How could Xero improve the homepage?

Kelly Munro, You completely miss the point. WE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE NEW EXPERENCE! We like the old landing page and hate the new. So WHY are you continuing to force us to the new page?

Kelly Munro, You completely miss the point. WE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE NEW EXPERENCE! We like the old landing page and hate the new. So WHY are you continuing to force us to the new page?

Kelly Munro, You completely miss the point. WE DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE NEW EXPERENCE! We like the old landing page and hate the new. So WHY are you continuing to force us to the new page?

Hate the new home page - simple is always best. For those that like the changes, they should be able to keep it. For those that prefer simplicity, we should be able to keep the option to retain the old home page

Months of comments below and nothing has improved - very disappointing.

This will continue to alienate those of us who used to think positively of Xero as our 'go-to' cloud accounting solution.

The lack of interaction from Xero on this forum is an example of what not to do when it comes to customer service!

Please no more changes, I do not want to have to redo my homepage again. It has taken months to reassemble my widgets I do not want to have widgets disappear, have ones I don’t want appear, have features I use and appreciate vanish, have widgets mysteriously change position (as they do now).
Having to readjust to a new set of interface criteria every few months is time consuming, frustrating and counter intuitive to the whole purpose of Xero.
Like so many others, I don’t like the new interface but it looks like Xero is committed to it and it won’t change back to the one that has worked so well in the past. Please let us adjust to this, make it work as best as we can before forcing more unnecessary compulsory change.
My suggestion would be to make all changes optional so those of us who would just like to get on with our work in Xero and not fuss around with cosmetics can do so and those who want the experience of something new and shiny can have fun with the new layout.
Bring back the pre-Feb layout.

Come on Xero, listen to your users - the option to keep the old homepage is a must

I couldn't agree more. I previously had two columns for accounts, side by side, and it was much easier to see things. Now they're smaller, four across and I'm finding it really, really difficult to find what I want quickly.

The urge to change things seems to be overtaking the need to make improvements. Changes which do not improve things are unwelcome. Improvements that we've been waiting for for a long time are yet to be implemented. I don't ever see any questions to users about what they'd like to see before changes are made. Not sure if this happens, but feel that it should, even if just for a select group (with broad uses).

Totally agree that the old layout is better, more intuitive and easier to see all the required information in one glance. The ability to stay with the old layout would be much preferred.

I trialed MYOB and Xero and chose Xero due to the user interface being more intuitive (whilst noting that Xero is more expensive for a comparable product) - looks like you're trying to remove that advantage.

Option to toggle the graphs on and off - a waste of space in my case

Please can we have the option to keep the old layout? It is much clearer and simpler. The new interface is far too busy, too big, and too intrusive.

We spent a lot of time trialing Sage, Quickbooks, Xero, and Zoho, and felt that the Xero interface was the simplest, clearest, least confusing for us. Now you are forcing change on us, and we are not happy about this.

To you, Xero is everything, to us it's just a tool. When a tool becomes problematic we replace it.

New homepage has too much unnecessary information. Please allow us to switch and save the old page.

The new layout is absolutely terrible and a shock to work with especially when you are trying to get critical things done and are all of sudden forced to engage with it. I do not like it when Xero changes things indefinitely like this. Why can you not allow us to choose which layout we would like to stay with?

Give people the option to either stay with the current version or switch to the new one if they prefer. If not, people will walk. I personally hate the new layout. I find it hard to navigate and see what I want, and if I am forced into that being the only choice, I will take my custom elsewhere.

I'd like to see more customisation settings made available. Full Widget resizing (not just preset sizes - you shouldn't be forced to scroll in a widget!), fonts, colour palette, dark mode. All of this is easily achievable.

I participate in selected testing as much as possible, when invited by Xero, and the one thing I consistently tell the product team is "customisation is king with any UI".

You MUST let your customers arrange the screens how they want, as much as possible, within the software platform you are providing.

Also, if you are going to change the underpinning platform (as Xero is clearly doing) then you need to recreate the UI (of whatever section you are rolling out) to the same level of utility BEFORE you turn the older setup off (again, looking at you "New" Invoicing, and new Dashboard).

To do anything less, shows disrespect at best and outright disdain at worst...never a good move if you wish to retain people's custom.

"See your business performance at a glance and take action faster, with a more intuitive, insight-rich Xero homepage. "

"70% of customers say the new Xero homepage makes it easier to stay on top of their business.*"

Xero's promo says it all - these changes are driven by CEO's, Accountants, etc who don't do the daily transactions. AND what a small survey - 1191 respondents globally. That's how you fudge the information aye! Sounds more like a bunch of mates being offered a free beer to cheer!

THESE CHANGES ARE USELESS TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE DAY-TO-DAY TRANSACTIONS!!

We are not interested in pretty graphs - we want efficient user-friendly software that produces the information, and actually runs the business day to day.

The old layout was so much easier to use and to see quick overview. I understand the need for change, but this change isn't very good. I would go back to the old layout in a heartbeat.

Sorry for spamming everyone who has tried to unsubscribe unsuccessfully.

I used to laugh when a new version of Sage line v50 came out and the only update was the picture on the desktop icon. How is miss those days.

As someone who is neurodivergent, this new design is too complex and I cant cope with it. Was it tested on different types of users before roll-out?

PLEASE keep the old design, this one is too busy and causing me to have panic attacks.

Agree the old layout was better - the new one is messy, confusing and complicated