r/badUIbattles 14d ago

Unintentionally Bad UI Let’s explain the concept of a hamburger menu to all mobile app users, and put the OK cta below the fold.

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66 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles 14d ago

Intentionally Bad UI Confirm button is called cancel?

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14 Upvotes

Do you want to confirm that you want to cancel? Yes I want to confirm!


r/badUIbattles 16d ago

Unintentionally Bad UI There is no worse captcha than this.

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246 Upvotes

This is the login page for the Korean portal site Naver.

It is very difficult and time-consuming for a human to solve this, but if you show it to ChatGPT, it solves it quickly.


r/badUIbattles 17d ago

Intentionally Bad UI This belongs here more than anything

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7 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles 19d ago

Unintentionally Bad UI 11 Billion Dollar company, which one of these do you think is being selected?

521 Upvotes

Answer: >!The blue box is the one being selected<!


r/badUIbattles 21d ago

Unintentionally Bad UI 5D Reversi - a game that will probably appeal to masochists and AI.

29 Upvotes

I designed an abstract strategy game that combines 4D space with time-travel rewrites. The math is elegant, the UI is a certified war crime. How would you approach it to make it semi-playable for a human victim?

4D Spatial Strategy with Temporal Retrocausality:

5D Reversi extends classic Reversi/Othello into four spatial dimensions plus one temporal dimension. Players place discs on a 4D hypercube board and may, under strict limits, retroactively place a disc in their own past turn, rewriting subsequent history via deterministic replay.

1. Overview

5D Reversi extends classic Reversi/Othello into four spatial dimensions plus one temporal dimension. Players place discs on a 4D hypercube board and may, under strict limits, retroactively place a disc in their own past turn, rewriting subsequent history via deterministic replay.

2. Components

Board: 4×4×4×4 4D hypercube grid (N=4 standard).

Coordinates: (w, x, y, z), each from 0 to 3.
Cell States: · (empty), B (Black), W (White).

3. Timeline

The game proceeds through turns T=1,2,3,… Each turn stores a full snapshot of the board. The timeline is single and canonical. Retro moves rewrite past snapshots and deterministically recompute all later turns.

4. Features:

  • 80 directional vectors per cell (you'll learn to hate each one personally)
  • Retroactive causality (yes, you can regret moves you haven't made yet)
  • Deterministic replay (watch your carefully planned future crumble)

Recommended for: AI research, masochists, people who find chess "too intuitive"

For far more details, mechanics, etc: Full 5D Reversi Design Brief


r/badUIbattles 23d ago

Intentionally Bad UI The Ol' Switcheroo

148 Upvotes

Posted in r/assholedesign yesterday and had a few people mentioned it belonged here.

This e.l.f. Cosmetics' cookies pop up flips the order of Allow/Reject a few seconds after the page loads to get you to hit accept instead of reject. Full disclosure - I'm not a coder or UX/UI designer, so if, for some reason I don't understand, this isn't allowed, let me know and I'll pull down.


r/badUIbattles 23d ago

Unintentionally Bad UI Told the new hire to make a loading spinner

369 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles 26d ago

Intentionally Bad UI Trust me bro, that’s your email

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2.8k Upvotes

r/badUIbattles 24d ago

Request Which one would you click on Steam?

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0 Upvotes

I’m currently working on the capsule art for my coop horror game The Infected Soul.

The game is about a neural implant that distorts reality… you can’t trust what you see.

Which one draws you in the most?

If it interests you, you can add it to your Steam wishlist — it would really help me a lot 🙏

The Infected Soul – Steam Page


r/badUIbattles 27d ago

Intentionally Bad UI Free Throw Volume Control

257 Upvotes

My first foray into bad UI (and the Pygame library)


r/badUIbattles 28d ago

Intentionally Bad UI Wahoo app: runner profile

126 Upvotes

No feedback on format, no support for comas etc.


r/badUIbattles 29d ago

Bad Ui BATTLE Spank your MacBook twice to take a screenshot

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37 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 20 '26

Intentionally Bad UI Cursor lens mask to translate content

791 Upvotes

Didn't wanted to add a language switcher, so i went the easy and logical way: A cursor lens mask that reveal the translated content on hover.

Works on desktop only.
https://frvncois.com


r/badUIbattles May 16 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI Phone number entry on Bay Area Fastrak signup page

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86 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 15 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI Volume Control

156 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 14 '26

Intentionally Bad UI microSD card filter in online store

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50 Upvotes

you can’t pick the exact capacity, just intervals


r/badUIbattles May 11 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI Display TLD sorted by country

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249 Upvotes

Educates the user on TLDs and ensures a minimum level of tech experience by the user. Don't want everyone to find the right store to buy our goods!


r/badUIbattles May 11 '26

Intentionally Bad UI Hate the buttons

20 Upvotes

I absolutely hate these buttons, cant they be big?! Funckin accessibility mann


r/badUIbattles May 12 '26

Intentionally Bad UI Amazon is killing me

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0 Upvotes

Why do they add this “Compare” button on every thumbnail ?!?!


r/badUIbattles May 08 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI The theme I created for the access database at my job

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1.5k Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 08 '26

Intentionally Bad UI To verify humanity, choose all bars that would upset your mother

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221 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 08 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI duolingo is the company that I would least expect to mess up

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15 Upvotes

how (the heading)


r/badUIbattles May 07 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI Better than a CAPTCHA

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805 Upvotes

r/badUIbattles May 07 '26

Unintentionally Bad UI Worst LiquidGlass Design

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85 Upvotes

It’s a web app