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Console Navigation, Notices and First-Time Setup

The sidebar is grouped by task, the header says Create, notices and dialogs behave the same everywhere, and new accounts are asked what to run first.

Version 2.9.160ImprovementPlatform

What's changed

  • The sidebar groups destinations by task: Compute & hosting, Data services (Databases, Cache Instances, Queues and Parameter Groups), Storage (Storage Share included), Networking & security, and Observability (Logs, Uptime Checks, Resource Alerts and the Activity Log); Dashboard and Favorites stay at the top, Billing, Account limits, Support and Documentation sit in a footer, and pressing / jumps to the menu filter.
  • The header's Deploy button is now Create and offers the same services as the dashboard's Create menu, and the status chip opens your fleet with a count for each product that links to its list.
  • In the notification bell the title and Mark all as read stay in view while the list scrolls, screen readers announce which notifications are unread, and a failed load offers Try again; What's new tags each update with its type in words.
  • Errors and messages that carry an action stay on screen until you dismiss them, while timed messages pause when you hover or focus them or switch to another tab.
  • System notices from us collapse into one bar that shows how many there are and the most serious one; open it to read them, dismiss the ones that can be dismissed one at a time or together with Dismiss N notices, and a dismissal carries over to your other open tabs.
  • Dialogs and drawers behave alike: Escape closes only the top-most one, focus stays inside and returns to where you were, a confirmation cannot be dismissed while its request is running, and a destructive confirmation starts with Cancel focused.
  • When you sign up and create your first project, one optional question asks what you want to run first (a static site, object storage, a VPS shown as Pod, a database, a Rapids container or an app) and takes you to the page where you create it (for an app, the app catalog); product links on danubedata.ro carry your choice through sign-up, including Google and GitHub sign-in, and accounts that already have a project are not asked.