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Not a fan of the new home page, previous one was so much better, simple yet effective. I would much prefer to stay on the old one for good. The icons/widgets on the new page are too big and too busy. Previous page was simple and easy to navigate. As they say, don't fix something that isn't broken.

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David Norton shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Feedback  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded  · 

Hi team, thank you for your feedback. We have 2 main ideas that relate to the sizing of the widgets and wanting a simpler layout that I welcome you to add your support to.

However I want to be open that the new homepage will permanently become the new experience over this year. We don't accept ideas for the removal of new features, but are very open to hearing what changes you feel could better your experience of the new homepage - please feel free to start a new idea if there are other particular changes you feel could improve this experience for you.

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  • Peter Kunzli commented  ·   ·  Report

    Horrible! Stop forcing these "improvements" on us and listen to people who use it day to day. We just get used to a layout and you change it to make it far harder to work and far slower. New invoicing - awful, takes 3 times as long to copy and create an invoice.
    New homepage - ugly and unintuitive, takes ten times as long to find the functions you need on a regular basis.
    Inability to reconcile accounts - My biggest reason for not recommending Xero to clients. Your so called "reconciliation" is not real reconciliation. You lie to users that the account is reconciled when there may be many unreconciled transactions in the account.
    Stop making cosmetic changes that just annoy users and concentrate on improving the core of the software.

  • Jamie Heim commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please allow us to keep the current homepage. I do not like the new format at all. Sometimes newer doesn't mean better.

  • Tony Westmore commented  ·   ·  Report

    don't make us switch. the current [old] format is better. or. let us choose.

  • Sarah Smith commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree about the widgets being too large - everyone sat behind me in the office can now see the figures clearly over my shoulder. I'm going to be spending half of my day hiding the xero window....

  • Angus Gasbarri commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just go back to the old homepage - the new one sucks...

  • Chris Locke commented  ·   ·  Report

    The new GUI is horrible, allow us to keep the old

  • Lachlan March commented  ·   ·  Report

    Don't change it. It isn't broken and I don't want to be paying for a service that I have to adapt to for no reason.
    If you have money to burn give it back to share holders or buy a mega yacht, don't waste it on trying to fix problems that aren't there your just creating more problems.

  • Julie Crundwell commented  ·   ·  Report

    I find the new layout has many flaws - my main ones are
    Colour choices – I saw Kelly’s comment that the use of red was intentional, however red is one of the most visually fatiguing colours, particularly when used extensively. For users who work in Xero all day, this makes the interface uncomfortable to view for long periods.

    Size and visual density – The layout is now overly large and visually busy, which makes it harder to work efficiently. The previous layout was far easier on the eyes and allowed information to be absorbed quickly.

    Privacy and confidentiality – Because the widgets are so large and bold, financial figures are now easily visible to others in the office. This creates a genuine privacy and confidentiality concern that did not exist with the previous, more compact design.

    Let us have the option of using the old or new layout.

  • Daniel Carmichael commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not like the new homepage and would prefer the old one. WHy not give the user the option if they want to stay with the old?

  • Karim Kreaa commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi, please keep the option to keep the old version of the homepage. Adding features is great, as business evolves, and we always need new features, but the way the homepage looks was fine. There was nothing wrong with it! Please allow us to keep the old page.

  • Carolyn McCay-Woods commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello Xero. I am very very very upset. To me this new Home Page is nothing but a maze of numbers; numbers, numbers, numbers interspersed with white space. To me the appeal of Xero, was its ordered, simplified layout, while the reassuring pink and blue helped to 'humanise' the process. But this new option?? How has it happened that Xero has moved so dramatically away from its original Home Page? And why such a high-handed approach? With deep disappointment, Carolyn

  • Kipi Paea commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed. I don't understand this change being forced on me. I pay for a service and you are providing a different service I don't want and didn't ask for. Your lack of understanding what customers want is showing.

  • Kipi Paea commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed. I don't understand this change being forced on me. I pay for a service and you are providing a different service I don't want and didn't ask for. Your lack of understanding what customers want is showing.

  • Kipi Paea commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't understand this change being forced on me. I pay for a service and you are providing a different service I don't want and didn't ask for. Your lack of understanding what customers want is showing.

  • ArtistShare Accounting commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi! How about nothing! There was nothing wrong with the layout and forced to having to adapt to a new interface for no compelling reason is annoying. Just our 2 cents.

  • Glen Costin commented  ·   ·  Report

    New Home Page is very busy, dont like it at all, the Old Home Page is much better, certainly allowing users the choice of which layout is the best option - I would stay with the Old!

    Why offer something new if it is a backwards step for your customers?

  • Simon Sharman commented  ·   ·  Report

    Totally agree. Just stop messing with what works!

    You don't have to justify my subscription. Just leave it as it is. Me and my staff know where everything is and then you come along and change it all up. Its never even any better its just the same stuff just harder to find when I need it quickly

    Please just leave it alone

  • Donna Wallace commented  ·   ·  Report

    Stop stuffing around with the homepage just to feel relevant and keep busy. Font changes are unnecessary. Shuffling things around is unnecessary and most annoying. In the old homepage I knew automatically where to find the info that matters to me, now I have to search for it. This is not an improvement. Make the “new” homepage optional for those who care about font and clutter

  • Michelle Stephens Byrne commented  ·   ·  Report

    Nothing wrong with the old Dashboard, why change? Not liking the smaller images on the new Homepage

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