Show the roadmap in columns#388
The way that the roadmap is shown right now is not that effective. It’s an endless scroll and the statuses are not devided that well.
Showing the “planned”, “in progress” and “complete” requests in columns like Trello, or Conflux will be much, much better.
https://ideas.cnflx.io/roadmap
Thanks,
Ervin
Hi Ervin! Thanks for your suggestion. I would love to know more about it. Why do you think the roadmap view would be more effective with columns?
Our observation in other areas shows that, especially for non-mobile users, regular vertical scrolling is more intuitive than horizontal navigation because it meets the users’ expectations and thus has a lower interaction cost.
Hi Daniel,
As a project manager, I’m used to looking at 3/4 columns:
Ready for development, In development, ready for testing, done.
The same applies to roadmaps. Maybe a personal preference, it makes it easier to see everything without having to scroll.
Thanks, Ervin. One challenge that I see with columns is a Nolt boards’ narrow layout. We made a design decision early on to use the same format for desktop, mobile, and widget to have a unified and straightforward experience. We will mull this idea over internally, and if we do come across a good solution, we’ll make sure to update this post. Thanks again!
I honestly love this. Found it entirely refreshing. Hopefully the customer isn’t project managing my roadmap. The minimal nature of the UI and particularly the choice in that layout, for this purpose specifically was one of the reasons I hunted you all down as a new contender in my solution review, and if I’m honest, just about 95% there. WELL above that old 80/20… Same way I feel about that roadmap scroll decision.
Possibly it might be a helpful compromise to make the statuses stand out more prominently when scrolling through the roadmap? To provide greater delineation between the items of different status and generally make it more easily readable at a glance for users? Just a thought!
Definitely think this could be an option for users. A trello like board style for the entire board. Some people have different ways of working and also our communities have different ways of reading.