I have a different observation, for someone with a poor eyesight, a link underline is easier to see than a change in background hue (excuse my non- accurate technical language).
I think this is worth highlighting if you are poking around the navbar code. It really is one of the most common questions we get āI am new, how do I challenge someone in particularā. Otherwise it looks great imo. Maybe we could get away with just a bit less of the vertical spacing and still feel comfortable for my thumbs, but awesome nevertheless
It looks like the same screen in both screenshots, and while it fit before, it doesnāt fit after the change.
It might not affect everyone, but I think itās worthwhile to consider how it might affect the experience for some new users, who then might be less likely to become aware that the forums even exist, and how it could impact the convenience for other users who might want a handy link to go to the forums.
Personally, Iād be cool with removing Home (and the other links) from the nav bar on mobile. When a tournament is running, I donāt even see the whole word!
I personally like the current thin bar which has room for āprofileā and āforumsā. As a laptop user, i appreciate the board getting as much room as possible, so i dont like the idea of making the navbar any fatter
Yeah I have to say, for playing on a laptop, I prefer the current one for this reason. (I could probably still play on 19x19 with the new layout of course)
I think I almost never see any of the navbar links on mobile.
Also again if the navbar is being edited, while thereā multiple ways to get to ones profile, it would be great to push the profile to the top (or left in this case) of the list. Iām sure that home and profile must be the most used. I typically use home to view my current games and profile to check game history etc, and most of the time to get to profile I either click home and then my username, or sometimes my user icon in the top left (barely ever the hamburger menu because profile is always down the very bottom).
If we need to make room, I think we can do without leaderboards. No-one really knows how they work right? (I did recently read about it on forums, but how would you find out without askingā¦) Profile is almost never visible for me in the navbar as it is now.
Do it, just because it will annoy streamers who have OGS overlays >:)
I like the proposed look, but how about saving some space with buttons that drop down like on Lichess?
E.g:
Play
Create a Game
Tournaments
Ladders
Study
Learn to play Go
Joseki
Puzzles
Other Go Resources
Community
Forums
Chat
Leaderboards
Groups
etc. Youād save a lot of horizontal space and be able to bring more links out from the Hamburger menu that a lot of people miss on desktop. The parent button can have a default link that takes you to the most obvious choice.
I didnāt feel the need to use zen mode so far myself, but Iāve read on the forums that there could be a bug with it not showing byo-yomi which could be annoying.
@ MooToYouToo, I am grateful for this suggestion to categorize and make drop-downs!
Reading through the other comments I see a lot of very valid concerns (some having to do with this particular proposed changed and some tangential). This suggestion seems a good one to address a lot of confusion.