How could Xero improve the homepage?

Please revert to the old layout. This new layout / screen is overwhelming and just too much in general. The old layout was easy to read at a glance and the appearance (lines around boxes etc) was much easier on the eye.
Absolutely hate this new version

Please revert to the old layout. This new layout / screen is overwhelming and just too much in general. The old layout was easy to read at a glance and the appearance (lines around boxes etc) was much easier on the eye.
Absolutely hate this new version

I've had to take all widgets off my desktops because they are visually overwhelming and not actually that useful. Loads of clients and having to do it on every single one.

Please enable users to fix this hideous mess!
Even the ability to put the widgets WHERE THE USER WANTS THEM would be helpful.
Instead, we have an ugly splattering of widgets that are more hinderance to work flow. Especially if, like me, you are using a lot of bank accounts.
UGLY, HORRIBLE, IMPEDES WORK FLOW.
Here's a novel approach - make good on the promises to make this New Homepage editable. Now, not some time in the far distant future.

PLEASE GIVE THE OPTION TO REMAIN ON THE OLD SCREEN LAYOUT
The new version is clunky, it's hard to look at and organise - really bad user interface, I hate it

I'm confused as to why the video tutorial shows there is an option to "Make Smaller" on the widget, but in reality there is no option to change the size of any of the widgets showing on my screen. I'd much rather they were smaller and more discreet in a shared working space. No need to shout the numbers about.

On my screen - the outline of the different boxes pulses / moves. Like the worst trigger for a migraine sufferer. Why does the outline need to move - even after I decluttered the page it was still doing my head in.

The different size boxes does my head in too !!

The old version was perfect - don't fix what is not broken.

I don't use the Cash in and out, and Chart of accounts watch list widgets. In any case, they won't fit with my 14 bank accounts. Or with the Bills to Pay and Invoices Owed, which I use daily. When I am forced to use the new homepage, all I have space for is a jumble of bank accounts which mess with my vision.
WHEN are you going to fix this problem by enabling resizing?

Sorry --- It's annoying and pathetic.

I've tried to move the boxes to where I WANT THEM TO BE and it just rearranges the whole shooting match when I try to get things into a logical working layout.

Hmmm - it was perfectly fine before, so why alter it?

It now looks like some 16 year old on fortnight's work experience has designed it. What's due next flashing colours, expolding text?

If it ain't broke, then don't fix it!

The new homepage is cluttered, the boxes are all too big and it's SUPPOSED to be a home page with a basic view to see the up-to-date position of the company at a glance.

The chart of accounts widget .... has a scroll bar???
What the heck?
The whole point of the dashboard - surely - is to be able to see the things you want to see .... I should not have to either make larger, or scroll.
Give me strength (and the current view).

Font, format, negative numbers with minus signs not brackets, lack of graphs on bank icons.......Etc etc etc......really poor experience.....I have had to turn them all off on all client's!

On the old home screen I could see all my watch accounts in one glance. Now I have a box twice the size with half the information and I need to scroll through it to see all the accounts - hardly handy and much easier to miss things. There seems to be way less flexibility around resizing everything and, as with most "improvements" in Xero, is focused way more on how pretty it looks, not how usable it is. I'll ask again - have your development team ever run a business?

The widgets are simply too big, the font size of the figures is too big. There is no degree of privacy as the numbers can be read by anybody passing by. The old format was ideal for readability and size.

This new dashboard is really, really disappointing. Still no feedback on anything.

I find the new homepage not that different in functionality to the old. It has potential with some fine tuning. Having the widgets sizing dynamic would allow better optimisation of the smaller screen. Currently two widgets are using as much screen as four with dynamic sizing. Creates unnecessary scrolling.
The task widget provide a nice prompt to optimise process flow to reduce task reworking due to data dependency from another task.

Some of the fields, like "Chart of Accounts Watchlist" should have an option to reduce the size as well as enlarge it. This was really effective in the old Homepage.

@Kelly Munro, the resize options (on chart of accounts and cashin/cash out) is a joke, to be brutally honest.

All it does is effectively double the width of the widget and give you no more information...it is literally the same level of info, just spaced out to twice the width. You are still forced to scroll, especially in the chart of accounts, to see all the info.

This is not an improvement or an expanding the level of customisation...to call it otherwise, is nothing short of insulting.

DO BETTER!

Does look more polished but the boxes are very large. Can they be made smaller and all the same size?

New Home Layout

As I work with 12 bank accounts, it would probably look better if the tiles were slightly smaller. The balances are also too visible. If we need to open Xero while someone is nearby, the bank balances can be clearly seen, which is not ideal.

I prefer having the tiles side by side as in the new layout rather than stacked vertically. That way I can see everything at a glance without having to scroll up and down. I removed the unnecessary widgets and left only the bank accounts.

One thing I am not liking in the new Xero version is the pop ups suggesting apps or functions. I would appreciate being able to log in and simply do my work without unnecessary interference. When I am processing something, I want to move through it as quickly as possible.

A better approach would be to create a tab called “New Xero Ideas” and let users browse it if they wish, where they can explore suggestions for apps or payment facilities in their own time.