UI nitpicks

[ahpakar]

I'm not opening this as an issue because each individual part of this post is extremely small-scale, because I might extend it, and because feature requests should be limited in scope. However, here's a list of small things I've noticed that, in my opinion, contribute to making the UI unbalanced and cluttered. Sorry about the image spam, but I think visual demonstrations are useful here.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

@ahpakar Please remove images related to #5000

[ahpakar]

OK. Looks like they've got that covered.

[absidue]

About the link underlining, while yes it may look nicer without it, web accessibility standards do not recommend removing it and if you do it has to have at least a 3:1 ratio to the surrounding non-link text, which is not the case with most of FreeTube's themes. As such I think that it is not worth going for "looks nice" when it harms usability and accessibility.

As for the new playlist button, your suggestion of moving it to other parts of the app os rather moot considering it already exists there and your main argument for removing it is that you don't link the look of it. I don't think we should remove useful functionality just because one user doesn't like the way it looks.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

I agree. Please remove the images mentioned.

[ahpakar]

I don't really agree, but I'll do as you say if it's been decided.

[absidue]

Usability and accessibility are definitely more important than looks. Just because big companies are doing something doesn't mean it is good, e.g. Apple's Liquid Glass might look nice but it worsens readability and drains your battery faster.

[absidue]

Also in the future, instead of embedding text in your images, please write it next to it, apart from the obvious issues for screen readers, it also makes it much harder to read on mobile as you have to zoom into the images and move around them to read it.