A general comment on versions, design and architecture changes

Hope this is a good place to post this.

I’ve spun out a v12 site, testing out the new UI. I must mention it’s quite refreshing. After my experience, I personally feel users might feel less “overwhelmed” which is a big plus. I’ll test this out on new users. If I could change something it’d be:

  1. Allow the user to drag-and-drop to re-position the boxes, everywhere. Sectional contraints can be applied.
  2. Allow users / the admin to hide some of the modules and menu items [by default]. Admins should be able to reduce features to only what is needed for a user / user group, giving ERPNext a clean and easy feel.
  3. Allow users to add a background image. Some people here had beautiful desk backgrounds, they’ll feel way more at home.

Note to the community: if anyone feels off about the changing navigation in v12, give it a spin and see how you feel after.

Edit: Another concern I had was how this would look on mobile. It’s not Icon based but works pretty well. If one uses the PC version, the mobile version will quickly be familiar.

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