A lot of people don't realise that Vencord's reasons for not adding a client mod to toggle Discord's refreshed Desktop UI is the SAME REASON why Discord themselves won't add a UI toggle.
Because it costs too much time & resources to maintain two different UIs for the same platform.
Also, I agree with Vencord that a lot of the complaints about the new UI are either:
- Overreactions due to sudden change
- or disliking change for the sake of disliking it
Plus, a lot of concerns about colour-based accessibility are moot. Discord employees have confirmed (via Reddit comment) they kept fully within accessibility standards when it comes to colour contrast. Why else did the colours of spoiler formatting change, eh? (Just one example)
The font also never changed, it's still Discord's own custom Sans GG font they introduced like 5 years ago.
The *only* valid complaint I can see is regarding the chat input (message text box). Discord did originally build a new chat input to go alongside the refreshed UI, but scrapped the new chat input for some reason. (This newer chat input would have solved the alignment issues complained about).
Also, did you know you can manually resize the width of the Channel/DM list sidebar in the refreshed UI? Just click & drag on it's divider line! That renders your "it's too wide/thin" complaints moot too!
As for the "who asked for this?" complaints - it's the same reason as anything, even outside Discord. If we as a species only did things people asked for, technology wouldn't be where it is today, & society wouldn't be here where it is today.
Sometimes, the best inventions or changes come from one or two people getting an idea and trying it out. Sure, it may not always work out, but trying despite the lack of request is better than staying stuck in the past. After all, (moving back to the internet) if websites & apps never tried out new ideas for UIs, we would still be stuck with shitty 1990's/early-2000's level UIs.
Please, just give the refreshed UI a chance for at least a week or two. After all, change is necessary for the development of anything really. Give change a chance, even if it's difficult. Just breathe for a moment, then dive in.
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