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Re: Apps Getting Worse

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Post by ammar_x »

You spoke my mind in this short but spot-on article. I think that this is a problem that deserves to be studied deeply. I've seen many apps turn into really bad UX. Many are mentioned in the comments.

Now the question is: how can we determine whether the new app update is better or worse? I think PMs and developers intend to produce better apps; but don't they realize that their updates are bad? That's why this issue needs more research to be understood IMO.

I think one of the indirect reasons is that in this world of countless options and emerging new things, people (including PMs and developers) don't want anymore to spend their years working on one thing and making / keeping it great. I'm sure there a lot more to it than this...

Very interesting discussion here.

Re: Apps Getting Worse

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Post by FilMo »

Johnny555 wrote: post #441
Negitivefrags wrote: post #29

The worst offender recently in my opinion is Spotify on desktop. It used to be that when you clicked on an artists page you would see all the music tracks listed. Now it's all buried deep in and you have to search through the individual albums. Even the list of albums itself is not shown on the main artist page, you have to click "See Discography" first. The "Home" page is even worse. Where is my discover weekly play…

Another example is Netflix. You used to click on a movie to bring up the info page so you could see what its about and see its reviews. If you wanted to play it, you'd click on it from there. But now, if you click on a movie, it starts playing immediately. If you want to see what it's about, you hover over the movie, wait for it to expand, then click a small caret symbol to expand the movie page further to see detail…

Agree here. That's annoying. That's why I try to see the reviews somewhere else, before starting the movie. I'm also using different streaming apps reviewed on https://www.firesticktricks.com/best-apps-for-jailbroken-fir... that don't require so long process and show the info beforehand. It's time consuming. Netflix should think about it.

Re: Apps Getting Worse

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Post by egypturnash »

larskarbo wrote: post #475
egypturnash wrote: post #47

Evernote. Evernote used to be a crucial component of my life. Quietly synced my notes between my computer and my phone. Let me collaborate with my husband on a few things. Then they rewrote it from the ground up as a sluggish piece of Electron crap. Added a bunch of new stuff that sure looks pretty but gets in the way of the core function of “taking out your phone and scribbling down an idea before it vanishes”. I co…

For quick capture of my thoughts Drafts is super fast and always starts with a blank document and the keyboard opened

Seems to be Apple only?

> needs Mac, Windows, iOS, Android clients

Re: Apps Getting Worse

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Post by egypturnash »

ddon wrote: post #96
egypturnash wrote: post #47

Evernote. Evernote used to be a crucial component of my life. Quietly synced my notes between my computer and my phone. Let me collaborate with my husband on a few things. Then they rewrote it from the ground up as a sluggish piece of Electron crap. Added a bunch of new stuff that sure looks pretty but gets in the way of the core function of “taking out your phone and scribbling down an idea before it vanishes”. I co…

Switched from Evernote to Joplin, pretty happy, and since it is open source, it evolves and gets better all the time.

Looks like a piece of Electron webshit, which I am loathe to touch, but on the other hand IT HAS A DIFF VIEW PLUGIN TO HELP WITH CONFLICTING CHANGES OMFG :)

Re: Apps Getting Worse

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Post by egypturnash »

chriskrycho wrote: post #61
egypturnash wrote: post #47

Evernote. Evernote used to be a crucial component of my life. Quietly synced my notes between my computer and my phone. Let me collaborate with my husband on a few things. Then they rewrote it from the ground up as a sluggish piece of Electron crap. Added a bunch of new stuff that sure looks pretty but gets in the way of the core function of “taking out your phone and scribbling down an idea before it vanishes”. I co…

You might try Obsidian. I think it checks all of those boxes except “web view”: it’s an Electron app, but like VS Code it shows that web tech doesn’t have to be slow (it just nearly always is). They just shipped the native client and it’s not perfect but it’s surprisingly good.

It also doesn't seem to have any collaboration features?
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