Whoa wait, now youāre getting rid of the Dashboard in favor of this roundly poorly-received Homepage?
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I mean, the Dashboard wasnāt great, but it was far more useful than the Homepage. Ack.
What are the tools mentioned in this email that are coming in November (awfully close to the Dec 1 kill date for the Dashboard)?
Ack ack.
thanks , today I saw it , itās really good . I love it .
@Marie you asked folks to post suggestions for removing the homepage in #productfeedback. When I did that you closed and moved my post back to here. Could you explain?
āDashboardā or āHomepageā feature; with that said, I would recommend creating a thread in the #productfeedback category for our Development team to consider it when revisiting the sidebar feature.
Iām really disappointed at the impending loss of the Dashboard, as I have been using that actively as the only way to see some data on each project - other than just project name.
As to the rationale for the Homepage, this statement jumped out at me: āYour Homepage will also show you when action happens in your projects, so you can easily understand what projects may need your attention first.ā Well, I donāt trigger my attention solely or even chiefly off project action. That would constitute reactive project management. I (should) trigger off projects that are falling behind expected progress, have open questions, have not seen action when expected, have not seen action for more than X days, have unassigned tasks, have overdue tasks, get sudden executive focus, etc.
And: āWhile your team or Organization may have multiple projects that theyāre working from at any given time, there are likely a few specific projects that matter most to you. With your Homepage, youāre able to easily access your most important projects so you donāt have to spend time searching for what you needā¦ā Also, no. My work environment is quite dynamic and projects spring up or get de-prioritized rapidly and frequently. With just 1 team, there are 10 projects actively being worked on TODAY. Just today. Tomorrow will (or should be) very different. I have multiple teams, each with many projects, widely varying deliverables and due dates, external factors such as supplier deliveries, etc. There are many projects weāre not acting on at the moment for various reasons - one of which is lack of visibility. And I donāt think my environment is unusual.
So Asanaās idea of there just being a few āmost importantā projects and a project managerās priorities consisting of reacting to action in those few projects, that I view in my nearly empty Homepage, leaves me wondering if Asana understands the true scope that many users need.
Sorry, but Iām not a fan of the homepage. Itās basically the same as the sidebar. I want to see my tasks and messages.
At least give us the option to choose another start page.
I think that the new HOME will do well as long as you give new comers a great default layout with a mix of relevant projects, dashboard views, and my tasks BUT allow a modular type of customization that allows more advanced users to match their needs.
As @Joost pointed out, some of us need it to be useful on big screens with different parts being easily distinguishable.
I could see Home having presets that I can switch between. For example, I could have one that displays my tasks, my most relevant projects, and the contents of a project that Iām currently using the most. Or alternatively, two columns with each showing the contents of projects that Iām multitasking between.
Still not seeing Homepage on our acct, but do see a similar view when viewing a āTeamā at the highest level.
I do think home page will help more casual users of Asana to understand the organization paradigms of the program.
Hi folks!
Just a quick update to let you know we have implemented Activity Updates in your Homepage. You will now see a ānewā badge that shows up in the top left corner of a new project that has been shared with you or if youāve been assigned a task in a project you havenāt visited before.
Weāre also rolling out a brand new Team page to give you more context about the purpose of the team, whoās in it, and what theyāre working on. You can click into the conversations tab of your Team Page to scroll through recent discussions on different projects within your team and quickly get caught up to speed.
To learn more about these updates, have a look at this handy article from our guide: How to Navigate Asana | Product Guide ā¢ Asana Product Guide
Hi @Mike_Hoefer,
Homepage should be rolled out to 100% of our users very soon, so if you donāt access to Homepage just yet, you will very soon!
why have you removed all the useful information from dashboard; like seeing the project status at a glance? having another list of projects isnt at all useful; in no way does this help me decide what to focus on as a manager overseeing several teams and projects. i was hopeful that this would add functionality for our team that has been missing for a long time, such as being able to schedule projects on a high level multi project timeline, managing team workloads and being able to sort projects by owner, instead you seem to have gone backwards!
@Lee_Denny, 2 options for Dashboard replacement.
I have to agree that Homepage feels useless. It doesnāt add anything that I couldnāt do from having a āfavoritesā in my sidebar.
For those of us who use Asana occasionally as a sort of notepad or just to manage some projects, it might be a good change.
But if you use Asana to actually work, then the first thing you do in the morning is to see āMy Tasksā. Becase thatās what we do most of the time: we complete our tasks. Once our projects are set there is no need to start a day with a list of projects. We have tasks to do and we want to see them right away.
Actually, this homepage change is so annoying, that for the first time Iām considering moving my projects elsewhere. Because every time I start a day with Asana now I have to change this view, for no reason at all, and it is really irritating, considering how nice and simple the rest of the workflow is.
Now there is an easy way to fix it: either provide an option to choose what we want to see first (for those of us who are task-oriented), or add the list of tasks to do at the top of the home view.
Besides, I donāt see the reason for Homepage at all, since the list of the projects is already visible on the left side of the website. And you can move them around too, while on the homepage you cannot.
So why anybody would need this at all?
In the current state I agree itās not useful, but I guess it will evoluateā¦
A tip to avoid opening the Homepage:
Two days ago I said I was quite unhappy with the new homepage.
Iāve changed my mind. Iām happy now.
Itās because today a new thing appeared at the top of the homepage: section ātasks due soonā.
And now it all makes sense. You can see your due tasks (the most common thing if you use Asana every day) right away. Also, for the first time I can close the sidebar.
Thumbs up!
Hi, I do no see this option, could you post a screen shot?
Hi @Patrick_EMIN 
āTasks due soonā havenāt yet been rolled out to 100% of our users but it will be very soon!
I have to agree, that it is very hard to differentiate visually the important tasks & projects 
Some kind of sorting or priority would be great
How to disable it? Iām working only on one big project. I want to see all my tasks no just a few in āhomeā.
