Don’t mind the logo, but the new colors hurt
Already commented on a few posts but of all the changes the new colors are the worst. I don’t have any strong feelings about the logo and the new font is boring, but the blurple hurts to look at.
When I first noticed the update (since I don’t follow Discord on social media), the first thing I noticed was the logo was a different color because the blurple hurt to look at. Especially on computer, the main screen is just blinding, and honestly kind of gave me a headache. Thankfully I don’t have to deal with that on mobile, but even so the colors are a bit much. Pings having a blue box is odd but not too extreme, but the weird outline around reactions when you click on them is distracting and makes me avoid using them because they interrupt the flow of conversations. Before I liked to click on them to have interactivity in a large server without chatting and adding to the chaos, but recently I’ve just found myself avoiding Discord altogether because it’s just too much at once with all the changes.
To be clear, as far as I know I don’t have any vision problems nor sensitivity, so I can’t image how it is for friends from various servers that chat in Discord because they can’t play various games. The old colors were calm and I liked the muted colors, and as it is right now I just feel attacked each time I see the new logo. Even this webpage hurts to look at honestly.
Maybe it already happened and I just missed it, but for the future it would be nice if stuff got released in stages instead of all at once so people who don’t/can’t use other social media can also give feedback as changes are implemented and tested since I only found out in the pop up when I opened the app itself.
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OMG I AGREE WITH THIS 1000%!
I don't know if it went through late or I only just noticed it, but the blue/purple is particularly awful. Like, just the app in my phone menu kinda hurts my eyes and I have the night light filter on!
The previous color scheme was absolutely perfect, not too bright, not too dark, just right for anyone dealing with photosensitivities. Please to desaturate the colors a bit and make them a bit gentler on the eyes, staff!10 -
As far as I know I also don't have any visual impairments that would cause me to be sensitive to the colors, but that color hurts to look at. I use discord daily to talk to friends and seeing that color constantly all day hurts my eyes.
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I for one don't mind the icon.
My problems are with the "wordmark" font and the color scheme.
The font is hideous, blobby, and lopsided-looking whereas the old one as modern, precise, and slick.
The colors are oversaturated and hurt my eyes. Desaturation is the way to go for ACCESSIBILTY. There are people who experience eyestrain and are photosensitive.
Not only is it objectively ugly in the general sense, but it's also ableist against people with epilepsy or susceptible to photosensitive migraines.
The redesign was superfluous overall, but those two attributes of the redesign were an outright MISTAKE.
The people who thought it was a good idea have no business holding any professional credentials in the area of UI design.
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