So a few things...
1. It sucks that not everyone loves New Nav, or some of the other new features we have recently released. During our EmpowerPro keynote last week, we spoke about Quickbase needing to make more of an emphasis on fit and finish with released features. Would suggest anyone who missed it check it out here (go to the 41:00 minute mark to see what I'm referencing, an interview with MarkShnier__You .
2. What I am seeing a lot of above is general dislike of a new feature. What I would love to see more of is specificity into what parts of New Nav are causing the most frustration. From following the thread, it sounds like Performance (speed), Convenience (more clicking needed), and loss of real estate are driving the frustration. What else am I missing? I'd love to see people detailing this out.
3. What I would encourage folks to do when sharing here is to be more descriptive of the problems they're hearing about, or experiencing themselves. While it may seem helpful to add "Yes, me too! I too have the same problem." or "Yes, I agree with everything you said", if that's all the substance you are offering in a discussion, Quickbase can't do much with it other than acknowledge some members of the community are voicing their displeasure in a public community forum.
4. I'd love to see this space be used in a way that could resemble the following..."Hi Everyone, Here are the top three reasons why my end users are struggling with the new navigation. I've submitted ideas in the Product Feedback portal for all three, see links below. If you agree with me, you should absolutely go into that Product Feedback idea and vote it up, prioritize it, and leave any comments if I left anything important out of my suggestion. And lastly, our community manager would hate it if I didn't mention that before you click on any of the below links, make sure you are already signed into product feedback, otherwise the link won't take you there. He would sure love to fix that problem, because it also "sucks", but is being super patient with the vendor."
5. I mention all this because I care about a few things.
- This community. Kind of have to say that because it's my job, but I sincerely do care about The Qrew. It sucks that people are frustrated, and I want to offer a way through the frustration. New Nav isn't going away. You need to accept this.
- Quickbase. Our product. I want to see it be the best app development platform on the planet. That requires an ethos of constant improvement which I believe exists here.
6. Let's be respectful. If you're going to start a thread with this title, do yourself a favor and go do something else. Literally anything else. And it has nothing to do with feelings being hurt or any of that. It's about what I wrote in #4 and #5 and my job just gets a lot harder when the start of a conversation comes from this level of discourse.
