ccunningSep 8, 2025

My Bank Recently Changed Their Interface to Move Money Between Accounts

https://lemmy.world/post/35594848

My Bank Recently Changed Their Interface to Move Money Between Accounts - Lemmy.World

It has been the sensible order of choosing the source account then choosing the destination account. Now they’ve switched it to where you have to first choose the destination account then choose the source account. I understand this shouldn’t be a big deal but my brain just absolutely rejects it and even knowing full well they’ve made the change on several occasions I’ve moved money the wrong way. Sometimes without even realizing it for days. I don’t think this is simply a muscle memory thing that I’ll eventually get used to; I feel like it’s fundamentally nonsensical and I’m curious if it’s just me. Or am I just being a stubborn old man stuck in his ways?

Show threadtheneverfoxSep 8, 2025

Honestly, picking the destination first makes more sense.

But the primary law of UX is you don’t change shit up on people. I’d have taken a stand if I was on that team

Show threadccunningSep 8, 2025

Curious why you think destination first makes more sense.

I just can’t get over the idea that when you move a thing to a different place, you go to where the thing is first so you can take it to the new place.

Show threadtheneverfoxSep 8, 2025

Sure… If I want $300 in an account, that’s my goal. I don’t want to decrease another account by that amount

So my goal is to move X money into Y account, or maybe all but X money into Y account

The second half is where it comes from. It’s not the goal, it’s the means

But again as I said, flipping this is a worse solution than either direction

Show threadwaldenSep 8, 2025

We have very different brains in regards to this subject.

When I pay for something (moving money) the first thing to do is choose the source. Cash, credit card, venmo, etc. Only once I've decided that can I pick where to move it... The cashiers hand, credit card machine, scan a venmo barcode, etc.

Show threadBlueÆther

I wonder if at least some of it come from western writing: from left => destination right

It affects a lot of descriptions that we use in the west

Sep 8, 2025 at 2:37amWeb