Don't force new user interface

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Calvin Young

• 27 November 2015 02:41

The new interface is too bright and there's too much glare from the screen. There are no contrasting colours. The colour scheme (light blue / white and white) makes it more difficult to see and use. It might sound strange but some of our users actually report having sore eyes as a result of looking at the interface for too long. We either want the ability to be able to change the colours in the stylesheet or we don't want the new user interface enforced in January as per the current plan.

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  Jade Steffensen

  • 30 November 2015 02:29

  HI Calvin,
  We hope to provide some more customisation of colours for the new interface soon, which should allow for improved contrast in some areas (keep an eye out on the release notes for this feature). While we will be encouraging all clients to make the switch as of January 2016, we also want to ensure that clients are happy to do so by taking into account this kind of feedback.

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  Jeremy Rota

  • 27 November 2015 03:19

  Its better in some ways, worse in others. The qualifications expanded on the contact profile are hard to distinguish between subjects and the qual. Its white on white for the most part. The Opportunities tabs that you can toggle on and off, look white in both positions. The company logo is a set height, our logo doesn't work that small. Would be nice to be able to change / customise some of these things.

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  Calvin Young

  • 17 December 2015 02:43

  Hi Jade,

  Sorry, I took your comment "we will we be encouraging all clients to make the switch" to mean that the new UI won't be forced until you've taken all client feedback and made some adjustments to the new UI. The promoted piece on the front page of the suggests that you will be forcing the new UI at the end of January. Does this mean that you have (or will have by the end all of January) resolved all the issues that your clients have with the new UI?

  Our issues were the following:

  1. Needed to be able to adjust the colours - at the time of the OP this was not available through the style sheet
  2. Be able to change the company logo height
  3. Change colour of the qualifications table, contact profile, opportunities tab (might be linked to issue 1)

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  Jade Steffensen

  • 18 December 2015 00:44

  Hi Calvin,
  We plan to enable this setting for all clients at the end of January, however there will be a period of time in which this setting can still be controlled/disabled. We have recently completed some work to allow customisation of colours within the UI, and have also tried to address some of the more specific issues you have raised regarding contrast. These changes will be available in staging following our first staging branch in the new year, so we would love to get your feedback at that time.

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  Calvin Young

  • 18 December 2015 00:47

  Hi Jade,

  That's awesome. Thanks very much for doing that and providing the clarification. We'll check it out in the new year and provide you with our feedback.

  Thanks

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