December 2023 UI Update Needs to be Reverted - Please add your specific issues in comments!
I know there are a lot of posts about this, but I cannot stress enough that no matter how many there are, it is not enough. The UI update is not only bad and unwelcome, it has caused bugs, removes used features, corrupts visuals and disrupts usage flow of the app. Furthermore, the update did not bring anything useful to offset the bugs and inexplicably removes (or poorly modified features).
I posted this as a comment to another post earlier, but felt it bears its own post.
I KNOW THE BELOW IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN … PLEASE COMMENT BELOW AND ADD OTHER SPECIFIC EXAMPLES … IF WE WANT DISCORD TO ROLL THIS BACK OR FIX WHAT THEY BROKE, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SPECIFICS. NOT JUST GENERIC COMPLAINTS!
A sample of what I have noticed so far:
- The layout is illogical. The bottom bar takes up real-estate space, the direct message screen is over populated on the top and generally illogical and much harder to read.
- Key functionality was changed (such as swiping and how to bring up member lists) or removed (such as the ability to use global server search features from any channel).
- Long holds of channels do not bring up all options for some roles, Even as a server owner, edit channel is bugged and brings up notification settings instead of channel settings.
- Pinned embeds don't display in pins anymore (provided you can get a user to find where pins are now buried).
- Direct message settings are reset for many users.
- New contrast, layout, theme and appearance have been reported problematic to various users with disabilities, greatly decreasing the app's accessibility.
These are just a few of the most burdensome issues I've noticed (I know others have many more), and frankly I stopped looking because its immensely frustrating, I pretty much need to do anything meaningful on desktop now. Discord will lose users over this, and they will definitely lose NITRO subscriptions, and they should. It's a terrible update and they should at least provide an option to revert.
This is not an “oh the users don't like change, they will get used to it” things … this is breaking critical pieces of an app that was largely fine.
I hope discord listens to its user base on this one…because this was an absolutely terrible update!
I will try and edit my above list the more I look through this disasterous update, but please add your own examples below!
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I don't want DMs to be separate from the rest of my servers. They're all places I talk to friends and should be in one place.
I, like others, also wanted a unified experience between desktop and mobile and now mobile is way different.
Also seconding the color changes, as after only just a couple minutes they started to cause a migraine for me. I need the less saturated colors back, and they got a pushback last time they saturated colors too so why did they think it was a good idea this time??
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I've already cancelled my nitro over this rubbish downdate.
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Took me 20 minutes of frustrated button mashing to figure out how to get into my personal settings. That is definitely something that needs to be addressed.
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I made a comprehensive list of the things I’d seen that were wrong with this new update if you want more material to add to your list. But I absolutely agree, this update has done nothing but cause problems.
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AllTheGoodNamesAreInUse Me too! And the button is so tiny and out of the way, it makes it impossible to find and click.
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Sorry I don't have anything to add below but wanted to mention that I too am canceling my Discord Nitro subscription and will not renew until they revert or fix these issues.
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I wish I had something valuable to add but I'm going to be that guy and just complain that the separation of DM and Server List into a new bottom map is so unnecessary and annoying to my discord flow. :/
I could ignore that entire bottom navigation if we could have the Direct Message icons at the top of our Server List like it is on Desktop, still. I hate having to leave that page? Like what is the reason.. :( but if they're not going to change it back, just add those buttons back? So that people have both.
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Not only is the update just…generally terrible, it's now bugged for messages entirely.
When switching servers, or even switching channels in the same server, it won't update to show the new channels messages. Instead, it'll show the message history from the channel you were just in.
Oh, and don't even get me started on how screwed the connectivity is now lol, I've had it send the same message 6 times, one that I pressed enter for ONCE, just because the app refused to load properly. I'm pretty hard to disappoint but this latest update has managed to do that quite spectacularly
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Please god revert the UI change. I made an account just to come here to say this. Listen to your users. We pay for subscriptions just for you to say “it’s not coming back” when the majority of people want it back? Why should we pay at all. Search function is broken. I’m scared to send images because they do not end up in the right place. It’s confusing and buggy. Why do you continue to ignore everyone on this issue?
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You’ve nailed the major frustrations that many of us are feeling with this December 2023 update. The layout changes are not only illogical, but they’ve also made navigation cumbersome and frustrating, particularly on mobile. It’s baffling that they’ve introduced so many bugs and removed or altered basketball stars features that were working perfectly fine before.
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