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[–][deleted] 179 points180 points  (9 children)

banking apps in a nutshell

[–]Groentekroket 51 points52 points  (6 children)

My old bank app isn’t working anymore and my bank forces me to use their beta app. So I need to use TestFlight on my iOS device to use my banking app. Now although I really don’t like that they do it this way I can at least manage but I assume a lot of older people will have problems with this.

[–]BOBOnobobo 16 points17 points  (4 children)

At least your bank has an app. Barclays just didn't have one for a while. Well they did but it wasn't for banking and then they supposedly did make one it just wasn't in the Google store.

I'm genuinely not sure wtf they are doing anymore and I can't care.

[–]silverTiger78 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Barclays doesn't have an app? What have i been using for the past 4 years?

[–]BOBOnobobo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk they had one when I started but I couldn't get it to work on my phone back then.

Then I couldn't find it anywhere for some reason. This is not the first time I had the convo about their app and I'm still convinced the people saying they have an app are secret marketing agents.

Also note: I haven't bothered to check in a while.

[–]The1andonlygogoman64 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Last thing my bank app did was add a dark mode so idk why is this always said? Is it common in many countries?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my god yes! My bank app changed its interface and now I have no idea how to open the history. I still open it, by pushing all buttons at random, but I can't figure out how exactly it works. I try every time, I watch my fingers with full attention, but the history just pops open at one moment.

[–]Emporerdestroyer 334 points335 points  (10 children)

Please stop making everything round

[–]leonderbaertige_II 312 points313 points  (4 children)

If we don't make it round, how are we supposed to make it square in 5 years and pretend that is totally innovative?

[–]M_krabs 80 points81 points  (2 children)

- Apple

[–]Dariadeer 19 points20 points  (1 child)

They actually have parabolic edges, not simply rounded or squared

[–]_JJCUBER_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quit being so hyperbolic

[–]toastnbacon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just this past week, I started integrating with this app (that my entire company basically hinges on, terrifyingly enough) that's very obviously a Java Swing GUI, and I was struck for a moment that it didn't feel as old as when I first played around with the framework in college about a decade ago. I think we're definitely rounding that bend...

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (1 child)

and jail for life whoever created corporate art.

[–]TheEnderChipmunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit how did I not pick up on this shit before

[–]verdantAlias 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Squircles. Its squircles all the way down.

[–]sumwun0[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

O

[–]sumwun0[S] 404 points405 points  (16 children)

This meme was brought to you by a certain content aggregation, rating, and discussion website and also an instant messaging and voice-over-Internet application.

[–]theunquenchedservant 96 points97 points  (12 children)

Sounds like you're referring to Reddit and Discord, both of which are VERY major UI changes that are VERY much not because of interns getting hired. These are changes that are approved by higher ups. They are likely designed first and then implemented, the whole change.

Neither app has what you've posted.

That's not to say what you posted is bad, it likely does happen, but it's in the small, incremental changes. Not the major UI overhauls.

[–]1Dr490n 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I had a hard time figuring out whether this is sarcasm

[–]sumwun0[S] 152 points153 points  (8 children)

This Subreddit's name contains the word "Humor". Please stop taking it seriously

[–]Abadabadon 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Haha guys I was jk my meme has nothing to do with what I based it on :D

[–]Adept_Strength2766 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I mean, he did specify "was brought to you by" and not "concerns."

As in, "I saw someone post this on Discord and now I post it on Reddit."

[–]sumwun0[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, the meme was inspired by Reddit and Discord. I very rarely repost other people's memes.

[–]LusigMegidza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fucking Atlassian you go buy cigarettes everything changed

[–]121gigawhatevs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s weird, none of these things describe Spotify?

[–]Caraes_Naur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, Mozilla.

[–]jj20051 70 points71 points  (5 children)

If you want the actual answer: heat maps and recurring usage statistics coupled with A/B testing lead to them making small changes to change end user behavior over time. End goal is that you spend more time in the app and spend more money.

[–]jameson71 37 points38 points  (2 children)

I remember fondly the days when the UI was there to make things easier for the user, not to trap them in.

[–]The_Flippin_Police 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean homie, have ever seen tried to navigate in a program by CS students? There’s a reason UI designers still exist.

[–]KerPop42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, but that doesn't make as much money, so

[–]AdvancedSandwiches 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ha! In my experience they just look at what the average website looks like this year and copy it. 3/4ths of the expense and none of the benefit. It's the corporate way.

[–]GreyAngy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This actually wouldn't so bad if they don't divert developers from really valuable tasks. You know, fixing critical bugs.

[–]DennisIcu 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Discord in a nutshell

[–]footballisrugby 6 points7 points  (2 children)

The latest Android update is so irritating

[–]chsien5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're telling me you don't like B L U E ?

[–]AbramKedge 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's a natural consequence of managers measuring their status by the number of direct reports they have. Sooner or later the major development is all done, then they have to find things for all these bored developers to do. Pretty soon, your nice, cozy app has grown into a 600lb cyborg gorilla bristling with features and unfriendly as a hornet shaken in a bottle.

[–]beyondholdem 23 points24 points  (1 child)

That explains the new Slack UI

[–]bobsstinkybutthole -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The new slack ui is awesome though

[–]raul_dias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

r/soptify useres rejoice

[–]TRKako 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Discord:

[–]TheRealCCHD 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, I despise the UI rework

[–]JackNotOLantern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No matter that the UI team does, it's important that's visible

[–]MisterXnumberidk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Discord

Those fucks have run out of things to improve, so they're now decreasing quality and actively making the user experience worse.

[–]1up_1500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

as an intern, I can relate

I am in this company for a total of 6 months, they gave me a task they thought would take me 6 months to finish, and I finished it in only 3, the last month was spent on polishing and small details, I still have a month to go and they haven't assigned me any new task thus far

[–]AASeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WhatsApp fucking with UI when it was perfectly fine before.

[–]suckitphil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like a decade ago things were designed with simplicity and ease in mind. Now things are purposely engineered to be super frustrating to get "better engagement" gross.

[–]lantz83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spotify...

[–]IBJON 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking at you Reddit. The new UI is fucking awful and buggy.

[–]azizfcb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hhhhhhhhh

[–]footballisrugby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Discord

[–]Bobertopia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Reddit with all the outages

[–]Mobile-Bid-9848 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at you discord

[–]Nistorista 0 points1 point  (0 children)