Make a Home Page focused on End Users
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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...
Jon Darbyshire
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Jon Darbyshire
Layla at ProcessDriven I would like to schedule a live discussion about this request and share the path we have been thinking about. We do want to allow individual users to have the ability to customize their Homepage to feel more like a personal dashboard.
We also added the Resources section on the left at the request of current customers that wanted to make it easier for new users to get up to speed on how to use SmartSuite. I am interested to hear your thoughts on other ways we may be able to do.
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Layla at ProcessDriven
Jon Darbyshire: Whoops! Delayed in seeing this but yes! I'd love to see what form this can take.