The February 2020 UI is kinda shit
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" seems to be a phrase that developers have trouble understanding, and this awful new interface for chats is a perfect example of that.
Messages from different users no longer have lines between them, making it harder to distinguish who sent what at a passing glance and overall leading to a messier look. Hovering over any message darkens it and creates this hideous popup on the side that gives you access to some quick reactions. While I like a means of adding reactions quicker as an idea, I can't condone it being done in this fashion, as it's pretty intrusive and gets in the way of reading the messages. And it might just be my eyes playing tricks on me, but I feel like messages have more space between them? If so, this leads to less overall messages on the screen at once.
Simply put, I don't understand how a team of professional designers thought this was a better interface, I can't fathom how it got past any sort of quality control check, and I don't know why this wasn't made optional instead of having a newer, worse interface shoved down everyone's throats. This is an update that should either be reverted or made into an appearance option similar to compact/cozy. Just to seal in this point, I've got two screenshots here; one from before the update, and one from today when my computer was "graced" with its presence.
It isn't hard to tell which one looks cleaner. Be careful who you call pretty in middle school.
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There's legitimately no need for this "quick reaction" garbage bar on the side. There was already a little ghosted icon next to other reactions that popped up, and one on the side. This is REALLY intrusive. The lack of horizontal rule makes it look sloppy, my posts that are one after another are now spaced up eating up vertical real estate on the screen. The only recent UI change I liked was the pop up that let you highlight something to bold, italicize, etc it. This really isn't necessary. The auto-highlight is jarring. The "new messages" line is jarring.
As OP said, don't fix what isn't broken, please. PLEASE revert this. It's a headache of a UI. Too much is going on already with your program.
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Plus nitro gifting button so great
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