2026-10-20 12:56 UTC
it seems like they worked really hard on the new design. but there are a lot of things wrong with it. many are small or medium sized problems (dark mode colors and fonts are worse with my astigmatism etc), but many of them are fundamental issues which make functionality worse for no real reason. i saw the blog post by the designer where they specifically mentioned some of these changes, and gave justifications for them, so they weren't accidental. this means they will probably never be undone
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@jk@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 13:01
i'm going to give it a day or two to see if i get used to the small problems before i start getting really specific about anything, but overall it seems like a big regression. it feels a lot like using one of the many iOS mastodon apps now, which themselves have got a lot worse over the years, to the point that i find them almost unusable and rarely use mastodon on my phone anymore. just bad choices, things floating on top rather than being separate areas, poor use of space, less density, etc