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I know no-one cares what I think, but I'll say it anyway.

WTF is with all the stupid sites and apps that have imperceptibly differing shades of the same color in an attempt to differentiate disparate elements? How about elements that have NO indication that they are "clickable".
Just a horrible state of UI design.

at least poal, for the most part, doesn't suck too bad.

/rant off

I know no-one cares what I think, but I'll say it anyway. WTF is with all the stupid sites and apps that have imperceptibly differing shades of the same color in an attempt to differentiate disparate elements? How about elements that have NO indication that they are "clickable". Just a horrible state of UI design. at least poal, for the most part, doesn't suck too bad. /rant off

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one quick example is my android phone. in the contacts app, there is a single bar that has contact name and a little phone icon. there is absolutely no indication that it is a clickable item, but in actuality, it is two distinct clickable items. tapping the name brings you to the contact details, and tapping the phone icon actually makes a call. crappy design.
how about VS Code. It seems like a good program, but really difficult to navigate due to the fact that every ounce of real estate has some special feature and all the UI elements just blend into each other. you are supposed to click the gutter for a breakpoint, but there is zero bounds to show where the gutter begins or ends. or how about the click and drag from the bottom to bring up the terminal/output/etc. but there is no clear indication that there is anything there. you just have to "know". I could go on for days about VS code.... how about the web pages with endless scrolling. Argh!!! try to bookmark something a ways down on that how about the pop-out videos whenever you scroll on bazillions of sites across the net. how about the MS Office ribbons with the kindergarten icons. how about the ... icon that is supposed to be settings or preferences or whatever. try being in a support position and guiding a newbie user on how to change a setting. how do you describe that? at least a gear icon is recognizable. "please click on the dot dot dot". that goes over real well. or how about the "waffle" that MS is using on o365 and sharepointeeeee. or the absolutely retarded icons they have. Power BI is another cluster**** of goofy web-like design that is difficult to navigate.

Jira is another sh&show. everything is a slightly different shade of white, and "clickable" controls are spread all over the page in random locations. github is better and more usable, but again has controls spread all over creation on random locations across the page. Chrome uses the ... menu every-fing-where. bookmarks menu, history menu, etc. and the developer mode has so much garbage on every square inch of real estate that it is actually really difficult to navigate. google bros must have the most ginormous screens. and tab "groups"? what in the devils butt is that? they add this feature, force it on you, and give you no option to turn it off.