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Menu Item Icon changes 2020

I am testing Vista 2020. The new icons are difficult to see and therefore difficult to understand. I suggest adding back color to these. Just guessing, but it looks like you are changing these to match a future mobile app or a new grid. Either way, colors will really help distinguish between reports and forms, etc. You could also add 2 or 3 characters before the item name. Rp for reports, Fm for forms, etc.. The tiny, b&w icons are unhelpful as they are too small and too similar.

  • Scott Luman
  • Aug 11 2020
  • In Review
Company AES Electrical, Inc.
Job Title / Role CFO
I need it... 3 months
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  • Terri Witty commented
    April 19, 2022 19:14

    Yes Please!

  • Guest commented
    February 02, 2022 18:42

    with this many votes why has it not been planned yet?

  • Tracy Hackett commented
    October 08, 2021 19:49

    Absolutely agree with this suggestion! I like the modern look but the ability to distinguish between program vs. report is gone as the icons are too small. Changing the icon colors would be a huge help.

  • Greg Saunders commented
    July 06, 2021 13:57

    I agree. I don't mind it having a more modern look, but the lack of color has made it much more difficult for the users.

  • Guest commented
    February 23, 2021 20:05

    Getting used to the new icons. Not that big of a deal. I did prefer the way they were before.

  • Jose Vega commented
    February 23, 2021 15:28

    This is the biggest complaint that I get from my user.

  • Karen Quintenz commented
    February 16, 2021 21:36

    I agree with the comments requesting the old icons be used. The create and send icon looks like a computer monitor tipped backward, not an envelope. Monochromatic makes it much more difficult to see.

  • CHRISTINA RITTER commented
    February 11, 2021 18:18

    I like the idea Gary Gilman posted to make the ICONS even more distinguishable by adding FR for forms, RP for reports or something similar.


  • Guest commented
    February 10, 2021 16:55

    Well that’s a bunch of crap!!!

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  • Guest commented
    February 09, 2021 17:13

    agree with comments, please add the color back in

  • Kathy Ebens commented
    February 04, 2021 21:01

    Please return some color. This monochromatic look is terrible. Even making the trash can red would help since you took the big red X away. Thank you.

  • Guest commented
    February 04, 2021 20:44

    Put the color back please! It is very difficult to operate. I keep hitting DELETE or NEW RECORD instead of SAVE.

  • Laura Emmil commented
    February 04, 2021 20:25

    Please consider putting the 'look' of the GUI back to the old way, add color to the menu bar at the top too.

  • Donna Burke commented
    February 03, 2021 19:47

    The Icons are terrible, change them back

  • Ryan Latour commented
    February 03, 2021 17:53

    Please change these icons back to COLOR, they are EXTREMELY difficult to differentiate between each other and the designs are unclear as well. We should not be going backwards in time to black and white when color is such a viable code. It is hard on the eyes and takes way to much time hovering over an icon just to see what it is! I think this has been a MAJOR oversite by Viewpoint.

  • Susan Zander commented
    January 28, 2021 19:04

    I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have "added a record" when I was trying to save one. Cannot understand why the color icons were eliminated

  • Elena Ion commented
    January 25, 2021 20:55

    The lack of color makes it very difficult to distinguish between things you want to access. The save icon needs to be moved away from the delete icon. Many things are accidentally being deleted.

  • Guest commented
    January 25, 2021 15:37

    Add the color back and please move the SAVE button AWAY from the DELETE button. Too close together an accidental deleting happens

  • Beverly Welch commented
    January 22, 2021 18:11

    Please change icons soon. Just to bland. Slow to find.

  • Patrick Sisco commented
    January 22, 2021 17:15

    The speed of identifying the desired programs or reports, and the general navigation of lists has been reduced by the new visual similarity of the icons. Having the option of adding color to different icons types would be helpful to the UX.

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