I'm adding my voice to the growing number of users expressing frustration with the recent dashboard UI/UX update. While I understand the need for platform evolution, this specific update has introduced significant friction into my daily operation.
- Increased Navigation: Moving the edit button to the opposite side of the screen from the edit interface creates unnecessary swiping. This breaks established muscle memory and adds friction to frequent administrative tasks.
- Edit Resizing: The auto resizing of the dashboard widgets when the edit interface opens is jarring and nauseating. It makes it difficult to maintain focus when making iterative changes.
- Formatting Regression: Since the update, the rendering of existing text and links had shifted, and not in a good way. It's forcing me to manually reformat dashboards that were previously stable. This is a significant time sink for those of us managing complex, high-level reporting.
I would strongly urge the product team to reconsider these UI functions or, at the very least, provide an option to revert to the previous layout functionality. Efficiency and stability are most critical for those of us relying on Smartsheet to manage scaling operational workflows. New features or layouts must be incremental and seemless to the user experience. Not throw it into chaos.
