Follow up

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  by pan_negatywny
  on 2026-03-06 09:25

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  by Cmdr. Robotic
  on 2026-03-06 04:46

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  by JasonKnightman
  on 2026-03-05 22:14

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  by ourg0dsal
  on 2026-03-04 15:18

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  by Elb Tenebris
  on 2026-03-04 09:50

  I can't help but agree with Tris.

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  by kerahope
  on 2026-03-03 21:47

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  by eberg
  on 2026-03-03 19:41

  Defaulting to an edit page is definitely the wrong choice. Set it to desktop. Editing should always be something you select to do.

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  by oaster2000
  on 2026-03-03 09:16

  I agree with having the choice on this matter as people have different preferences.

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  by Akmedrah
  on 2026-03-01 03:06

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  by masongarth2000
  on 2026-02-28 23:03

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  by BenScerri
  on 2026-02-28 03:35

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  by LittleRaider
  on 2026-02-27 22:46

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  by cruisercrusher
  on 2026-02-26 22:22

  Yeah, I don't edit my homepage very often, and I really don't think it needs to be the first thing you see when you open the site. It makes more sense for it to be the actual desktop homepage, which is a better starting point to either start working on your world or engage with community stuff. Also because with the notifications, news and community tabs, this is the page that updates most regularly and makes most sense to be the starting check-in point on logging in. I also immediately close the athena page first thing on logging in. It's not world ending, sure, but it is kind of annoying.

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  by PhilosoShy
  on 2026-02-26 19:06

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  by irpguardian
  on 2026-02-26 02:02

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  by Tris
  on 2026-02-25 11:22

  I have expressed my frustrations with every single person being forced into the new (still broken) interface upon login already in november. I have been promised a more reader-friendly solution in the development discussion back then. It is the end of february. Worldanvil continues to be a hostile environment to everyone who wishes to use any of the other features of this website. I pay to be able to access and work with many of these features - yet I have to jump through hoops and workarounds every single time I want to create something here. It is INCREDIBLY frustrating. And I speak as someone who has loved it here for years. On top of it, this new athena being the DEFAULT thing you see is incredibly off putting for readers and players (= not active worldbuilders). As a sage, it severely limits the ability to be able to build your fanbase here as most people have no reason to put up with it and just leave.   I don't care if it will be desktop, what version of the desktop it will be or if it ends up being any other place. Stop forcing everyone to use half-baked half-tested features upon log in.

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  by DMFW
  on 2026-02-23 18:52

  It's a tricky one. Only a custom view is going to please everyone. But I do agree that an edit view over the world's homepage is the least likely thing I'll be doing and since a lot of my articles are now buried quite deeply in a category and article tree structure, that's rarely the best way for me to find what I want to work on either. Having the "most recently used" list front and centre of the desktop would be my preference and if that speeded up loading it's another bonus...

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  by losfer
  on 2026-02-23 17:05

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  by A Sneaky Hobbit
  on 2026-02-22 15:28

  ...For people worried about accidentally editing the homepage, or otherwise upset about the homepage edit being the first to open, you do realize you can scroll down in Athena and select something else to edit from your content tree there, right? You don't need to rely on the Desktop for that (if you want to, that's one thing, it's just not an actual necessity).   The stuff about notifications still holds, though. I myself would at least like if the article manager didn't obscure the notifications.

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  by Mardrena
  on 2026-02-22 03:22

  Can the devs finally admit they dun f***ed up and LISTEN to the people actually USING their platform? I've run out of fingers counting on both hands how many threads that gain momentum get swatted down by a singular a**mad individual for absurd reasons and with a callousness that belies rationale. If this is supposedly the consensus of "the team", then who is the "I" that keeps making all the decisions? Who is the "I"?!

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  by AmélieIS
  on 2026-02-20 09:59

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  by HunterChristmas1247
  on 2026-02-19 14:54

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  by ss2020
  on 2026-02-16 05:34

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  by A Beloved Kitten
  on 2026-02-16 04:51

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  by TerminusV
  on 2026-02-15 23:53

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  by Those2Nerds
  on 2026-02-15 13:08

  From what I recall, others complained that they didn't like the Desktop and would rather see their article list upon logging in. Athena was made the interim default until the Desktop is fully implemented and customizable, at which point the Desktop would become the default. Some were quite vitriolic in their hatred of its current state.

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  by Mochimanoban
  on 2026-02-15 12:38

  PLEASE!! It's so insanely annoying for something so minor

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  by A Wild Dryad
  on 2026-02-15 06:34

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  by Scott Story
  on 2026-02-15 00:13

  This irritates me too.

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  by Comic Book Lady
  on 2026-02-14 20:19

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  by Nightflyer0ne
  on 2026-02-14 20:18

  It is so annoying

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  by Kyberian
  on 2026-02-14 19:39

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  by Tillerz
  on 2026-02-14 19:33

  Yeah that. How often do you edit the homepage? 3 times a year? I always fear that I accidentally delete stuff on the homepage. I'd rather have the homepage LOCKED away somewhere. Seeing the desktop with the current statistics and the number of notifications is way more helpful.

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  by strixxline
  on 2026-02-14 18:28

  Yes! I always close my world editor first thing when I arrive on site, and I always fear I might accidentally edit something on that menu before I manage to close it. Desktop first!

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  by Thereasonwhy
  on 2026-02-14 17:44

  Agreed! I always close the Athena menu to look at the desktop to check notifications and the community stream before doing anything. It does feel a lot more clunky on mobile as it pulls up the keyboard at the same time without any input on the user side

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  by Rahjar
  on 2026-02-14 17:18

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  by Ratha
  on 2026-02-14 14:48

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  by Graylion
  on 2026-02-14 13:59

  Agreed

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  by Ononomad
  on 2026-02-14 13:05