Thanks for all the feedback here, folks - we appreciate the input and learning from your use case.
One of the problems the old grouping on the ‘all site settings’ page had was that it was becoming increasingly different to what’s in the sidebar, causing unnecessary confusion. Removing it means we only have one type of grouping for site settings, which is altogether less confusing. That being said, I can understand how the not having the settings grouped on this page can decrease the usability, since it is such along page of settings.
Some things we’re currently working on to remedy this include:
- Grouping the settings on the 'all site settings` page using the same grouping the main navigation sidebar uses.
- Visually distinguishing each group to make them easier to scroll through and navigate.
- Ensuring that all settings show up somewhere in the main sidebar pages as far as possible.
- A UI to track modified settings across different pages so you know what you’ve changed before saving them.
- And we’re thinking about an admin-wide search feature, allowing you to search for specific settings from anywhere in the admin.
All of those updates together will mean that the main admin sidebar will be an efficient and useful way to find all settings for your site, the ‘all site settings’ page will be more usable, and specific settings will be easy to find.