20 March 2018

F1 App - Worst user interface ever?


With the 2018 F1 season about to start I signed up with the F1 Access account for a monthly fee of AUD 4.49. I then looked forward to downloading the new F1 app on my Android tablet which went smoothly.

On launching the F1 app it asked for more details as well as the login name and password. The Date of Birth field seemed easy as it showed a calendar interface to help enter the date and showed the current month. How many new F1 subscribers are likely to be born in the current month you might well ask?

Then the interface design fell apart. The only way to reach a birth date is to tap on the previous month arrow. Being almost 72 years of age I had to press the previous arrow

Even a 20-year old interface designer would have to press it at least 240 times. It is obvious no sensible user testing was carried out.

The new F1 management should be ashamed and some user interface designer should be out of a job.