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Why Don't We Version UIs?

3•gruensk•29m ago
Maybe this is just an old man yells at clouds thought, but as was just hitting my daily aggravation of some "broken new UI" and just had this thought. Why don't we version UIs?

As far as I can remember, I don't think I've run into any site or app that let's you shift UI versions. APIs tend to keep versions around. Apps keep many versions around for much longer periods of time. This could also allow for real long-term testing of UIs and features.

I get that things change, etc. But I feel the general consensus from people around me, despite their age, is frustration towards these endless changes. I'm not here thinking somehow business will start being better, but maybe this would at least be a more rational way to handle UI changes (and avoid adding more frustration into the world)?

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toomuchtodo•21m ago
You can if you want, it is a choice, especially if it is a consumer of a versioned API, just like you would version a mobile client.
pavel_lishin•16m ago
One counter-example is Reddit's old.reddit.com interface, compared to their new one.
codegeek•1m ago
I have seen some older Software/SAAS UIs displaying version numbers. But letting you switch may not make sense because usually a change happens both in backend and frontend and switching versions is not something vendors want to offer due to the complexity of switching required.

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