Original question text by @phantomwise@lemmy.ml

What are the modern design trends you hate most? Feel free to rant! Mine are:

  • Physical buttons are out of fashion, now EVERYTHING must have a touch screen instead! Especially if it makes the appliance more inconvenient to use. Like having to press a flimsy touch screen ten times to scroll through a washing machine’s programs instead of just turning a physical knob and pressing a physical start button.
  • Every website looks like it’s made for a phone and was vomited by the same app in slightly different flavors of vomit.
  • Actually EVERYTHING looks like it’s made for a phone… Like what’s the deal with all those hamburger menus on DESKTOP apps? Please just put a regular menu and same me some pointless clicking, it’s not like you’re lacking screen space. I especially hate that those menus can’t be opened from the keyboard like regular menus.
  • @bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    106•7 days ago
    1. No error messages, ever. Because apparently users hate information with all their heart and are at risk of burning down cities if they ever find out what the fuck went wrong with an application.
    2. Disappearing scroll bars
    • @shutz@lemmy.ca
      30•7 days ago

      Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.

      • @BenLeMan@lemmy.world
        22•7 days ago

        Users are lazy AF and hate to read. No matter how instructive the error message, some people would rather open a helpdesk ticket because “the computer isn’t working again”.

        It says right there your USB drive is full and suggests deleting some files to free up space, Karen! 🤨

        • @6nk06@sh.itjust.works
          21•7 days ago

          Users have always hated computers but they now must use them and treat them as appliances.

          When my parents needed a new computer, I told them “no hp ever, and don’t buy an anti-virus, it’s built-in now.” They obviously knew better than me and asked the salesman instead. They bought a hp computer with a McAffee subscription…

      • @discount_door_garlic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        30•7 days ago

        Uh oh! We made an oopsie 👉👈 sowwy we wost your data

        Two buttons on the bottom of the window:

        • “It’s okay fam!”

        and

        • “I’m a grumpy meanie who doesnt understand things happen!”
    • kratoz29English
      2•6 days ago

      Disappearing scroll bars

      Isn’t this triggable in most OSs? Unless we are talking about mobile, which I lean towards disappearing because of screen sizes.