Zabbix 3.0: Interface
We continue a series of mini-articles about innovations in Zabbix 3.0.
One of the most significant and expected changes in the new version was the redesigned interface. Our goal was to make the interface easier, to remove all piling elements, but not to scare away our users who are used to the old appearance of Zabbix.
In general, there are two possible approaches to solving this issue: this is a radical redesign or a gradual improvement from release to release. And we thought that the best option is something in between, but with an understanding of what our users want and how they use Zabbix. We believe that this approach will allow us to significantly improve the quality of the visual part of our product.
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And now this process has been launched, and today you can observe a much cleaner and more modern look optimized for large screens.
In addition, we made an effort to create several color schemes, each of which should look great in a certain environment. Surely many people will like a dark theme, as it looks good, and helps to relieve tension from the eyes.
The following is the readability of the interface. In monitoring systems it is very important to control a large amount of information, and for convenience we changed the fonts, increased the amount of free space on the page, removed some optional design elements that only distracted. All these little things together made the interface easier, and therefore more readable.
We will continue to work on key elements of the visual interface, our goal is to make it easy to use, beautiful and work on a large number of resolutions.
We must not forget about the second aspect, such as the user experience in general. The evolution of the visual and technical component of the Zabbix frontend is our current project, which has just begun.
For applications with a long history, interface redesign is always a serious challenge. Sometimes additional efforts are required to decide on changes to the established action patterns within the product. And we would like to constantly explore how Zabbix is used in real installations, and make it better on the basis of this knowledge, thus achieving an increasingly more intuitive, but familiar user experience.
Zabbix is definitely a place to strive for, but it is important to understand that changes in the frontend should take into account the habits of our users so that we do not overwhelm them.
Read also about the new interface here.
And of course, read about other features of Zabbix 3.0, if you suddenly missed, on Habré .
Translation of an article from our blog.
One of the most significant and expected changes in the new version was the redesigned interface. Our goal was to make the interface easier, to remove all piling elements, but not to scare away our users who are used to the old appearance of Zabbix.
In general, there are two possible approaches to solving this issue: this is a radical redesign or a gradual improvement from release to release. And we thought that the best option is something in between, but with an understanding of what our users want and how they use Zabbix. We believe that this approach will allow us to significantly improve the quality of the visual part of our product.
')
And now this process has been launched, and today you can observe a much cleaner and more modern look optimized for large screens.
In addition, we made an effort to create several color schemes, each of which should look great in a certain environment. Surely many people will like a dark theme, as it looks good, and helps to relieve tension from the eyes.
The following is the readability of the interface. In monitoring systems it is very important to control a large amount of information, and for convenience we changed the fonts, increased the amount of free space on the page, removed some optional design elements that only distracted. All these little things together made the interface easier, and therefore more readable.
We will continue to work on key elements of the visual interface, our goal is to make it easy to use, beautiful and work on a large number of resolutions.
We must not forget about the second aspect, such as the user experience in general. The evolution of the visual and technical component of the Zabbix frontend is our current project, which has just begun.
For applications with a long history, interface redesign is always a serious challenge. Sometimes additional efforts are required to decide on changes to the established action patterns within the product. And we would like to constantly explore how Zabbix is used in real installations, and make it better on the basis of this knowledge, thus achieving an increasingly more intuitive, but familiar user experience.
Zabbix is definitely a place to strive for, but it is important to understand that changes in the frontend should take into account the habits of our users so that we do not overwhelm them.
Read also about the new interface here.
And of course, read about other features of Zabbix 3.0, if you suddenly missed, on Habré .
Translation of an article from our blog.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/277889/
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