I understand that the Launch Pad's expand button became redundant, but I will say personally its removal was the most jarring QM change for me, given how often I typically pressed it. It also seems like a bad move in terms of consistency, since every other QM tab has an expand button in that exact spot.

It has been essentially with the report button.

We've seen a lot of discussion about the new Quick Menu layout, and we get it: when familiar buttons move, muscle memory takes the hit.

This layout change is part of a broader shift to bring Events and Groups closer to the center of the VRChat experience. Surfacing what's happening live helps more players discover and join experiences together, which is a big focus for us right now.

Right now, this layout is part of an ongoing experiment. We're testing how changes like this affect how people navigate and discover social experiences in VRChat. We need to see how it performs at scale once it's live before deciding what sticks and what needs another pass.

Feedback is a key part of that process, as is data, A/B testing, etc. What you share here helps us spot friction that metrics alone can't capture. We'll be watching feedback closely after launch as well, and the results of both player sentiment and data will guide what comes next.

btw: the old "expando" button (which some folks have mentioned) and the new "Live Now" button both open the same place. They go to the main menu's hub for events and worlds (which used to be launchpad, and is now Live Now). That's why we removed the little expando guy, it's duplicate behavior

with the new beta reorganising the menu, it feels a little off. i propose this layout instead

The developers made a new menu, and there was a chance to make it so other languages would fit into the interface. Now nothing fits again, and they’ll probably just shrink the font so the translations fit on the buttons and it’s going to look awful.

I generally don't like the fact we now have THREE different visual classes of buttons on main (launchpad) panel in addition to various extra buttons on the sides.

It's starting to look like a plane controls, just аss. You going to scary newbies how it was before.

Also for me "home" and "respawn" are way more frequent buttons than everything else except "social". Idk why it's secondary buttons.

Hard hard agree.

Please don't swap world, avatar, and social from what it used to be! Even if the buttons are smaller, I think those three are the most important. They should always be on the top row, preferably in the order of world -> social -> avatar.

The current version on the open beta is really awkward.

also removed in this beta was the settings button in the top right of the QM. I tend to use that frequently and would like that back it's very weird without it

Here's my own mockup of a reordering:

If we are to keep things the way they've changed that's fine. The new widgets are a little weird but I think that's mostly in the order of them. Just simply re-ordering things like this I think would be a more digestible experience.

Also, 100% the "Live Now" should be renamed to "Activity" and maybe it should get a different icon or something. Some people have suggested a Planner icon of some sort and I'd agree that it's maybe a solid idea but personally, the current icon is probably fine as-is.

I agree. The location of the "Shop" on the "Launch Pad" should not have been placed there, even if it meant making the "Social," "Avatars," and "World" buttons smaller. Frankly, the UI for revenue in recent VRC games is poor. I remember that when the Avatar Explorer was implemented, the Avatar tab always made the Explorer the default location. (I understand the importance of revenue, but back then and now, smarter methods should have been used, such as highlighting the text on the tab or emphasizing it with a sliding ad at the top of the Launch Pad.)