LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
Another item of feedback: The church logo isn't prominent enough, being overwhelmed by the account and region menus on the left. I would suggest making the logo a bit bigger, moving it up a couple of pixels, moving the account and region menus down a bit, and reducing the vertical margin between the account and region menus.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
Thanks for the feedback folks. I won't respond to specific design concerns at the moment, but the weird login state is an issue we have just been made aware of. It is only affecting some people. You don't see your name or logout options but you are still logged in and able to go to sections that require authentication (directory, calendar, etc). We are looking into it.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
More than the old way? No.aebrown wrote:I don't see how any of the common destinations have any additional clicks.
But with the re-design I become aware of how many clicks it does take. I can't think of any other site where I have to do two mouse clicks to get to the login screen.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
We believe that the issue around the sign in loop and not seeing your name and sign out link has been fixed. Please give it another try and let us know if you still have problems.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
No, I meant no additional clicks over your proposed change.russellhltn wrote:More than the old way?aebrown wrote:I don't see how any of the common destinations have any additional clicks.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
On closer examination, Calendar and Directory are there under "Quick links" (have to scroll down a bit). If that section could be made sensitive to if this browser was previously used by a member who had logged in as opposed to a non-member/visitor and adjusted the quick links appropriately, that would help.aebrown wrote:No, I meant no additional clicks over your proposed change.
But in that case I'd like to see quick links move up high enough so that no scrolling was needed.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
It appears to be working for me now.barkeraj wrote:We believe that the issue around the sign in loop and not seeing your name and sign out link has been fixed.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
I like the new site much better. To me is less cluttered and puts focus where it needs to be. I like the white background. To me it's much easier to concentrate on the items that need concentrating on.
I hope you all don't do anything major with the site in the near future with all the feedback I'm sure you are to get. The one thing that annoys me the most are sites that keep changing almost weekly and then I have to constantly refigure out the new way to login or get to a report I just looked at days before.
A update to the site that helps one person who gave feedback, could annoy and make another person frustrated. Consistency and training to me is the best approach for long term support. Of course, bugs and errors need immediate attention and need to get fixed.
Thats just my two cents.
I hope you all don't do anything major with the site in the near future with all the feedback I'm sure you are to get. The one thing that annoys me the most are sites that keep changing almost weekly and then I have to constantly refigure out the new way to login or get to a report I just looked at days before.
A update to the site that helps one person who gave feedback, could annoy and make another person frustrated. Consistency and training to me is the best approach for long term support. Of course, bugs and errors need immediate attention and need to get fixed.
Thats just my two cents.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
I am pleased that navigation has mostly remained the same. I got one of those surveys last year about a redesign and one of my big concerns about some of the proposed redesigns was not messing with navigation. It still feels pretty good to me, like I don't have to relearn everything.
One thing I've found I don't like is when reading scriptures and other articles: there is a maximum width for the content. No matter how big I make my browser window, the main text stops widening and I'm just left with lots of whitespace on the right and left of the content area. I have a 27 inch monitor. I know it can be hard on the eyes to have paragraphs that wide, but I prefer to control my reading experience by changing my browser window width; not having a site limit me. I do most of my study online and I find I really don't like the maximum width. The content is already adaptive for smaller screens; let's just get rid of the max width.
One thing I've found I don't like is when reading scriptures and other articles: there is a maximum width for the content. No matter how big I make my browser window, the main text stops widening and I'm just left with lots of whitespace on the right and left of the content area. I have a 27 inch monitor. I know it can be hard on the eyes to have paragraphs that wide, but I prefer to control my reading experience by changing my browser window width; not having a site limit me. I do most of my study online and I find I really don't like the maximum width. The content is already adaptive for smaller screens; let's just get rid of the max width.
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Re: LDS.org to get major style update, updated header
I'm going to correct a little bit of my observation above. I happened to use a different computer last night that still had open pages from the old LDS.org. I guess content on the old LDS.org did have a maximum width; however, its maximum width didn't really bother me. I didn't look at technical details to see if the new maximum width is the same or less; there is a different font and size on the revised site. It's just that my overall observation in reading on the new lds.org is that I feel constrained with the maximum width; it's less than what I want it to be. I hope someone might increase it.mevans wrote:One thing I've found I don't like is when reading scriptures and other articles: there is a maximum width for the content. No matter how big I make my browser window, the main text stops widening and I'm just left with lots of whitespace on the right and left of the content area. I have a 27 inch monitor. I know it can be hard on the eyes to have paragraphs that wide, but I prefer to control my reading experience by changing my browser window width; not having a site limit me. I do most of my study online and I find I really don't like the maximum width. The content is already adaptive for smaller screens; let's just get rid of the max width.
I suppose if no one does anything that I could install one of those browser add-ins that lets me tweak the CSS, but I'm going to hope that since barkeraj is asking for feedback that the church will at least review this consider changing it.