Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to Reveal

Re:Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to ... by akersten on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:27AM (#31505935)

Wow, yeah it's much worse. It feels noticably sluggish and that's really frustrating. Like watching your favorite desktop app get turned into an Electron monstrosity.

The minimalistic and fast interface was why I liked Google authenticator in the first place. Feels like it's moving in the wrong direction just to service someone's promotion checklist.

If anyone at Google can connect with the person/team responsible, please tell them it was perfect the way it was and to just roll it back!

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Re:Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to ... by ffpip on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:03PM (#31507285)

> feels noticably sluggish and that's really frustrating. Like watching your favorite desktop app get turned into an Electron monstrosity.

It sounds like it has been rewritten in flutter. The same thing happened to the Google Pay app.

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Re:Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to ... by gamblor956 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:41PM (#31508735)

Basically, another functional Google product made worse by Google's ridiculous promotions process.

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Re:Google Authenticator Updated: Slower, Mandatory Click to ... by krehl on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:14PM (#31506605)

For me it was always missing icons and a filter/search on top.

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