not dogs, but work stuff driving me insane rn: the enshittification of all our crucial and most used programs as person working for local government.
1.) it's so clear that so many of these companies did not hire UX designers whatsoever or anybody that is meant to give any consideration to usability of the program. why must we take everything that had a relatively neutral colored but non-white background with the fields being white boxes with lots of space to breathe and turn it all into the same horrible on my eyes white background with white fields (hard to use) that bump right up against each other (hard to use)??? These are programs i have to look at most of my day. i do not want them white on white. my eyes are searing just thinking about it. LET YOUR DATA FIELDS FUCKING BREATHE.
2.) the deletion of crucial infrastructure within the programs we use and eliminating administrative control. i. am. the head of my department! i need administrative control.
3.) lack of consideration to towns that aren't city/county populations. yeah in place with a million people you might have users doing it one way but you can't JUST cater to that and eliminate the older process that works for smaller towns/villages.
like i don't know what back end the older programs/portals were made with, they certainly look "more outdated" than the new versions but they are honestly so much more functional and pleasant to look at. the new ones seem to all be made with the same drag and drop back end and it's driving me to insanity because it's so limited it what it can make. and what it does make? Is ugly and extremely hard on my eyes.
