscriber: @pablovazquez

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'
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