Firefly Version 6: Changes for the worst?

[nigel_ford]

Those of you who have not yet seen Firefly 6 should look here for some screenshots from the 3 themes,

 

Themes - Firefly Help

 

There is a huge change coming to Navigation with all our Sections being rolled up under a single resources button to make room for other functions such as Markbook and Tasks. An extra two mouse clicks / taps are required to access anything.

 

As a Head of ICT who has managed Firefly in my school for several years I feel this is a backward step and I think my users will be up in arms. I would prefer the menu to stay as it is , or to be more customisable like Wordpress. I believe we are losing some of the flexibility that brought us to Firefly in the first place.

 

Please have a look at the screenshot and if you too are unhappy, contact Firefly asap as the final release is 5 months away and it may be possible to persuade them to make changes.

Edited July 28, 2016 by nigel_ford
improved clarity

[DalekSec]

We rolled ours up about 2 months back, only because Firefly told us our theme was out of date and needed to be a new one, and honestly people prefer the new theme and said how much better and more modern it looks!

[nigel_ford]

We rolled ours up about 2 months back, only because Firefly told us our theme was out of date and needed to be a new one, and honestly people prefer the new theme and said how much better and more modern it looks!

 

We did the same - switched from a custom Theme to Melody, which I do think looks more modern. This isn't about the theme as such, in terms of colours/fonts etc, it's about the whole navigation structure changing