New update - not “friendlier” at all

Recently on Twitter you referred to the new look as “friendlier”, but I’m afraid this is definitely not the case. The colour of the app icon itself is already a headache and stands out too much on my phone’s Home Screen. It actually hurts my eyes to look at, and makes me want to get rid of the app completely. I love discord and I use it a lot and want to support you guys but this has really ruined it for me. I preferred the old colour, it was much calmer and more welcoming. The old font was definitely more fitting to discord itself too. The new font just looks jarring and disproportionate and almost quite childish. I preferred the old capitalised font as everything was perfectly proportioned and looked sleek rather than all over the place. If you really wish to keep the new design available, please consider allowing us to have the option of resetting our app to the old design based on user preferences. I think giving people the option is a fair compromise as obviously you’ve put a lot of time and effort into rebranding but it’s clearly upsetting people to the point they don’t want to use the app.

DarkestShadow

May 15, 2021 20:03

If they don’t change the color back, I’m going to stop using it. I’m tolerating the eye strait and it hurting my eyes for now…praying they listen.

GerdaS

May 15, 2021 23:07

I agree "harsher" would be more to the point. They decided to maximise contrast. Brightening things up is not always a bright idea, though.

ad-astra

May 17, 2021 14:49

I noticed that Discord replied to someone’s concerns about accessibility with a feedback form about this kind of issues. I feel the same way and filled it out already, so I hope others in do and share it with friends as well to let them know how inaccessible and garish the new colors, font, etc. are for users.

Link to their tweet about it: https://twitter.com/discord/status/1392869194413355009
Link to their Google form feedback itself: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTzNbITTRx4BYWFlC3gi_lEi3D3rsa9VCBK_EphF5myDb7uw/viewform

They claim accessibility is taken very seriously, so let’s be sure to inform them of how difficult these new changes are for people.

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