Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp that you know of ?

Posted by jacquesm on Thursday October 22, 2009 @11:02AM
from the ask-hn dept.

We're all looking for examples of how to do things better, but how about finding out where rock-bottom sits ?

Sites that have a large number of users because there are little or no alternatives that have a really bad user experience.

These would look like prime candidates for some serious competition.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp th... by Travis on Thursday October 22, 2009 @01:02PM (#897102)

Salesforce has never particularly impressed me.

But by far the worst UI has to be the Authorize.net one. It is absolutely miserable. And they're HUGE, and super high profile. Why can't they have a decent site?

Godaddy's upselling isn't really "UI", but I'm not a fan of them either.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp th... by icey on Thursday October 22, 2009 @12:20PM (#897012)

Early BugZilla was pretty painful

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp th... by jgrahamc on Thursday October 22, 2009 @11:09AM (#896850)

WebEx

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp th... by danudey on Thursday October 22, 2009 @12:25PM (#897020)

WebEx in general is just a mess. Why do I have to call in just to get an audio stream? If I have a microphone and speakers, can't I just use that? Of course not. WebEx is 2000's technology, held-over.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst user interface in any webapp th... by projecktzero on Thursday October 22, 2009 @12:52PM (#897078)

It's still better than Windows Live Meeting. You are right, I don't know why these services/apps don't have VOIP built in.

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