it's not even that bad, or maybe i've just gotten used to it
Edit: how'd y'all otfers let a clubber get here first :P
The new UI is extremely frustrating for social users.
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Jan 27, 2026
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#4
BasixWhiteBoy wrote:
I woke up this morning, made some scrambled eggs, and opened Chess.com like I always do. But when I hovered over the “chess.com” menu, instead of seeing my notifications, I saw a message that said, “This menu has moved.”
Just like that, we’re faced with another UI update that feels both unwanted and unnecessary. The site has made navigating the forums and the social side of Chess.com in general more difficult than it should be. You can only see about ten notifications at a time now, which means that often, it’s quicker to manually search through threads to find what you missed. Having all notifications—daily games, messages, thread replies—available from one hover menu made perfect sense. This new layout doesn’t improve anything; it just disrupts a system that had been working fine for months.
Even when I try to look at it from the viewpoint of the average chess player, the change still doesn’t make sense. Daily games and challenges are harder to navigate, and the overall experience is pretty much the same as before, just more inconvenient.
Why does Chess.com keep changing things for its users with constant UI updates, especially when it’s clear they aren’t needed? This has happened several times in the past year alone, and each time it feels like change just for the sake of change.
PS: Yes, I know I’m late to the party on this update, but it’s still frustrating.
everything about this is correct
Jan 27, 2026
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#7
zeTreeAGC wrote:
11 minutes and 5 posts?
bro fell off 🥀
first time I agree with you gng✌
Jan 27, 2026
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#8
8N0NYMOUS_V wrote:
zeTreeAGC wrote:
11 minutes and 5 posts?
bro fell off 🥀
first time I agree with you gng✌
I'm more agreeable than your ahh
Jan 27, 2026
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#9
THIS UI IS BS
I USED TO BE A BETA TESTER AND QUIT AND MY BREAK LASTED 2 DAYS WHYYYY
Jan 27, 2026
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#10
zeTreeAGC wrote:
8N0NYMOUS_V wrote:
zeTreeAGC wrote:
11 minutes and 5 posts?
bro fell off 🥀
first time I agree with you gng✌
I'm more agreeable than your ahh
thx
Yeah, the new interface is bad
Yep took me 10 minutes to figure out how to log out. Is this improvement????
I miss being able to hover my mouse over the chess icon and see all my lovely little notifications
Jan 27, 2026
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#16
V0izeb0x wrote:
I miss being able to hover my mouse over the chess icon and see all my lovely little notifications
I woke up this morning, made some scrambled eggs, and opened Chess.com like I always do. But when I hovered over the “chess.com” menu, instead of seeing my notifications, I saw a message that said, “This menu has moved.”
Just like that, we’re faced with another UI update that feels both unwanted and unnecessary. The site has made navigating the forums and the social side of Chess.com in general more difficult than it should be. You can only see about ten notifications at a time now, which means that often, it’s quicker to manually search through threads to find what you missed. Having all notifications—daily games, messages, thread replies—available from one hover menu made perfect sense. This new layout doesn’t improve anything; it just disrupts a system that had been working fine for months.
Even when I try to look at it from the viewpoint of the average chess player, the change still doesn’t make sense. Daily games and challenges are harder to navigate, and the overall experience is pretty much the same as before, just more inconvenient.
Why does Chess.com keep changing things for its users with constant UI updates, especially when it’s clear they aren’t needed? This has happened several times in the past year alone, and each time it feels like change just for the sake of change.
PS: Yes, I know I’m late to the party on this update, but it’s still frustrating.