James Bulman
Stephen FryInvolving myself in the sweat and infarction inducing horror of British Airways’ horrifically terrible mobile app has made we wonder why there is no equivalent of the #razzies for apps? My suggestion would be for an annual #Crappies Awards ceremony. Worst design. Worst UX. Greediest In-App Purchase Demands. Most Endless Ad-Loop (I’m looking at you, CandyCrush) Most Pointless Function. I’m sure between us, Mastopeeps, we can think of 10 or 15 categories.
Carl Franklin@stephenfry I once heard an announcement on a BA flight "In the event of a water landing, please consider your seat cushion a gift... from British Airways."
ZhouYiDao@stephenfry I nominate the hideous intern-designed Amazon Prime streaming app on Android and Roku, and the Roku-crashing Netflix app.
Just Matthew 🙏@EasyWay @stephenfry
I despise Amazon Prime on Roku as binge watching involves four clicks to get to the next episode:
1. Next episode
2. Skip ad
3. Skip recap
4. Skip intro
😡
Mirko Schenk@EasyWay @stephenfry I'd nominate all Amazon apps. They've all got terrible UX and are trying to sell me stuff I don't care for.
Grandpa Don@Mort @EasyWay @stephenfry
i tried to comment on a crappy Amazon owned company app and was presented an even crappier Amazon app to attempt to do so. Gave up after several tries.
i tried to comment on a crappy Amazon owned company app and was presented an even crappier Amazon app to attempt to do so. Gave up after several tries.
🦇 Jennie Rigg 🏳️🌈 (she/her)@Mort the one that particularly annoys me is this:
- open amazon shopping android app.
- big splash screen saying "sign up for prime! Get free postage!". This screen has no dismiss button, and declares that you cannot sign up for prime on mobile anyway.
- the only way to then get to the shopping app is to hit back.
- I already have prime.
heavyboots@EasyWay Interesting! Amazon is the one I hate on Roku. NF works pretty unobtrusively and stably and lets you turn captions on and off with out the weird extra trip into a Roku dialog box like Prime makes you take. (Or the prime ads before shows.)
@heavyboots Netflix definitely rules on languages. The main reason I have it is the availability of French audio and subtitles on so many shows.
Chris Bond@stephenfry Most flagrant misuse of permissions.
Andrew H – № 2025@stephenfry one vote each for “app is blatantly just the website but worse somehow” and “pointless user profile needed”
crAshBanzai@stephenfry
all the runners up would figure they are doing ok since they didn't get rated Dead Worst
all the runners up would figure they are doing ok since they didn't get rated Dead Worst
fatlazycat@stephenfry the website is just as bad
ednl 🇪🇺@stephenfry Most Egregious Reduction of Usable Screen Space. Arrgh!
lyiriyah@stephenfry sounds like a very good idea -- I got a board game called Outsmarted for Christmas that is basically Trivial Pursuit intertwined with one of the most unreliable apps I've ever used.
Lesya@stephenfry My category: Who-The-Fuck-Are-All-These-People-And-Why-The-Fuck-Am-I-Still-Here. Nominees: all social media apps with algorithmic timeline. #mastodonislove
MikkoIt would be my pleasure to give my suggestion for a #Crappie category, but I'm forced to remind you, that you have to accept my cookie policy first.
*The* Paul BrownHeh. "Cr-APP-ies" -- I see what you did there.
Rorzer@stephenfry it would be a very specific category, but I currently have installed an app that is designed to show local walking tracks. Friends, *it doesn't actually show the walking tracks*.
Sentry23@stephenfry the 'oh, you sweet child' ' award, for applications either abusing the trust of their users in the most egregious manner, or unintended usage due to naïve developers.
Alan Brookland@stephenfry Most irritating security hurdles?
Please register your email
Now enter the six digit number we texted you
Now put your password in again and give us the name of your first pet and the make of your father's, aunt's first car.
Oh, sorry. Your request has timed out. Please retry..
Please register your email
Now enter the six digit number we texted you
Now put your password in again and give us the name of your first pet and the make of your father's, aunt's first car.
Oh, sorry. Your request has timed out. Please retry..
Gummitch@alanbrookland @stephenfry Enter a password that obeys these rules...
Password Invalid. Did we forget to mention these additional rules?
(Looking at you Boots.com)
Password Invalid. Did we forget to mention these additional rules?
(Looking at you Boots.com)
Paul Barnfather@stephenfry there should be a special place in hell for apps that refuse to allow autofill from password managers, instead forcing you to manually enter your password “because security” 🤯
ReallyCanadianFly@clanger9 @stephenfry 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ben Chapman@clanger9 @stephenfry This! Really really really annoying!
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦@clanger9 @stephenfry Especially when it is the bank account of my 84-year old mum, who has to write to every time ten-digit all-numeric login and similarly (not only numeric) password. Special place in Hell!
By-Tor@clanger9 @stephenfry "Please enter characters 3, 13 and 17 from your password"....grrrrr
OoVaVoO
Not a doctorDishonorable mention to those app/sites that require your answers to security questions be at least 8 characters
@ducker @stephenfry oh that is tragic! “Sorry, the name of your dog does not meet our security requirements” 🤪
Chris Stevenson@clanger9 @stephenfry stumbled across this sometime later, but there was a UK bank site that would present you with a password screen where you had to fill in only some of the letters. Insane and unusable.
Something like this:
Enter your password
🔲🔲*️⃣*️⃣🔲🔲*️⃣🔲🔲
It’s a LONG time since I banked with Hal*f*x but it still pisses me off.
James@stephenfry I nominate #SNCF Connect for the "most likely to have been signed off by someone whose assistant buys their tickets" category.
Graeme Hilton@jamesc @stephenfry with an honourable mention in the "most likely to trick you into buying a subscription to a pointless service after you check out" category
Thomas Frans 🇺🇦@stephenfry Waze could be a contender for worst UI/UX.
Steve has ☕️ for brains@stephenfry Alternate show title: “The Crappstore”
Martijn VosSome more categories: longest server response time, most inexplicable crashes, sluggiest user interface.
Jarjan (He/Him)@stephenfry I vote for a special category of: Needs permission to access everything to do precisely nothing.
Masto♾️Don •• (BigBoppa)I could make the trophies if you decide to carry this through.
Mary Beth Frezon@stephenfry I was going to go with "most redundant redundancy" but I'll settle for "worst so-called navigation bar" looking at you bird buddy
And "worst UI Traps" looking at you fb for those damn disappearing down arrows that trap you in those damn worthless videos.
MackajMost permissions
Biggest battery hog
Buggiest
Noisiest (most notifications)
Worst music
Worst Graphics
Worst Performance
That's just off the top of my head.
Chloe Tse 
Gogs@stephenfry The We Need Closure award for the least perceivable ‘x’ button.
eyrea 🇨🇦@Gogs @stephenfry And also a Surprise! prize for when the "close" X actually maximizes the ad and makes it non-closable.
Todd Hensley@stephenfry it is an old site. Someone needs to revive it. http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/shame.htm
Nathan Pitman@stephenfry love this. You should do it!
Bill Dobie@stephenfry The check in - in the app, leave the app to a web browser, get prompted to launch the app, but not the real app a web app, then find your booking again, maybe log in again, return to the app to get your booking number, good luck with the Covid vaccine certificate part, then return to the app to get the boarding pass flow. So smooth. So #britishairways
Catherine Shinners@wfdobie @stephenfry also United
Tricot Feelya@stephenfry I would include least intuitive, most prone to freezing, highest percent of functionality behind a Paywall
Adrian Bhagat Ⓥ@stephenfry Smallest 'Close Ad' button.
Most inappropriate ad placement.
Most repetitive music.
And after having installed a lot of apps for my daughter to play with:
Most padlock symbols that mean you have to explain to a two-year-old why Mummy and Daddy can't afford to unlock all the best features.
Most uneven ability level (Match icon with things the same colour. Now do arithmetic)
Longest load time while your toddler is screaming "I WANT BABY GAMES ON YOUR PHONE"
Hedders@stephenfry Can we have a special category for "This app should have been a web page"?
Dunk@hedders @stephenfry a sister category to "apps which are just a webpage"
Jim@hedders @stephenfry But it's all of them
Nick Phillips@hedders @stephenfry Agree; was going to suggest something similar.
Rufus T. Firefly
suzerain@stephenfry Speaking as a developer, I support this idea wholeheartedly.
And I think you nailed the name.
J. Steven York RESISTS@stephenfry I love this idea!
YurkshireLad@stephenfry Surely Snapchat would sweep the board?
FoxyLad 
@stephenfry Egregious download/memory size. Measured in megabytes per actually useful feature.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦@stephenfry what a positively fantastic idea. I app-laud!
Mark Wainwright@stephenfry Sooooo many bad apps out there though. Might it need to be “worst mobile apps (by companies with enough resource to have no excuse)”? I reckon “Worst Battery Killer”, “Most Inexplicably Large Filesize” and “Greatest Needless Invasion of Privacy” should be on the list.
Torbjörn Björkman@stephenfry Creepiest Permission Request