Title: Improving the user interface
Last modified: December 17, 2022

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# Improving the user interface

 *  Resolved [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/)
 * (@ejoling)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/)
 * Hi,
 * I think the simple but intuitive user interface is the strongest point of this
   plugin. But the amount of settings and utilities keeps growing and it puts a 
   strain on the usability.
 * I would like to suggest splitting the UI into tabs. So a tab for “utilities” 
   and for “settings”.
 * For example, I like the structure which the [Slim SEO plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/slim-seo/)(
   [GitHub](https://github.com/elightup/slim-seo/)) offers:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/ps.w.org/slim-seo/assets/screenshot-1.png?ssl=1)

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 *  Plugin Author [Room 34 Creative Services, LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/room34/)
 * (@room34)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16298950)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I have been thinking for a while that it is time to
   update the interface to something like this. Will definitely incorporate it into
   the next big update.
 *  Plugin Author [Room 34 Creative Services, LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/room34/)
 * (@room34)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16299185)
 * Well, I liked this idea so much I ended up working on it immediately, and have
   just rolled out version 3.0.0 which switches the admin interface to this kind
   of tabbed layout, and also switches the Off/On radio buttons to a visual toggle
   design. (I’m hopeful the approach I took with this is still fully accessible 
   but I will make changes as needed if there turn out to be any usability issues.)
 *  Thread Starter [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/)
 * (@ejoling)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16300403)
 * Ha, great to see you picked it up this quickly. Thank you!
 * About the tabs:
 * – I definitely like the main tabs.
   – I might need some time to get used to the
   secondary tabs, they seem to overwhelm me a bit. But at the same time they work
   as expected.
 * I think the toggles are somewhat big and colorful in comparison to the rest of
   the UI. They draw a lot of attention.
 * Just my two cents 🙂 Thanks for your work!
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/).
 *  Plugin Author [Room 34 Creative Services, LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/room34/)
 * (@room34)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16307697)
 * Thanks for this feedback. I have decided that the WordPress-appropriate thing
   to do here should be to honor the user’s selected admin color palette, rather
   than using No Nonsense brand colors. I’ve just released version 3.1.0 that makes
   this switch.
 * I’m considering that maybe the secondary tab bar’s text should be a lighter weight,
   but for now I’ve left it as-is.
 * I agree the new toggles are big and colorful and draw a lot of attention — they
   should! They are the main point of interaction on the page, and I think by switching
   to these toggles, there’s less visual clutter than the old radio buttons and 
   text labels. It’s easier to see at a glance what is or isn’t turned on. But I
   think by switching these to the user’s admin color scheme, it helps them to blend
   into the interface better.
 *  Thread Starter [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/)
 * (@ejoling)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16310874)
 * > the WordPress-appropriate thing to do here should be to honor the user’s selected
   > admin color palette
 * Nicely put 🙂 And I agree using the admin color scheme is an improvement. Thanks
   for your work!

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 * Last reply from: [Erik Joling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ejoling/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-the-user-interface/#post-16310874)
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