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Update on Khoros Rebranding and Agent UI Refresh

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SheetalK
Khoros Oracle
6 years ago
In early May, we announced exciting news that the user interface of Khoros Care (formerly Lithium SMM/Response) will be getting a visual refresh. Your agents will see the updated UI when they log in on Thursday morning, July 25th. We expect the update to be released to all customers during the standard update window on Wednesday evening, July 24th / Thursday early morning, July 25th, depending on your region.

Why we are making this change
  • While many users love the Care user experience (UX), we have gotten feedback that the interface (UI) looks a bit outdated.
  • We want to improve accessibility, which requires some changes like larger font sizes and AA compliant contrast for low vision.
  • We need to rebrand the UI from Lithium to Khoros. 
What to expect
With this updated Care UI, you'll notice that the platform feels more modern, more accessible, and more aligned with our new Khoros branding. However, the changes are light, visual enhancements (details below), and will absolutely not change the UX layout or disrupt agent workflows.
 
These are the specific enhancements you will see in the updated Care UI (full screen preview here) on July 25th: 
  • Slightly larger font sizes and more legible text, following AA standards
  • Better contrast with at least a 4.5:1 contrast ratio for text
  • Fewer gradients
  • Cleaner buttons
  • Better accessibility, improving our overall WCAG2.0 compliance, which helps reduce eye strain for users in the platform all day
  • Style changes that match our Khoros brand look and feel
  • The navigation bar at the top will change to a darker color and display the Khoros logo
Key Takeaways
The Care UI update does not change the orientation of buttons, layouts, functionality, and most importantly, efficiency (full screen preview here). Agents will simply enjoy a more modern and accessible UI, with all buttons and UI elements in the same location.

There is no change to the login URLs on either .response or .app:

https://customer.response.lithium.com/account/login
https://customer.app.lithium.com/#/login
 
We hope you are as excited about these enhancements as we are! If you have feedback on these changes, we would love to hear it.
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  • SheetalK's avatar
    SheetalK
    Khoros Oracle
    6 years ago

    sandy56006 we have fixed a couple of rendering issues (related to internal notes and button on supervisor page) that will be out this week.

    Our UX team has gathered the feedback so far, and is coordinating with a few more customers in order to make an informed decision and prioritize changes we need to make. Part of that investigation is also to determine any changes around the brightness effect.

    As we finalize some decisions on what changes we plan to make, I will provide updates here along with any specific timelines.

  • matt1088's avatar
    matt1088
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the update! Maybe offer a "theme" option and give a dark and a light theme that you can choose between to stay in compliance with accessibility standards. Just implement a toggle open between the old UI and the current? 

  • matt1088's avatar
    matt1088
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    The new skin placed over this has already given me a headache and I am 30 minutes into my shift. The color scheme in combination with the font make it very difficult to read, there is hardly any distinction between our posts and the client. The old scheme worked perfectly and I feel it didn't need to be changed. 

  • sandy56006's avatar
    sandy56006
    Mentor
    6 years ago

    Hi Sheetal,

    Since the update is going to be happening tomorrow. Should we be aware of anything? 

  • SheetalK's avatar
    SheetalK
    Khoros Oracle
    6 years ago

    An update on the new UI...

    To ensure a smooth rollout, we have made the decision to postpone the update by a few days. The updated UI will now be available when agents log in on the morning of Tuesday, July 30.

    We expect the update to be released to all customers during the standard update window on the evening of Monday, July 29 / early morning Tuesday, July 30, depending on your region.

    If you have a separate development instance, it will be updated by Friday, July 26.

  • SheetalK's avatar
    SheetalK
    Khoros Oracle
    6 years ago

    sandy56006 as per my previous comment, the update has been postponed by a few days (until next Tuesday). 

    As noted before, no action is required on your part to enable the new UI - it will automatically load when you first login after it been deployed on July 29.

    If you have any feedback on the new UI, please add a comment here for review and discussion.

  • SheetalK's avatar
    SheetalK
    Khoros Oracle
    6 years ago

    Quick update -- all development instances have been updated and live with the new UI. Production update is on track for early next week as announced earlier.

    We look forward to your feedback.

  • carlos_rosa's avatar
    carlos_rosa
    Contributor
    6 years ago
    I hate the new interface black color at the top, it causes my team eye strain, and we need to keep seeing the screen. Can you please review this? This is not healthy..
  • sandy56006's avatar
    sandy56006
    Mentor
    6 years ago

    Hi Sheetal,

     

    I wanted to have this new UI changed. This is very critical that it is affecting the eye strain of the agents to work on this interface. It's too bright, if we reduce the brightness, the font is very light. Very disturbing to be honest. All the agent & operations are not happy with the way it is affecting our production because of this eye strain. Please change it. Or at least give an option to switch it to a dark mode or something.