Users are discussing UX feedback for the Components and Themes management interface in Discourse. alltiagocom suggests moving the Component and Theme installation options to the top of the list to avoid scrolling, especially when managing many items, and proposes simplifying the layout by removing unnecessary geometric shapes and reducing menu clutter alltiagocom. awesomerobot notes that the current layout has been reverted due to unresolved issues and is still under development. Canapin confirms the design is new, recently reverted, and being refined, with updates available in a meta discussion. alltiagocom reiterates the need for top placement for usability, even with a small number of components, and shares additional feedback in the meta thread.
If I have dozens or hundreds of components, I have to scroll all the way down if I want to install a new one. It makes more sense if it’s at the very first position like this:
Also, do we really need all that space with the geometric shapes if they are not doing anything? I don’t know if the developers can change this, but so far all the components I installed, have the same image. And do we really need a sub menu for the extra options? Instead of this:
If you update Discourse again, this layout has been reverted for now — it wasn’t final and it needs some more work due to some of the issues you’ve mentioned.
Sure, but still, even with just 5 (using the old version), it’s best to have it at the top to avoid scrolling if all I want is to install a new component or theme.
