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Discord users are cancelling their Nitro after new mobile layout update::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m so confused. When I got this unexpected change I was so excited. This is exactly what’s been wrong with the UX in that app. It’s so much clearer now

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

It messes with a ton of my common actions and doesn't make them better. Things being hidden behind weird actions now. Some of it will just require me to get used to it, but some of it seems genuinely more cumbersome to perform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fundamental disconnect here seems to be some people think apps being "clearer" makes them better, regardless of how much functionality is hidden or straight up lost.

And that's not just about Discord, that's the theme across the board, it seems. Some people want aesthetics, some people want usability, and UX designers nowadays seems hellbent on pissing off the latter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But the only thing I see changed is that “dm” was moved to the bottom bar instead of the server list (which made no sense)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Data density in UX has been downhill since Microsoft Office added the ribbon in 2007.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you enjoy having them separate? I much prefer the old layout, it makes a lot more sense to keep everything in the same place and require less swiping to get between them. Having two different sections is annoying and having it one way in the mobile UI and another way in the desktop UI is beyond stupid. I really wish they would just give us the option to pick our preferred layout.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

DMs are separate things. They aren’t a server. They’re outside of servers.

Better question is, why would you put a button for DMs in a list of servers?

I’m curious about your usage. Are you heavily into DMs? What % of activity is DM vs servers? Do you switch between them a lot? Are you a desktop user too? What % is desktop vs mobile?

For me I’m mainly in a single server (but have 50 others I drop in seldomly), and I rarely DM. I’m primarily desktop (my fulltime job uses discord for collab), but do mobile a lot off hours.