Laura Castano
This was the Popurri tab in the site admin panel. That Tab where nothing and everything lived, those actions that had no visible owner or were just the result of tech debt accumulation. Much like your storage room (cough couch).
The idea was to add Site Export Feature to the admin panel that were visibly not allowed anywhere else but the More tab.
After considering it with the team and running it by the CTO I proposed we performed a face lift to the More Tab. Analytics was already done so we might as well show it some long overdue love.
Some things to consider:
This was one of those projects where you know everything is wrong but can be so right. So I took a screenshot, took it to Figma and explored what was in it, why was it designed like so and what could I do to make it better.
A few of the things that popped:
In both options, these were the changes:
I consulted every design decision with the CTO to make sure it was feasible within the timeframe.
In both options I proposed, one was a single scroll, single column. But the clear favorite was the one with the two columns. Why? Simple, it made better use of the space we had and allowed users to see the range of actions they could take above the fold.
So we went with the 2 column option, I was able to add more actions to the advanced settings and create a design that allowed the team to add new actions if needed seamlessly.
This wasn't just a tab refresh, no Sr. I also covered:
The CTO of the company was the one in charge of bringing this design to life, and dare I say he was excited. Because he was excited to finally be able to develop something that looked good! Those were his words, not mine... I swear.
So as a lesson learned:
Next time an engineer expresses how excited he is to develop something you designed
Take a Screenshot!
More than whatever the CTO would have enjoyed developing this design, the ones that truly benefited from this Glow-up were the users.