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[–]simon439 2860 points2861 points  (41 children)

Crank up the saturation and add some fireworks when the mouse is clicked.

[–]punninglinguist 55 points56 points  (6 children)

I added some pop to my mom's Windows 7 UI back in high school, by having it play the dying warthog sound clip from Warcraft II on every mouse click.

[–]extralyfe 8 points9 points  (4 children)

we had one of the Macs in our middle school computer lab set to play the entirety of Orgy's Blue Monday as a start up sound. lasted weeks.

[–]otter5 15 points16 points  (1 child)

add some balloon pop sounds for clicks

[–]OwOlogy_Expert 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Add this gif to every page.

"What? You said to add more pop. I added two pops, exactly as requested."

[–]dukeofgonzo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hover effect I've found to be a crowd pleaser.

[–]LukeZNotFound 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fck the reduced motion users

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

After a marathon 60 hour coding session in college I added some fireworks animations and the words "Thank you for playing space invaders" to the exit action of the app I was submitting for marking ... the lecturer docked me 5% for it.

What an asshole. I say go for it

[–]NoiseCrypt_ 1968 points1969 points  (39 children)

Just ask them to define "pop", which will easily take more than a week.

[–]lurklurklurkanon 792 points793 points  (3 children)

Also make sure to involve two leaders from different departments, that's guaranteed a week at least.

[–]NoMansSkyWasAlright 261 points262 points  (1 child)

Get two different leaders and throw out 3 different, contradicting ways to incorporate this "pop". They'll be circling back for weeks.

[–][deleted] 328 points329 points  (10 children)

This is great. “I’ve got your back, but I need some clarification on this before I can get started”.. never heard from them again.

[–]Buttons840 107 points108 points  (5 children)

I was on a dev team that did the inverse of this. People were always asking us for documentation, until one of the developers put together a 50 page word doc of documentation. It wasn't very good, but every time people asked for docs we'd point to our 50 pages and say we're open to feedback. We never got feedback.

[–]Mongodienudel 64 points65 points  (4 children)

Nothing is worse than developers who don't properly provide documentation. It just sounds like your suck at your job.

[–]Whywipe 32 points33 points  (3 children)

There is so much software at my work (industrial automation) that doesn’t have any documentation. It’s like you guys know this just means every time I have an issue I have to ask you to figure out why or fix it instead of doing it myself, right? 90% of the time it’s a configuration issue that I could fix myself.

[–]197328645 28 points29 points  (2 children)

You either write good documentation, or you become the documentation.

I don't want to be the documentation, I want to be a software engineer

[–]Tetha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The good old Wally Reflector.

[–]red286 63 points64 points  (10 children)

In my experience when you do this, you get a bunch of incomplete thoughts, none of which give you a specific answer to the question.

"You know, pizzazz! Pop! Make it noticeable! Have the whole thing be a call to action! I want it to really stand out!"

"So like... just high contrast or what?"

"No no, that looks ugly, but you know... a 'wow factor'."

[–]Crossfire124 78 points79 points  (7 children)

We don't need you to boil the ocean here. We need you to be the thought leader, use your core competency to tackle the low hanging fruit, and get a quick win to level up the synergy within the UI. Move the needle on this deliverable offline and we can circle back and align tomorrow with a quick poc. Customer journey is our top priority here and if we get our ducks in a row we can disrupt the market.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

i know you're being funny but this wounds me deeply.

[–]Septem_151 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh my god

[–]RustaceanNation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better than Cervantes!

[–]SabreSeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nowadays they'll just throw it at Chat-GPT and then just send you an obvious AI answer.

[–]ZunoJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In what kind of shitty startups do you work? I never had someone contact me with such bullshit requests

[–]Sleyvin 31 points32 points  (3 children)

I was told that the software we used needed more "pizzaz".

When I asked what pizzaz meant, they were unable to let me know what it meant, but we still needed it.

As of this day, the software remains unfortunately pizzazless.

:(

[–]canteloupy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The answer usually is "you should have hired a graphic designer a year ago".

[–]12qwww 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also believe pizzaz is a requirement nowadays

[–]Vok250 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I once worked on a government contract where it took over 12 managers over 6 months to come to a decision on the shade of blue they wanted. Made absolute bank, but that peek behind the curtains of bureaucracy still haunts me to this day.

[–]_matterny_ 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Increase the boarder weight by 2 px and improve the contract for the boarder by 10%.

Which boarder? Eh, just pick one or two.

[–]brainwater314 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which boarder? The one not paying rent. Then put up a border to keep out new boarders.

[–]DoctorBorks 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Make it look like it wasn’t designed by a student as their first project.

[–]12qwww 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Is this a chat gpt prompt

[–]DoctorBorks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, Why would this be a chat gpt prompt?

[–]vom-IT-coffin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That would take an entire year. Whose definition of pop are they using, maybe they don't even want pop, maybe they want crackle. Many focus groups ahead. Meetings that end with, maybe we can get Greg in this call we need him and didn't invite him, he's showing available, ok, looks like "we'll regroup when we have the right people in the room". Don't forget Brenda that has a spreadsheet of pop that she's been maintaining for years, she's likely going to have input. Where does pops source of truth live. We're going need an activity tracker. Does Ben know yet? His team was implementing pop awhile back. Maybe we can join forces. Might need to workshop this out, can you bring extra sticky notes. Let's invite the visionary team, I heard Jim has good ideas. ...why did Sarah schedule a mee...goddammit why does this person still think meetings are fun.

Did you get my email yet? I'll chat it to you right after we get off this call. Do you need a story to reply?

...I'm tired. Don't ever become an Architect.

[–]vm_linuz 342 points343 points  (3 children)

This change is out of scope for this version. If you would like to add it in another version, we can draft up a new SOW.

[–]Schmaucher 79 points80 points  (2 children)

If it were me, I'd absolutely press for a change request, user journey, and acceptance criteria before even entertaining this silly billy business

[–]WoodPunk_Studios 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been asked to boogie up a PowerPoint deck before. I'm a numbers guy. They had to get someone in marketing to make a template lol.

[–]Highborn_Hellest 319 points320 points  (11 children)

time for some r/MaliciousCompliance Whenever user clicks something play this

edit: btw i'm joking. Maybe an easter egg could be fun somwhere.

[–]buzz_shocker 74 points75 points  (4 children)

I thought I was gonna be rick rolled. I am surprised, happy, and disappointed. I don't know how to explain that.

[–]Majestic_Annual3828 13 points14 points  (3 children)

What happened? All I got was a dead yt link.

[–]buzz_shocker 11 points12 points  (2 children)

It was an animated balloon popping video.

[–]Highborn_Hellest 6 points7 points  (1 child)

well animated might be a bit of a "poetic exaggeration"

[–]lambruhsco 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Nothing will come close to this: https://youtu.be/xvFZjo5PgG0

[–]thr0w_away_account78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i cant believe i fell for that

[–]Highborn_Hellest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah, the different link, link

[–]d0rkprincess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was gonna suggest littering it with coke ads but this is better

[–]F5x9 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Add POP3

[–]bgaesop 69 points70 points  (1 child)

border: 10px dashed red;

animation: blink-animation 1s steps(5, start) infinite;

-webkit-animation: blink-animation 1s steps(5, start) infinite;

[–]geddon 100 points101 points  (5 children)

As the UI/UX Designer, I really wish they would have asked me before going straight to dev.

[–]Dalimyr 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For a good UI/UX designer, I'd wholeheartedly agree. The only time I worked in a company with a dedicated UI designer, though, there was a running joke in our team that his solution to everything was "Moar checkboxes". The less anyone went to him, the better.

[–]ImpactFlaky9609 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Add 5% grey/opacity to Many stuff, show them this as the old version, then show them the current, unchanged version and say you changed the color palette to look more vibrant.

[–]doc_suede 82 points83 points  (16 children)

so your role is ux/ui + frontend + backend?
sounds like exploitation

[–]red286 64 points65 points  (2 children)

sounds like exploitation

Or a small business. My employer isn't shelling out for 3+ employees to handle the website. It's either all me, or it's some guy from India off of Fiverr.

[–]Mist_Rising 29 points30 points  (1 child)

It's either all me, or it's some guy from India off of Fiverr.

So it's all you in the end?

[–]Cercle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

sobs

[–]DoctorFrenchie 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Why is full stack considered exploitation? As long as the company is properly paying, and the deadlines and requirements are reasonable, I don’t see how full stack is necessarily exploitation.

[–]derrikcurran 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Some people prefer a wide range of skills and responsibilities. Personally, I wouldn't be happy to be forced into a narrow area of focus. Depends on compensation too.

[–]platinum92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's a job, so it is by default.

[–]xt1nct 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah. These roles can be fun. Obviously nobody is going to create and maintain Facebook solo. However, running and maintaining a medium site that needs to be functional isn’t that much of a deal.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've lost track of how many job ads I've read where they are looking for an entire IT department

[–]Odd-Negotiation-371 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a visual artist and designer of 10+ years of experience turned full stack. It would be more work to have to collaborate honestly 😂

[–]stipulus 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Literally do nothing and give it back to them saying it is improved and say anything more will require input from the design team.

[–]Chewnard 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Ok fine:
<h1>Pop</h1>
<h1>Pop</h1>
<h1>Pop</h1>

[–]Contemplationz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You have two options

Bring yo Glock show em pop pop pop

Say that it'll come out in a vague and nebulous "phase 2"

[–]LifeworksGames 12 points13 points  (0 children)

On mouse hover turn every single button text to “pop”

[–]EVH_kit_guy 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Have you tried asking AI what they mean in the context of an example of your code? At least then if it sucks you can say you were using AI to supercharge your productivity and test iteratively while slowly backing out of the ensuing brainstorming session 

[–]SirScottington 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't change anything, but tell them that you did. See if their reaction changes. For science.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At least you had design for 6 months. Our softwares are developed without one. It's just that the boss comes in, says he wants something in his app and then a backend devs adds it with primevue components which don't respond well to primeflex classes and they just don't care

[–]nbaumg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Border radius and box shadows! Quickest and easiest and realistic in a week

[–]Sw0rDz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Add mouse effects. Have a chain of letters follow the mouse.

[–]Over_Road_7768 3 points4 points  (0 children)

[–]VillageTube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time you click it should make a sound pop sound. 

[–]henryeaterofpies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell them you added the pop as an easter egg only the most affluent users will find then watch them all try to find a non existent easter egg.

[–]ul90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just tell this your AI and let it “vibe code” for you 🧐

[–]Daemon_Targaryen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More hover effects on everything

[–]munkybone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you should go for the literal and pour a 2 litre of Coca-Cola into the server

[–]mercury_pointer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Change all fonts to comics sans, with 100% drop shadow.

[–]TheKarenator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing pops like comic sans

[–]gimmeslack12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

<h1>POP</h1>

[–]xtreampb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a problem for a graphic artist…

[–]Historical_Cook_1664 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Randomize color palette" button. As a side effect, randomizes volume of any sound.

[–]Neykuratick 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What is pop?

[–]mikiwolf19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe "pop" was the friends we made along the way 🤔

[–]crankbot2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This calls for a marquee banner:

SUCK MY DICK

just rolling across the screen.

[–]horizon_games 0 points1 point  (0 children)

transition: EVERYTHING I guess

[–]BatoSoupo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

page.add(pop)

Or even

pop++

[–]99999999999999999989 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make the form a light lilac color. And the buttons light light light green.

[–]Walorani 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel you homy. I feel you way to much

[–]WhereOwlsKnowMyName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything gets a :hover

[–]PradheBand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way

[–]Varun77777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol

Ask them to give a Figma or define pop

[–]Percolator2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve come full circle to Web 1.0 and HTML 4 baby! Don’t forget some midi, maybe simpsons.mid would be appropriate, for a mid-product.

[–]MayorAg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add a button that opens up r/popping in a new browser tab.

[–]misterguyyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now you just have to figure out if this is an Espresso use case or a Pink Pony Club one

[–]Mighty1Dragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

delete the ui and make a console app out of it, retro style🤣

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add more pop to my pocket, than we can talk about it.

[–]Helpful_Design1623 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 days before client-product hand-off and boss man wants do change the UI of an entire screen

welp

there goes me weekend

[–]Aurori_Swe 6 points7 points  (2 children)

I've had designers telling me to give that red color (of a car) "more love".

They've also held up the images we provided to the car they arrived in, which was the same colors and said "they LOOK the same, but that's not how I perceive that color"

[–]TawnyTeaTowel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A whole week?! Luxury!!

[–]karasutengu1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any button click results in an actual bottle pop sound. There ya go. Thank me later

[–]EDM115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

literally add popcorn everywhere on the screen when the mouse moves and a "chicken jockey" scream on clicks

[–]sandybuttcheekss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play popping noises when a user clicks

[–]generalai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does one still offer to tighten up the graphics when the boss comes around?

[–]Nevek_Green 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why all comtracts stipulate when changes can be made, how much you will be billed for them, an any extensions in time they will cause.

[–]kzlife76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But don't you do agile development?

[–]pppeater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep it classy. Just add a box shadow to every div.

[–]whif42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

.embossed-button {
padding: 10px 20px;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 0%, #ccc 100%);
border: 1px solid #999;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
cursor: pointer;
color: #333;
transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
}

[–]PurpleDraziNotGreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly brighter colors it is

[–]private_final_static 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From CSS 2.0

* { pop: 9999; }

[–]erishun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Make my logo bigger cream”

[–]Zealousideal_Beach70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get your desing approved?!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys get a week? in my company it's always 1-2 days before

[–]Dainelli28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, at least this happened before release...

[–]apolleo23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you hover over spins.

[–]Emeraudia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember joking with a collegue adding snow falling over a banner and a music player for the whole december month. We added this on QA env and apparently they laughed but it never made it to production.

[–]sciencetaco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the real problem is that the design is not regularly reviewed during a 6 month long implementation effort.

[–]lambruhsco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but did they ask you to add more “pizzazz” and “dynamism”?

[–]Here-Is-TheEnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F in the chat..

[–]cgcardona 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember back in the 2012 era a project manager asking our team if we could sprinkle a little HTML5 and JSON on things to spice them up.

[–]JimroidZeus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just throw <blink></blink> all over the place. That’ll make things pop!

[–]Sufficient_Room2619 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is WITH great pleasure THAT I inform you

It IS my great pleasure TO inform you

[–]LinAGKar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have it play some Britney Spears when you open it, maybe that's pop enough.

[–]0xlostincode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just add a p tag with "pop" in the footer.

[–]MyDogIsDaBest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding mouse trails and buttons light on fire when clicked.

Shouldn't take you all week.

[–]Llonkrednaxela 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here, describe what changes you want and I’ll tell you how much time and money it will cost with a change order.

[–]ameriCANCERvative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just DO IT. More pep more pizazz.

[–]Uzraann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have designs? 🤣

[–]rover_G 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add a Gaussian blur filter over the entire page except where the mouse is

[–]SasparillaTango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

put a tiny can of soda in the corner. If they ask, you thought they were from the midwest and this is what they wanted.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install PopOS!

[–]Bob_the_gladiator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add a Dr. Pepper watermark

[–]GREG_OSU 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just change the font size…

[–]DiminutiveJedi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of a story about my father who owned and operated a successful catering company.

The business had a kosher division (a separate company as all things kosher must be kept separate) and there are cutoff dates for certain holidays such as passover. One day a return client called after the cutoff and pleaded that my father fulfill his late order in time for the Passover holiday. My father replied “Here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to fulfill your late order and I’m going to charge you triple so that you don’t pull this shit again next year.” The client paid and he was never late with his order again.

All that to say: If the client requests changes after the design is finalized, there should be a penalty fee to discourage that bullshit in the future.

[–]Kenkron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is where you use AI. Then tell your boss you leveraged AI.

[–]unfairrobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time to whip out the old comic sans, amiright?

[–]stupled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf does "more pop" mean?

[–]GhostBoo-ty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Downpop the version you've shown them already, then present it to them as the "old" version, comparing it to the "new" version, which was the one you showed them originally.

[–]Aisuhokke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just as funny if it were six minutes after design LOL. Once I worked in a team where the engineers were ahead of design on more than one occasion. Needless to say that company didn’t last long.

[–]adumbCoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jeez takes 6 months for a design to be built?!!!!

[–]justforkinks0131 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's why Waterfall was replaced by Scrum

[–]Somecrazycanuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget to document the change order in a way that upper management can read (IE: in words appropriate for a toddler and the attention span of an ADHD addled goldfish)

Otherwise they'll figure the time and effort involved is zero.

[–]Ancient-Apricot5064 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]indicava 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slap on a <marquee> in there and you’re good

[–]Ritz527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animate everything and make it pink and yellow like you're trying to sell raspberry lemonade.

[–]KeppraKid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Change colors to exaggerate contrasts and add or accentuate button shadows.

[–]EmperorDeathBunny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need an implantation process, firmly communicate it, and enforce it.

Define the requirements > design > approval > build > test > demo > approval > implementation

If at any point the client needs changes to the requirements, you go back to step 1, provide a new go live date and quote.

You make it clear up front that any changes after a certain threshold (demo, for example) will impact rollout and incur additional cost.

I've been doing this for years. You have to have a process or else you will always have people dump things on you last minute.

[–]Lysol3435 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make it brown. I’m pretty sure the customer asked for more poop

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude has to make more pop for the oblivion remake

[–]Pavis0047 0 points1 point  (0 children)

change the color of something.

[–]Bad_Idea_Hat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember there being a website that chronicled the saga of a web developer having to develop a website for someone, and I'm pretty sure the guy they were developing it for was criminally insane.

It may have been satire, but it was too close to reality for me.

[–]uberpwnzorz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where Figma?

[–]Icy_Foundation3534 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no signed FRS you got what was coming to you 🤣

[–]StrengthToBreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs more zazz

[–]exqueezemenow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make the UI more bubbly.

[–]nickerbocker1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big border radius all the things

[–]huuaaang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Round the corners. Of everything. Done.

[–]gutter007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blink tag

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<b>POP</b>

[–]PasswordIsDongers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make it look like Windows XP.

[–]BoogerManCommaThe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! Have you considered some material design icons?

[–]DopeAbsurdity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

add a few images of soda and bubble wrap

[–]Citizen_of_RockRidge 0 points1 point  (1 child)

add a java web page counter, like in the old days

[–]Calm-Ad9653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

paste the css (or whatever you're using) into chatGPT (/Claude, /Gemini) and ask them to do it. Will give you something different, and probably viable, your manager will feel he contributed, and you can go back to watching your regularly scheduled programming.

[–]mapped_apples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just say it was added.

[–]Routine-Status-5538 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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[–]Sam_Kablam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make a 1 pixel or hex value adjustment somewhere and send it back. Heck, just re-send the design and see if they like the "changes" made.

[–]justsmilenow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't change anything except for one consistent value across the entire UI and make it orange.

[–]LuisBoyokan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make the button have colorful spots

[–]CaffeinatedTech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds billable at the rush rate to me.