May 15, 2013
New MailChimp: Navigation, Search, and Responsive Design
Earlier this week, Aarron wrote about the ideas that have guided our design process for New MailChimp, and one of them was ubiquity. Your work shouldn’t depend on where you are and which device you’re using—you should be able to log in to MailChimp and get to work, whether you’re accessing it from a desktop, laptop, or tablet. We’re introducing a completely responsive design, so MailChimp will work on different devices and screen sizes.
For the first peek at New MailChimp, we’ll look at the restructured navigation and search options. Account notifications are now displayed in the nav, and you can switch to Pro mode to simplify the layout, or tap the hamburger icon to expand and collapse menus on the iPhone. Search is in every part of the nav, too, so you can search for subscriber details, campaigns, lists, and reports from anywhere in the app.
Here’s a look at New MailChimp’s navigation, search, and responsive design:
If you’d like to see other previews of what’s coming, we’re releasing a series of blog posts and videos that go into a bit more detail: New MailChimp
Frank
Is this responsive design live? I just logged in and don’t see these changes.
05.15.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Frank, Not yet. This is just a sneak peak of what we’ll be releasing in early to mid June. Stay tuned.
05.15.2013
Tommy Wilde
looks like Mobile Roadie’s admin now
05.15.2013
Conception Web
Wow, looking awesome. Can we get it now, please?
05.15.2013
AlexDbk
Pretty ’wordpress’-‘facebook app’-y :)
Key achievement — easy to hit targets and responsiveness. Less so for the navigation IMHO.
05.15.2013
Advertising Agency Dubai
A new mailchimp is good. what it looks and how it works! thanks a lot !
05.16.2013
Valeria Rivas Hamilton
Can’t wait for the New Mailchimp!
05.29.2013
Pieter
Congratz with the new design. Really looking forward to the responsiveness and the looks on iPads.
06.11.2013
FrenchOnSkype
I really like the new design.
The video was loading a lot, not a smooth watch (just feed-back, no complain), but thank you for doing this for us! Llyane
06.11.2013
Novel Remodeling
I am so glade MailChimp is redesigning. I didnt like the design before and the layout but i think i might give this a shot.
06.11.2013
Allen Gerritsen
Kudos on the new changes – All of the staff deserve a pat on the back! Yes, change is sometimes hard but not when it’s for the better: the “new” MailChimp appears to be more compatible, easy to understand, and logical. I’m excited to try it out! Thanks for listening.
06.11.2013
Shari Lynn Smith
Not sure how happy I am that the desktop is also responsive. One of the issues with “responsive” is that I lose control over how I’m seeing the content displayed on my desktop. I work with multiple browsers shrunk down to share screen area. I’ve found responsive sites to be a pain in my bum as I no longer can use my browser sliders to see what I want to focus on. Aaaarrrgggg the future.
06.11.2013
Shari Lynn Smith
I get why it’s necessary :) it just is frustrating when I know exactly how I’m working within a website and the they go and change it. Change is good :) I just need to be more responsive :::tongue in check::::
06.11.2013
Roy Zanca
For the last 20 years I’ve been sending our a small one page monthly newsletter. A friend of mind -that uses mail chimp -says mail chimp will help make sending out the newsletter easier. How do I find that out and is there a number I can call to talk to a person that can explain things to me?
06.11.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Roy, If you’re looking to send out email newsletters with MailChimp we have resources available in several areas to help, including our Knowledge Base, this Getting Started article, and our support is always happy to answer any questions you might have via chat or email at: http://mailchimp.com/chat We also offer a Forever Free Plan that is great to sign up for as you’ll get access to almost everything a paid account has with no commitments and you’ll be able to look around and see how everything works. Finally, I’d recommend checking out the new Drag and Drop editor to get an idea of how easy it can be. If you need a little inspiration, our “Look What You Can Do” page found at: http://inspiration.mailchimp.com/ offers great examples of campaigns and newsletters others have created with MailChimp.
06.13.2013
Sandrine
How Will it be possible to display the number of new subscribers per day on the newsletter?
06.12.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Sandrine, I’m not aware of a way to display new subscribers per day, but you might want to take a look at our Subscriber Count Merge Tags. They’re a way to include a count of all subscribers on your list inside your newsletter.
06.12.2013
Frossard Dominique
Great usage of bootstrap, very clean and confortable UX.
Congratulations
06.12.2013
Jack
Outlook always marks your emails/newsletters as junk, no matter how many times I mark them as safe bloody Microsoft SmartScreen. :P
06.12.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Jack, If these are emails that you’re sending out would you mind reaching out to our support chimps at: http://mailchimp.com/chat and they’ll be happy to take a closer look and offer suggestions that might help you out. If these are just emails coming from MailChimp in general, it’s possible there’s a setting somewhere in SmartScreen that’s being a bit restrictive.
06.12.2013
Jack
Hello,
Yes, It’s just your emails in general coming from you guys, I don’t send emails out anymore. However, I am planning to again in an up-coming project depending on if you’ve the feature I’m looking for (add an option to a register page to signup to a newsletter reqired to be ticked).
Thanks.
06.22.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Jack, If I’m understanding right, it sounds like you might be looking to have this integrated with your ecommerce store? If that’s the case, there’s a variety of 3rd party options over at our Connect Directory that may suit your needs. Also, if you’re handy with APIs and coding, we have an API you can use to write your own integration. It gets pretty nerdy, but you can read up on it at the MailChimp API Docs. On the chance I missed the question altogether, you can hit me up with a few more details, or chat directly with one of our support chimps at: http://mailchimp.com/chat and they’ll help get you on the right track.
06.23.2013
Walter M A Mayberry
Please do you back up photos and info contacts
06.12.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Walter, If you’re asking if we back up your lists and information, yes, we do. The following article: http://eepurl.com/hcFx explains what’s involved and a rough idea of how our systems are setup to help protect your data.
06.12.2013
Alvin
Can I edit the newsletter in Android?
06.18.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Alvin, New MailChimp is optimized to work on Android and Apple devices, with screens 7″ and larger. While you should be able to do pretty much everything on a desktop, laptop, or tablet, android and apple phones will also be able to access most of the account functions except campaign creation and form builder.
06.18.2013
Basem
The new design looks like Apple iOS7!!
It seems like this is where design is going for the next few years.
06.30.2013
Jason Amato
Is Kindle Fire compatibility in the works? I have a 7 inch screen, but when I try to use the editor, it tells me I am trying to access it from a mobile phone and thus “cannot edit” the campaign.
12.15.2013
John MailChimp
Hi Jason, There’s no immediate plans for MailChimp Editor to be released for the Kindle. I was talking to the UX guys and it sounds like when accessing the web app, from a Kindle there might be a few issues with the browser. They’re going to take a closer look, but for the moment, I don’t have an ETA on when or if that might be able to be sorted out. I’ll try to keep you posted if I hear anything.
12.18.2013