New Dashboard colors are an issue
Summary: Tim Michel voiced concerns regarding the new dashboard UI, highlighting that it represents a regression in terms of visual clarity. The previous version used strong color indicators, such as solid green and red, which were easily distinguishable, especially on large TVs used for monitoring purposes. The updated UI, however, uses subtle color changes that are difficult to interpret at a glance, hindering operational effectiveness. Tim Michel suggests reintroducing prominent visual indicators, like background-based color coding, to improve quick status recognition.
I appreciate the passion behind the new dashboard, however the new UI is 3 steps back. I will copy and paste my comment on a previous post as our team cannot be the only ones who are concerned with this rollout.
we have our logic monitor on large TVs throughout our suite, this is to give us a quick view on site status, the colors were a solid green for good or red for bad, this was clean and easily viewed.
the new color scheme contains green font with a very washed out green for good, and a very washed out pink for down. on TVs this does not translate well, and unless you stand directly in front of the TVs, you could not for certain tell the status of a site.
"While I understand and appreciate the improvements around filtering, sharing, and overall usability, I’ve identified a challenge with the updated color scheme that is impacting day-to-day operations.
In the previous UIv3 dashboards, device and service status was very easy to interpret at a glance, with strong visual indicators (green for up, red for down) applied to the background. In the new dashboard experience, the status indication relies on much lighter color variations and changes primarily to the font rather than the background. As a result, it’s significantly harder to quickly distinguish between healthy and unhealthy states, especially when scanning multiple devices or dashboards.
From an operational standpoint, this reduces the effectiveness of dashboards as a “quick-glance” tool, which is one of their primary use cases for monitoring and incident response.
I would strongly recommend considering an option to enable more prominent visual indicators (such as background-based color coding or higher-contrast status themes) to restore that immediate visibility."
