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Atlassian's Trello redesign may be 'worst in tech history' say frustrated users

18 points by mindracer 1y ago

nerdsniper 1y ago
Trello was excellent before Atlassian purchased it and added bloat. I often wished for a clone of the pre-Atlassian Trello.
- nunez 1y ago
  Some Redditors are recommending Planka: https://planka.app https://planka.app It's self-hosted and, by extension, enshittification-proof.
  - xet7 1y ago
    https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards
- leansensei 1y ago
  Wekan looks close to pre-Atlassian Trello.
  - deleted 1y ago
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eviks 1y ago
>> Is it so complicated to make the Trello interface configurable? > Yes, it is complicated. Trello interface will not be configurable to the degree you are proposing in the observable future. It's rather unfortunate that investing many man-years into bad-to-worse re/designs is less complicated than giving users freedom to make it better and avoid the pain
more_corn 1y ago
No way. Atlassian’s Confluence is the worst tech in history followed by Microsoft teams, followed by jira for holding the door open for confluence. At best they can try to shoot for fourth worst in tech’s history.
nunez 1y ago
I saw this coming ages ago when Atlassian acquired them. Trello and Jira co-existing never made any sense. I moved everything to Notion for a while, but that had its own (extremely annoying) quirks and features. I use Google Sheets now and am happy. The UI isn't flashy, but for tracking whether something's backlogged, WIP or Done, it does the job. Plus, if/when Google decides to pull the rug and RIP Sheets, I can export into an immortal copy of Excel 2010 somewhere and use it til the end of days!
- youniverse 1y ago
  I'm considering trying Notion right now, what was annoying for you? I know that people complain of it's slowness once it grows but is there other things to mention?
  - xet7 1y ago
    Notion and Google Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiUcwqOx44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiUcwqOx44 Apple Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0wVByXFGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0wVByXFGQ

18 points by mindracer 1y ago

Trello was excellent before Atlassian purchased it and added bloat. I often wished for a clone of the pre-Atlassian Trello.

nunez 1y ago
Some Redditors are recommending Planka: https://planka.app https://planka.app It's self-hosted and, by extension, enshittification-proof.
- xet7 1y ago
  https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards https://github.com/RARgames/4gaBoards
leansensei 1y ago
Wekan looks close to pre-Atlassian Trello.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]

eviks 1y ago

>> Is it so complicated to make the Trello interface configurable? > Yes, it is complicated. Trello interface will not be configurable to the degree you are proposing in the observable future. It's rather unfortunate that investing many man-years into bad-to-worse re/designs is less complicated than giving users freedom to make it better and avoid the pain

more_corn 1y ago

No way. Atlassian’s Confluence is the worst tech in history followed by Microsoft teams, followed by jira for holding the door open for confluence. At best they can try to shoot for fourth worst in tech’s history.

nunez 1y ago

I saw this coming ages ago when Atlassian acquired them. Trello and Jira co-existing never made any sense. I moved everything to Notion for a while, but that had its own (extremely annoying) quirks and features. I use Google Sheets now and am happy. The UI isn't flashy, but for tracking whether something's backlogged, WIP or Done, it does the job. Plus, if/when Google decides to pull the rug and RIP Sheets, I can export into an immortal copy of Excel 2010 somewhere and use it til the end of days!

youniverse 1y ago
I'm considering trying Notion right now, what was annoying for you? I know that people complain of it's slowness once it grows but is there other things to mention?
- xet7 1y ago
  Notion and Google Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiUcwqOx44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiUcwqOx44 Apple Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0wVByXFGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0wVByXFGQ