How could Xero improve the homepage?

There appears to be significant adverse feedback on the new homepage with things like the accounts widget still not fixed. Xero appears to be fixed on pushing out the new homepage regardless of their customer experience or the impact it will have on business users (Sonos new app update anyone?).

How about the old page is maintained until some of the underlying issues have been fixed? Flagged as a separate idea because all of the other comments appear to being ignored on the existing "Home page is too cluttered" threads.

Why do you keep changing it..? It was working very well. Its worse now than it was before.. just leave it alone. Even change it back.

Totally agree. I hate the new homepage and do not want to use it. It should be a choice. But really, why waste time and money, when the old one was fine, nothing has been gained that I can see; just a busy/messy page instead of the nice clean one we already have.

It would be best if the layout stayed the same as before. This isn't clear what is happening. It was great as it was. Don't change it.

I suggest Xero goes back to the 'old' home page which works WELL and we are familiar with. If something is working please leave it alone!

I'd be interested to know 'how many subscribers asked you to muck around with the homepage?' I'll bet it's a small number and I know I'm not one of them.

Can you have a vote up or vote down or vote abstain page, like FB or YT.

So annoying to have it change. I liked it as it was!

Any time things change it takes time to familiarise yourself with the new layout. It's just a waste of time. I just want to reconcile my accounts FFS and now I have to look around to see where everything has moved to. I'm already short on time and this is just a frustrating waste of time.

The new home page layout looks chaotic, messy and I am not happy that I am being forced to switch to it.

Maybe leave the old one available for those of us who like it and wish to continue using it.

"On April 13 2026, you'll be permanently switched to the new homepage, featuring a new look and improved functionality" - Xero

It is pretty clear from the comments and points raised by hundreds of users / paying customers that the new home page is not really an improvement. Why force it on us? The Existing layout works great. Simple and streamlined. Give us the option to either remain on the existing layout or move to the new layout if you so choose.

Xero should help simplify our day to day operations, not create unnecessary clutter.

Its horrible, I can't see of find anything. Please give the option to stay with the old screen

Have to agree with the last statement - I've already stopped recommending Xero, as have two accountant firms (with multiple clients) that I know.

NB: This decision isn't specifically about whether we like/dislike a given change. In discussions with others, the common element is that it's the general approach and the indifferent response to feedback that prevents us feeling we can recommend Xero - as that recommendation reflects on us. Most of the issues people are noting can easily be fixed and customisation options could easily be introduced to enable the product to meet everyone's requirements - but overall that's not the direction Xero are going in (they have stated this in another feedback post I made), and I really do feel good product management is severely lacking.

Precisely what I came here to say. It wasn't broken, so why fix it? I was happy with my old home page, it worked for me. I've just spent 5 minutes wrestling with some algorithm to try to get the various "widgets" where I want them - every time I tried to move one, it would move others that I didn't want to move. The UI for modifying the home page is NOT ready for release.

Your system response is stupid too. No I don't want to see what's coming soon if it's more of the bad changes that have occurred recently with the menus and homepage.

The new homepage that just showed up for me today 3.1.26 is horrible. It's so busy and hard to look at. The old bold widgets with just 2 columns and more "white space" was so much easier on the eyes. First you mess up your menus and now the home page. Change for the sake of change doesn't make a product better. I used to like you better than Intuit and Quickbooks, I'm wondering how long before I don't, I'm guessing sometime around the middle of April when I can no longer use the OLD home page.

I don't understand the rational behind this change. Widgets are for separated components. Accounts are interconnected. Was user feedback the basis for this change?

In a previous comment, the reply was "development mightn't always be where you'd most like to see it directed" - but are the developers the USERS of this product?

Functionality and UX are key here. I get that Xero is big, but once Xero is too big to care about its users, it may not feel the financial impact of people leaving but the word of mouth after switching to something that is user-centric will certainly impact the bottom line in the long run.

I would love the option of a list (ie long narrow tiles with the account name/number and Xero bal and statement bal; no graph/chart preview) instead of all tiles being three across.

Two tiles across were easier to "read"/scan quickly, but three tiles across presents a lot of information at once without visual distinction, especially when compared to the old layout where the boxes generally were different sizes on the left side and right (and therefore easier to ignore one side depending on what information I needed).

The option to maybe pick a colour for the tiles, or to resize them, might be helpful as well.

Ultimately there is too much information at once, which slows down readability.

I really really dislike the new beta version of homepage. it is hard to read, navigate and awful to use. please don't force us to switch on march 2. I would actually consider leaving xero because of this change. I don't know why you are messing with things that are not broken. if you want to trial a new homepage - leave it as optional for users to switch over.

I prefer the old homepage to the new one and would prefer to use it.

This homepage is horrible!!! Please keep the old version. Nothing is clear on the dashboard and nothing makes sense. Xero's is great because of it's user-friendly interface. This dashboard is not user-friendly at all.

The new layout is terrible, its hard to navigate. The old layout worked great and was easy to read. I hope you keep the old layout.