Grafana 9 introduces significant updates aimed at enhancing navigation and search functionalities to improve user experience and support community observability efforts. Key features include a revamped vertical navigation bar, the ability to save favorite visualizations in a starred dashboards section, and the option to create panels and dashboards directly from the Explore module. Search capabilities have been advanced with the addition of panel title searches and dashboard previews, both of which are currently in beta and can be accessed by enabling specific feature flags. These enhancements, alongside the launch of the Grafana Loki query builder and a new command palette, were unveiled at GrafanaCONline 2022, with feedback actively solicited from the community to further refine the platform's usability.