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A new design signifies the first step towards improving the user experience (UX) for an ever-evolving and increasingly complex content creation tool: The Unity Editor.

Over 1.5 million creators use Unity every month to make amazing content and interactive experiences. Over the years it has steadily grown to become the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D content, with a diverse and expanding audience of passionate users. As a productivity tool that’s used frequently and for long periods of time, ease of use and efficiency are everything.&nbsp;

With that in mind, we took a step back to find opportunities for making improvements that are less about new features, and more about the look and feel, core interactions, and workflows.&nbsp;

Design improvements in numerous areas of the Unity Editor UX are reflected in the latest <a href="https://unity3d.com/unity/beta/2019.3#downloads" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2019.3 beta release</a>, with more to come soon. This long-term effort, which will be released in multiple phases, is driven by the goal of ensuring the Editor is:
<ul>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;">Modern. We want to provide Unity users with a modern and professional Editor experience that feels inspiring, well-crafted, and trustworthy.&nbsp;</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;">Familiar. The Unity user interface should be consistent and aligned with industry standards.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;">Accessible. The Unity user interface should be accessible to a wider range of users and their abilities.</li>
 	<li style="font-weight: 400;">Efficient. We want to enable users to create content and complete tasks efficiently by offering a clear and optimized user interface (UI) for common tasks, as well as streamlined workflows.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
This blog post summarizes the UX improvements we’ve made to the Unity Editor over the course of multiple releases leading up to and including 2019.3.

Evolving the Unity Editor UX

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