[FEATURE] A better navigation icon

[ChinmayMhatre]

Description

I looked up the website while adding my own profile. The magnifying glass icon didn't seem very intuitive to me at first. Couldn't figure out at first glance that that's where I needed to go to look at all the profiles. My suggestion would be a button telling that's where all the profiles are.

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[Njong392]

I kind of agree. I initially thought that was a search bar, and only after clicking in the icon itself did I really understand what it was for. Maybe we could switch up the approach to letting people know that that's how you can view all the profiles.

[nathgoutam93]

Imo, the landing page should have a call to action button instead of "see eddie jaoude's profile as an example", saying something like "see profiles 🔎" or "search for profiles 🔎" then "Want to add your profile? Read the instructions" below following that.

[schmelto]

Imo, the landing page should have a call to action button instead of "see eddie jaoude's profile as an example", saying something like "see profiles 🔎" or "search for profiles 🔎" then "Want to add your profile? Read the instructions" below following that.

I like the idea of a call to action.

[AkshithBellare]

I think because the entire navbar looks like a search bar, first-time visitors might take some time to realise only the icon is clickable. Adding the phrase "search for profiles" might make it more obvious.

[Njong392]

I think because the entire navbar looks like a search bar, first-time visitors might take some time to realise only the icon is clickable. Adding the phrase "search for profiles" might make it more obvious.

I think the search bar thing should be removed altogether, maybe go for a button or better still, a CTA like @nathgoutam93 suggested because it's not serving as a search bar even though it looks like one.

[Vedant-Manjrekar]

@schmelto @ChinmayMhatre i would like to work on this issue.

[Vedant-Manjrekar]

@schmelto how is this,

1. Added search profiles next to the search icon for better understanding of its use case as mentioned by @AkshithBellare
2. A "see profiles 🔎 for inspiration" instead of "See Eddie Jaoude's profile for an example" which redirects user to the search profile page as mentioned by @nathgoutam93

Ready to add a PR if changes are approved.

[gptkrsh]

Looks good 👍

[Vedant-Manjrekar]

May i make a PR ?

[gptkrsh]

Sure @Vedant-Manjrekar, I that for any issue you first see if anyone else isn't working and ask for assignment on the issue and open the PR!

[eddiejaoude]

The new version of LinkFree is out, I will close this issue, feel free to create a new issue for the new version if still relevant