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Q&A Redundant "Posts" heading on every community in the dashboard

There is a dashboard available from the top right of the screen: This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity: Howe...

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭ · edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question feature-request status-completed dashboard

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Monica Cellio‭ · 2023-08-03T02:15:06Z (9 months ago)

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trichoplax‭ · 2023-05-21T23:43:16Z (11 months ago)
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There is a [dashboard] available from the top right of the screen:
![The 3 by 3 grid of squares icon representing the dashboard at the top right of the screen](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/zteybe7hf7drbvxqliqlkg308m8n)
This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity:
![Desktop version of the dashboard](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ucaiprh1un14tjhcsd9d95rtp20e)
~~However, it also contains a grey bar saying "Posts" at the top of each category list. Is this redundant? Would it be just as intuitive with that bar omitted? This is what it would look like:~~
![Desktop version of the dashboard with the grey "Posts" bar](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/h692y0hei4ccrwripy4n2aqldc8a)
This might be even more useful on mobile where there is only room for a single column, and saving the vertical space allows more information to fit on the screen:
![Mobile version of the dashboard on the left, and the same with the grey "Posts" bar removed on the right](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/fdzbumtu1jz6b4sqtgrx3divfwtt)
Now 2 additional categories fit on the screen, and I personally find it less cluttered.
[dashboard]: https://meta.codidact.com/dashboard

There is a [dashboard] available from the top right of the screen:
![The 3 by 3 grid of squares icon representing the dashboard at the top right of the screen](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/zteybe7hf7drbvxqliqlkg308m8n)
This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity:
![Desktop version of the dashboard](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ucaiprh1un14tjhcsd9d95rtp20e)
However, it also contains a grey bar saying "Posts" at the top of each category list. It is not interactive (doesn't link anywhere else) and doesn't appear to be needed. Is this redundant? Would it be just as intuitive with that bar omitted? This is what it would look like:
![Desktop version of the dashboard with the grey "Posts" bar](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/h692y0hei4ccrwripy4n2aqldc8a)
This might be even more useful on mobile where there is only room for a single column, and saving the vertical space allows more information to fit on the screen:
![Mobile version of the dashboard on the left, and the same with the grey "Posts" bar removed on the right](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/fdzbumtu1jz6b4sqtgrx3divfwtt)
Now 2 additional categories fit on the screen, and I personally find it less cluttered.
[dashboard]: https://meta.codidact.com/dashboard

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trichoplax‭ · 2023-05-21T23:40:34Z (11 months ago)

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Redundant "Posts" heading on every community in the dashboard

There is a [dashboard] available from the top right of the screen:

![The 3 by 3 grid of squares icon representing the dashboard at the top right of the screen](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/zteybe7hf7drbvxqliqlkg308m8n)

This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity:

![Desktop version of the dashboard](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ucaiprh1un14tjhcsd9d95rtp20e)

However, it also contains a grey bar saying "Posts" at the top of each category list. Is this redundant? Would it be just as intuitive with that bar omitted? This is what it would look like:

![Desktop version of the dashboard with the grey "Posts" bar](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/h692y0hei4ccrwripy4n2aqldc8a)

This might be even more useful on mobile where there is only room for a single column, and saving the vertical space allows more information to fit on the screen:

![Mobile version of the dashboard on the left, and the same with the grey "Posts" bar removed on the right](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/fdzbumtu1jz6b4sqtgrx3divfwtt)

Now 2 additional categories fit on the screen, and I personally find it less cluttered.


[dashboard]: https://meta.codidact.com/dashboard

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