Try out the new navigation in Jira

[Gary Spross]

Posting here for more visibility.

@Varsha Patel, is the "Archived Issues" view missing in the new navigation UI or am I just overlooking it???

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/View-Archived-Issues-in-new-navigation/qaq-p/2932354#M1100403

[Aaron Geister_Sentify]

@Gary Spross

I am seeing the same thing. I can't find archive issue in new navigation.

[Hailin_Zhang]

I find this change unnecessary - its only benefit seems to be allowing users to customize their sidebar. Personally I prefer the current top menu bar.

How can we hide the left sidebar? There are cases where we need to present a Jira dashboard. We don't want to show this sidebar. Also better have a collapse all option on the sidebar.

[Administrator]

This reminds me of what happened in 2018 when Atlassian changed the ‘top’ navigation bar to a ‘side’ navigation bar. The experience was so bad that *after* they rolled it out, they ran focus groups where 95% of users said they preferred the ‘top’ to the ‘side’. Then in 2020 the ‘top’ was brought back as an ‘improvement’ (“we have heard your feedback”) and because it was a “better navigation system”.

Fast forward to today, and the reasons for changing the ‘top’ back to the ‘side’ are the same as when the ‘side’ was changed back to the ‘top’ – “it will make it faster to navigate and easier to find work”.

*The same problems that users reported in 2018 are highlighted on this page as improvements.*

Saying that something is “new and modern” doesn’t beat something that has already proven to be “better”. What would have been better is to allow customisation on the ‘top’ rather than move some of the ‘top’ to the ‘side’ and end up with three navigation bars compared to two. Also, I can’t see where the project settings are so possibly there are now four navigation bars.

[Gabriel Belleboni]

Hi guys, have some questions:

Have any functionalities that were previously on the top navigation bar been relocated or hidden in the new navigation? If so, which ones?

Will there be an option for users to stay on the old navigation, or will the transition to the new layout be mandatory for everyone?

We see that the rollout is planned for March. Do you have more details on the timeline? Will it happen in early or late March?

Will the rollout be done in phases, or will all users receive the change at the same time?

Are there any other major changes in the new navigation that we should be aware of to properly inform our users?

Thanks!

[Steven Kent]

Oh...dear. Don't mind the design but where the heck have things like the Issues link gone?