#mobile discord update

[fj-is-a-dumbass]

this morning i got a VERY rude awakening with the absolute pile of half-finished garbage that is the new mobile discord update.

so! i did what i do best, and wrote a MASSIVE wall of text explaining in detail every single reason why it sucks, and also, i might or might not have jabbed the board or whoever is in charge of the company making stupid and incredibly dumb decisions LOL (whoever it is clearly has never touched a phone in their LIFE)

if you can, please go give my feedback on the shitty mobile update a positive vote!

[king-carnivore]

For anyone needing to revert back to the prev version of discord before the rollout, search for Discord: Talk, Chat & Hang Out 204.18 - Stable (nodpi) (Android 7.0+)

You'll get a download page from APKMirror

You'll want to delete your current version of discord off your phone first BEFORE downloading and installing the APK, otherwise it won't work

Edit: Please go to your app store settings and disable auto update!!! Otherwise you'll continually get the rollout!

[saturnsocoolioyep]

This is what I wrote in the feedback section for the new discord update:

I absolutely hate that the messages like group chats and DMs are in a different tab than servers now. there was absolutely nothing broken about the way that it was laid out and displayed before, so there's no reason to "fix" it!! I also am sorely missing the ability to swipe left to look at all members of a server, the having to click on the top feels clunky and visually unpleasant. I hate being taken to an entirely different screen just to see who's online! it's an entirely unnecessary extra step that helps no one. the idea of "prioritizing messaging" by putting private messages and group chats in a tab seperate from servers is completely asinine when discord as a whole is a messaging service in and of itself! also, it's a small aesthetic change but rounding the corners of the servers when swiping to look at the servers at the side is unnecessary and unwelcome and overall incredibly displeasing to look at. speaking of swiping, making it so swiping left creates a reply to a message is the most unnecessary, confusing, and almost MALICIOUS feeling change yet, especially when swiping left had an entirely different function before. please listen to your user base and stop making so many changes that absolutely NO ONE is actually asking for and actively make the user experience worse. you have a good app, it is not broken, stop trying to fix things that don't need to be changed because you've continually only made things worse.

[agentbobr]

pissed abt the new discord mobile update so heres my rant.

the new hud is ugly, laggy and impractical. the lil servers button will ALWAYS have a blue light unless you read every server message which is dumb. they should have an option to turn that off or revert it back to the old HUD (like how reddit has its current site and its "old site HUD" verision), it feels laggy to swap between servers and messages and its slow, making it hard to balance having two conversations at once. you cant even see which people are online in servers by swiping to the side anymore and have to press the search button (which takes a moment to even load, adding more to the lag factor), not to mention, messages look weird now since you ALSO cant side swipe to see whos online/status messages, you must press the search tab and then itll lag to load and show up like how instagrams messaging system does, with it separating the media sent, link and some other stuff. overly complex and unneeded.

not to mention, the new "midnight" color background doesnt even look midnight, you'd expect it to be pitch black on all parts but instead they made it blueish, which is dumb and knowing current discord, they'd put pitch black behind the discord nitro color themed backgrounds (which is also stupid but thats a whole other can of worms.)

overall the new interface is annoying, laggy, UGLY, and hard to traverse, the seperation of areas was unneeded, made worse by the fact that discord themself have said that a setting to make it go back to normal wont be made and if anyone doesnt like it, to delete their accounts. (most likely not caring due to the fact that they have no competition in purely texting apps), it is also full of glitches such as: people being able to send messages but it STILL being in the text box, being so laggy its unuseable and from what ive seen, nobody online is happy as it completely removes all user-friendly access to things and makes it generally hard to use.

[a-bombyx-mori]

discord really wants to loose their longtime users with this one

[elliwoods]

>new shitty discord mobile ui

>new shitty tumblr mobile ui

>new shitty youtube desktop ui

And none of them have options to go back to the old layouts!

[catwire]

people need to learn how to adapt when better and more reliable tech options are “harder to use” and gain some basic tech literacy. companies make things easier to use so you’re deterred from options that actually don’t restrict you, you just need to learn how to use them. it’s not hard to learn, especially when search engines that aren’t google exist.

[thatautisticlesbian]

tumblr my beloved please don't fuck up your app like discord just did, I am so pissed but now just annoyed and tired at discord Mobile right now. This update made me want to rip someone's spinal cord out.

[syn4k]

breaking news: the new discord update is bad, surprising no one

[zymstarz]

I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT

[benny-the-spaceman]

ok, so my friend @suntantism and i have been sending each other this blinkie:

it seemed like a fairly normal blinkie until we realized that it showed up completely differently on different places for seemingly no reason. so, when you see this blinkie, what does the text say?

also, if you dont mind, do tell what device youre viewing this blinkie on bc idk if it has an effect but im rly curious

[fauchsil]

Hey, you. Are you annoyed at the new Discord update and want to go back to the old UI*?

It's actually really easy to do. First things first, you need to uninstall Discord. Once that's done, locate an APK file of a legacy version of Discord. Anything is fine as long as it's before version 206 (for my testing I used version 204) https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/discord-inc/discord-chat-for-gamers/ here's the website that I used for mine. Make sure that you use a stable version of the application as you will be dealing with less jankyness that way. (if you use an .apkm file you'll need an additional application that can unpackage the compressed version of that like APKMirror)

Once you've installed this legacy version, you're going to have to log into your account and access the beta version of the new, current UI by sending a ✨

Now before you go through the same method to disable it, while it's enabled navigate over to the setting>appearance and scroll down until you see a switch to toggle of the New Layout. Once this is done, it's disabled and it'll stay off. Even into modern versions of the application. I'm on version 208 with the old UI.

*This only works on Android devices, I'm sure that it can also be done on Apple devices, but as I don't own one, I can't help find a way to get it working for you. Sorry

[king-carnivore]

PSA for anyone suffering from the new discord layout they've been rolling out:

In settings, under appearance, there's a feedback option just in regards to the new changes

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

hey guys wanna hear my hot take on changing established UI design choices?

IF IT AIN'T FUCKING BROKE DON'T FIX IT

[nimonabigbang]

Links for Mobile Users

Questions? We Have Answers - You can submit questions anonymously now. I don't know why that wasn't enabled. Sorry.

Twitter - While I have this, there won't be updates until posting. Sorry, just don't get the traction like here. UPDATE: Given some concerning policy changes, we won't be posting final projects here ourselves.

Big Bang Guidelines - This is the master list of all the rules and guidelines and if you have questions about it let me know, but please read this as it has everything on this document.

Event Overview - This is the rules for the event. If there is a question about them, ask away and I should be able to answer.

Schedule - This is the schedule for the event. If there are questions about this and the rules, let me know so we can get it sorted out as soon as possible.

Questions and Answers - Any questions you ask whether it be in the discord server, tumblr ask, or in the signup forms, we will add them here so if someone has a question, we can refer to here in case it was asked previously.

Moderator Applications - Link to the moderator application. I need them to make sure that the event runs smoothly.

Sign-Ups - On January 1st, 10 AM est, these will open, let me know if you have any questions about it.

Discord Server - this is the link to the discord server, If you have trouble accessing the link, or questions about the server, let me know and I should be able to troubleshoot it.

Code of Conduct & Confidentiality- It's getting to that time, so participants, get ready to read up on the rules of the event and if there are any questions, inbox the blog because if you have a questions, other might have one as well.

Archive - this is tumblr's archive of the blog. This is where you will find every post ever, so check it out and if you can't find a post on this link let me know and we will go from there.

[no-kitchenn-sink]

DISCORD'S NEW UI IS HARMFUL TO USERS!! Discord's new mobile UI is inaccessible and downright dangerous to it's mobile users. It has caused me severe migraine headaches and sensory overwhelm so severe that I can't use the mobile app anymore because there are no low contrast options. The images flicker when loaded, and could end up causing seizures for people who are photosensitive. The app is now also extremely hard to navigate, confusing for everyone, and even crashes screen readers, meaning people who use them literally just cannot message their friends on discord anymore. This NEEDS to change, URGENTLY. Many disabled people, mentally ill people and otherwise vulnerable people rely on messaging apps like discord because they cannot leave their houses or socialize in other ways for a variety reasons. Send support tickets, sign the petition, share this post and other posts like it. THEY CANNOT JUST IGNORE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED AND OTHERWISE IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Change.org petition:

Discord's support forums:

Discord's support ticket/Email system: