# A fresh look to Mattermost?
**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845
**Category:** Design Feedback Request
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845 "2024-01-29T10:22:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@BlueSky-fur](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/BlueSky-fur)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/1 "2024-01-29T10:22:39Z")
Overall i’ve really enjoyed using Mattermost inside my company, coming from Slack it felt very familiar already! 🙂
So far after 5 months of use theres only one downside in our eyes.
**The design.**
It feels a little “sluggish / slow”.
And i was wondering, are there any plans to “overhaul” or “modernize” the over-all design of Mattermost?
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### Author:  [@chen](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/chen)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/2 "2024-01-29T19:34:54Z")
Thanks for the feedback! Really appreciated. Curious to hear which parts feel the most “sluggish / slow” and what you would prioritize to improve first?
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### Author:  [@BlueSky-fur](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/BlueSky-fur)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/3 "2024-01-30T09:24:46Z")
Now that i think about it even more, i don’t think “sluggish / slow” is fitting.
Its more of a personal feel, so to say it feels outdated. _hard to find words sometimes_
As for what i’d prioritize, i’d go for the main ui at first.
To get a better view:
I can’t show the channel list, but for example i really like the general design, sidebar with useful quick-access at the very left Home, DMs, Activity (when you get pinged etc), your profile with quick access and things saved for later.
Then the channel-list comes next to it.
The placement feels just right, and the over-all UI Experience feels modern and pleasing to work with.
I hope that explains it a little better! 🙂
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### Author:  [@matthewbirtch](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/matthewbirtch)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/4 "2024-02-22T19:54:23Z")
Thanks again for your feedback @BlueSky-fur. We’re actually looking at making some small incremental updates to the UI that I thought I would share.
[Have a look at this presentation](https://www.figma.com/proto/OjfuMgmwbTKZ3HcuFkwP3B/UI-Refinement---2024?page-id=919%3A17116&type=design&node-id=919-17117&viewport=197%2C269%2C0.11&t=NL7QHpwgBelaKNZA-1&scaling=contain&mode=design) which outlines some proposed changes. They may be relatively small, but they do have visual impact.
Let us know what you think!
Here’s a quick preview:
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### Author:  [@BlueSky-fur](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/BlueSky-fur)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/5 "2024-02-23T00:35:32Z")
Absolutely down for it! it looks awesome and so much more pleasing to the eye! especially the dark theme! 🙂
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### Author:  [@BlueSky-fur](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/BlueSky-fur)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/6 "2024-03-29T08:39:52Z")
I really don’t like asking for things like this, but im excited! 😃
Is there a _ **rough** _ ETA as to when we can expect this beautiful over-haul?
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### Author:  [@matthewbirtch](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/matthewbirtch)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/7 "2024-04-03T14:49:22Z")
Hi @BlueSky-fur we have a number of UI-related PRs in-progress right now, but no ETA on which release they’ll go in to. We’ll likely be adding things incrementally that you’ll start to see some updates for as soon as 9.8. (like this PR: [MM-28014 Improve Channel Intros by matthewbirtch · Pull Request #26413 · mattermost/mattermost · GitHub](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/pull/26413))
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### Author:  [@matthewbirtch](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/matthewbirtch)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/a-fresh-look-to-mattermost/17845/8 "2024-05-09T13:35:43Z")
Just a follow-up on this topic: the latest UI updates are now available on [our community server](https://community.mattermost.com). Have a look there and share any feedback with us in the [UX Design channel](https://community.mattermost.com/core/channels/ux-design) or reply here.
These changes are tagged for the 9.9 release.