The future Dashboard design: the best of the old and the new.

[Brian Floe]

We used to have this:

 

Then we got this:

 

Then I suggested this:

 

But since many people liked the old Dashboard icons view, and since Ning still offers this view as an option, the question is: do we really need the Dashboard menu both on the Dashboard page AND as a drop down menu?

 

Why not simply offer the best of two worlds:

1) A drop down Dashboard menu accessible everywhere

2) A Dashboard page with icons

 

Make sense?

[soaringeagle]

the reason i think the icons were abandoned is new features added meant a dozen new icons making it more confusing, the optional icon view we still have is  missing icons for some features like the file manager on others

i like how things are but feel some things could be condensed  easily, like members management and moderation could be combined into 1  call it members control where you can susspend or promote all from 1 menu

 

[Brian Floe]

Yeah, the point is the "new" is doubled in the Dashboard menu, and it this really necessary ?

[Brian Floe]

I basically like the idea, but then we would really need the on page notification system for inbox messages somewhere else. Inbox messages is a status indicator that does not belong in a menu, no more than the "feature" belongs in the Options menu :(

 

 

[Susan Daniels]

It's nice to have both and the drop down menu is available on all pages.

[Alex 小正正]

Agree, if you like the icons, go to the dashboard. If just have no time, you can always access the drop down menu, even in the dashboard page.