# Compass Design System forces UX bloat

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/compass-design-system-forces-ux-bloat/21169>\
**Category:** Potential Broken Windows\
**Created:** [November 5, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/compass-design-system-forces-ux-bloat/21169 "2024-11-05T12:24:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![it33\_mattermost](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/it33_mattermost/32/6971_2.png) [@it33\_mattermost](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/it33_mattermost)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/compass-design-system-forces-ux-bloat/21169/1 "2024-11-05T12:24:29Z")

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Expected:

- [Compass Design Systems](https://compass.mattermost.com/29be2c109/p/995619-compass-design-system) has guidance that unused features that take up screen real estate are required to have the ability to be hidden/disabled.

For example, in [Developer: Playbooks channel](https://community.mattermost.com/core/channels/developers-playbooks), we have a host of links in a compact, easy to read view, available on mouse over, and the “Add a bookmark” adds no value, it only takes up space.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mattermost/original/2X/0/0b60778a99fc2dbac2dada8f5828b31496cb2c6f.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mattermost/original/2X/8/8b16846c78c78bf6fe8f6be0c220c0aafb7be760.png)

- “Add a bookmark” can be disabled/hidden by users that don’t want it, to remove UX bloat (if this capability exists, it needs to be easier to discover).

Observed:

- **[Compass Design System](https://compass.mattermost.com/29be2c109/p/995619-compass-design-system)** has no guidance to address the UX bloat being adding to Mattermost.

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/compass-design-system-forces-ux-bloat/21169/2 "2024-11-05T15:39:56Z")

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Opened [Jira](https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-61543).