Make a Home Page focused on End Users
in progress
L
Layla at ProcessDriven
A real SmartSuite strength is its ease of use for the end user. However, the Home of SmartSuite feels very Builder-focused.
Like Airtable, this Home is focused on features, Webinars, and units of organization (Solutions). Those reflect how the
builder
of a SmartSuite account might think about work.However, it feels like a missed opportunity to double-down on the ease of use for the end user. (Because, unlike Airtable, the average end user doesn't need to know as much as the builder...which is a huge selling point.)
Suggestions:
#1 Rework the above-the-fold portion of the Home Page to feel more end user focused by adding:
- My Work (so I don't have to click on the Check to see it) -- like Todoist and ClickUp
- Customizable widgets such as a "My Calendar" or "Starred" or "Notifications" or any of the existing widgets available in Dashboards -- like Asana
#2 Move the existing Home Contents (Solutions & Learning Resources) down on the page so they're available in case folks don't want to customize Home.
Jon Darbyshire
in progress
Peter G.
Jon Darbyshire
That's great, but as part of a proper "Home Page" we need a normal (customizable) login screen and a normal menu!
AND end-users do not need to know anything about, nor should they even be aware of, SmartSuite! If the end-user (i.e. employee) sees SS branding and info, it only encourages them to try to muck around and wreck things.
Builders need to know about SS. End-users and employees do not.
J
John Hays
I second (or 166th) the need to update the home screen to something more user-oriented. I understand not wanting to build another me-too product—thankfully, that is certainly not the case. Asana has probably the best homepage on the market from a UX perspective. Yet, another more significant and easier-to-implement missed opportunity that I see is the nine-grid/SmartSuite logo in the upper left corner. What was the reason for making this a simple button?
If this logo opened as a menu to reveal the list of solutions a user has permission for, it would increase the platform's intuitiveness by an order of magnitude. In the current state, we’re just returning end users to a place they already kind of don't understand. I believe that most people expect this type of home screen/navigation once they login or are inside of any other solution.
Thank you.
PS - If my comment needs to be merged elsewhere, please do so. I apologize if this is the wrong place or topic for this recommendation.
J
James Guitard
2 Years Later
Yocheved Zelishovsky
This is so so needed. Artem Kunytsia any possible update here?
S
Shana Scharf
+1 for this
Nate Montgomery @ SmartSuite
Merged in a post:
Improved customizable homepage
J
Justin McDaniel
The current interface for the homepage isn't very useful and needs a big overhaul. I would like to see my homepage be a customizable dashboard that shows "My Work" along with my calendar and important tasks, records, smart docs and notes that I want to keep track of. I don't need the Resources and Upcoming Events to be there, nor do I need the section reminding me to upgrade my plan. ClickUp has a great homepage/inbox that I would like to see in Smartsuite
S
Scott Snyder
Another way of thinking about this is to adopt a design focus where the end-user of the solution is central. SmartSuite excels at table creation and flexible data storage. I find that it is applicable to so many data groups that I have to manage. But presenting a large number of tables to users is not going to make them happy. It is confusing and overwhelming.
This fact is driving the rise of 3rd party tools to put a presentation layer over the data. I have looked at a few of them, but yearn for a single vendor solution that gives me the ability to both add and modify a flexible and powerful data structure AND present it in a user-focused format that accommodates day to day work flow for my staff. Note that airtable sees the same thing as evidenced by their acquisition of airplane... This is the way.
K
Keith Hord
Is this still "planed" because I'm telling you I need a better home screen with widgets and options for 2 way sync with Google calendar! Look at how Evernote redesigned their home screen. Thats perfect for SmartSuite!
J
Justin McDaniel
The homepage is currently my biggest issue with Smartsuite. The homepage should basically act the same as the "Dashboard" view, but covers all solutions. An extra bonus would be the ability to copy over widgets from existing app Dashboards into the Homepage dashboard
S
Saad Jennane
I do agree with this, another idea is to be able to add sections in the home page, so we can sort solutions by category, eg: Marketing, Development, HR...
Load More
→