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Ask HN: Best and worst UI's you've seen?

9 points by cdvonstinkpot ↗ HN
The worst I've seen, or tried to use is my city's public transportation bus app here:

https://centro.org/service_schedules/mobile-app

Best would be ProxmoxVE's, here:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page

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atsaloli
My favorite web UIs are Joyent's mgmt console and the GitLab UI. I find them both clean and intuitive to use - although as GitLab has been adding features sometimes I end up looking for something - but once I find it it's very easy to use and it is obvious what the next step is with the big fat green button. I love the big fat button!

[Disclaimer: I am now a GitLab trainer and reseller too.]

BjoernKW
While GitLab's UI isn't particularly bad I don't think it's terribly good either. I keep ending up searching for specific options like pipelines or adding web hooks.

Granted, it's a both complicated and complex product but GitLab could still use some improvements in making the UI more intuitive.

pedroms
What kind of pipeline information do you usually look for? The pipelines list is available from the project main navigation.

About web hooks, we've recently changed things a bit and consolidated some of the project settings. You can find those in Settings > Integrations.

AznHisoka
The new Linkedin is probably one of the worst UI's I've seen.
HenryTheHorse
LinkedIn was always a recruiting/contacts database disguised as a social platform. So while their UI was never great, the new UI is particularly horrendous (and surprisingly, its performance seems pretty poor too.)
sotojuan
Funny that they hired the creator of Ember to work on the new version. Not even him could make it faster?
BjoernKW
My current choice for worst UI / UX also is from a public transportation app, to be specific the latest version of the public transportation app the Rhine-Ruhr area (a metropolitan area roughly the size of Greater London in terms of inhabitants. One would think they had at least some sort of quality assurance for a product targeting such a large number of customers but it seems they don't ...): https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/vrr-app-fahrplanauskunft/id4...

The new UI / UX is glossy, somewhat unique, seemingly modern and ... completely useless. You can't even perform the most basic tasks anymore like finding a route from A to B.

In terms of best UIs the previous version of Headspace (both on mobile and the web) was fantastic. The latest version is still good though not quite as good in my opinion.

Trello has a great UI, too. It's simple and easy to grasp with no unnecessary frills.

apahwa
the HBO go mobile app has always been pretty horrible. Even the new one has some pretty obvious bugs. it's like they didn't bother testing it at all.

I thought the Yahoo screen app was one of the more beautiful and intuitive apps. It was really pleasant to use, just has very little content so I rarely used it.

[dead] apahwa
the HBO go mobile app has always been pretty horrible. Even the new one has some pretty obvious bugs. it's like they didn't bother testing it at all.

I thought the Yahoo screen app was one of the more beautiful and intuitive apps. It was really pleasant to use, just has very little content so I rarely used it.

ng-user
Personally, I don't like flushing toilets around the world because there are a million ways to do it. I'm surprised something like that did not get standardized internationally or nationally or even across a brand. I understand it's cutting water costs in a lot of places by having a lite flow + regular with the dual press but it's wildly inconsistent. I've pulled the lever, pushed a button, pushed a half button, pulled a string hanging from the ceiling.. is this just something that we mutually agree is fucked? Or is it just me?

Shit could be improved.

AznHisoka
In some parts of China, you need to throw a bucket of water into the bowl to get it to flush down.