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Can someone explain the update to me . I mostly just use it for one discord server that a smaller streamer that I know personally and haven't really noticed anything π€·
It put messages in their own section that is distinctly separate from the server list. A good change in my opinion and they didn't do it like slack where they took up more screen real estate so there literally isn't a downside other than "that's not where I'm used to clicking"
I never message anyone directly on discord so I would have probably never noticed
A few things changed:
As for my thoughts:
If you like the new ui, then that's great. But there's clearly people who don't for great reasons.
The reasons might be fine, but my opinion is that is whole thing is a little bit... Blown out of proportion.
Just on a couple of your points:
The other thing for me is that Discord is the messaging app I prefer, by a long shot. If they see this as an opportunity to add SMS linking to their feature set, and allow users to then also bridge those from the mobile to desktop version, it would solve a lot of communication issues I have, having everything in one place.
It's a welcome change in my book.
Yeah I do agree it kinda exploded. For me the new layout is a really deal breaker because my phone is abnormally tall, and I literally need to move my whole hand to reach the top.
I know that discord isn't the only one to use icons at the top, heck, the "send message" button on Eternity is literally at the top, but when there is change for change sake, it just feels insulting. I don't even reply all that much too.
Discord slightly changed their UI with no visible downsides but people are soo unrelenting to change that they complain for no reason.
One of the biggest downsides is visible. The color changes make the app unusable for some people and my fiancΓ© had to stop entirely because it gave them a headache every time they tried it no matter what theme they used.
What color changes? If you're talking about a bug obviously it will be fixed after some time. Other than that I didnt see any color change. I especially like the new nightime theme that is full black.
The default themes (both light and dark mode) are low contrast. I don't know why anyone would have gray text in light mode but they managed to mess that up.