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(I added this before going to the page today which appears to have been heavily modified, thank you for that, but this could still be useful)
There are many issues discussed in this recent video by Theo (who created T3 chat) that have similarities to my experience with Merlin chat and could be useful for your UX/UI front end folk
https://youtu.be/oeymZa5TjZo
  • Query successful
- Try again without apps
- Here's a breakdown of the issues discussed in the YouTube video:
  • Claude UI Issues:
- Cluttered interface [03:48]
- Inconsistent title generation [04:48]
- Unintuitive menu button functions [05:35]
- Non-deterministic behaviors when renaming chats [06:54]
- Full page refresh on deleting chats and navigating to settings [08:16], [11:01]
- Missing scroll bar in profile settings [11:45]
- Excessive re-renders in the sidebar [15:53]
- Slow thread loading [19:36]
- DOM node leaks [19:49]
- Z-indexing issues [22:54]
  • Chat GPT UI Issues:
- Shifting layout on refresh [23:45]
- Slow and duplicated data fetching [24:58]
- Duplicated threads due to offset pagination [26:07]
- Failure to fetch new messages without refresh [27:46]
- Inconsistent chat name display [29:04]
- Cut-off text due to "ghost" navbar [30:50]
- Broken thread states [31:15]
- Slow response times [33:36]
- Settings opening as a modal with URL hash [35:04]
- Incorrect scroll position [36:24]
- Different button treatments [36:55]
- Weird chat bubble and text display [37:17]
- Strange container and scroll behavior [39:03]
- Failed threads with the 01 Pro model [44:20]
- Randomly changing thread order [45:27]
- Inconsistent source citations [45:53]
- Excessive re-renders [46:59]
- Lost messages on refresh [49:51]
  • T3 Chat Issues:
- Error states persisting incorrectly [51:30]
  • Grock (with a K) UI Issues:
- Weird scroll container [58:26]
- Resuming streams in a weird way [59:19]
- Input lag with large amounts of text [01:09:13]
- High CPU utilization [01:11:43]
- Scroll behavior [01:12:37]
- Errors causing messages to get stuck [01:13:11]
  • General Points:
- The video emphasizes the importance of UI/UX in AI chat applications, arguing that it's a distinct mission from developing the models themselves [52:23]
- It also touches on the idea that companies should focus on their core mission and partner with others for areas outside their expertise [55:23]
- The video also mentions the State of WebDev AI survey [01:14:35]