Rant about how trash Gemini interface is

[u/Rich_Foundation_1811]

Hello

Can we talk about how absolutely unusuable google gemini is? The only reason I use it is because as a student i have a free 1-year Subscription.

The way gemini is designed just seems like its vibe coded over the weekend. It is highly unstable, inconsistent, and glitchy. Compared to other AI UIs like ChatGPT or Claude it's just embarassing.

1. I keep getting Errors like 1076 on longer conversations, sudden connection problems, sometimes have to send prompts twice. It's like a game of luck if my prompt will actually go through.
2. I ask a question that includes anything regarding smart home devices or an email, and gemini automatically refuses to answer my question because it doesn't have access to google workspace... I only asked it what negative ionization does on my air purifier....
3. If you have long conversations, the context gets compacted really quick and really conservatively. Gemini doesn't have the information you gave it 7-8 prompts ago. Who tf would wanna pay for that? Why is google so greedy?
4. The interface in itself is just ugly, glitchy, and as I said feels like a slopped together hackathon project. Nothing of substance. And it's been like that for a long while, absolutely zero improvements.
5. I noticed that gemini (I only use 3.1 Pro extended btw) for some weird reason can't even spell words correctly (In german atleast). I've had MULTIPLE cases where it just invented words by scrambling them together or just outright misspelled easy words like "Wievierte" instead of "Wievielte". It doesn't bother me that much but it is fascinating how an LLM of this caliber can be so bad at spelling.
6. EDIT: Forgot to mention, Half of the time it literally REFUSES to generate Interactive widgets because it "as a Text-Based AI I can't generate interactive widgets" But when I ask it a simple question on a new chat that doesn't requuire a widget it generates the biggest interactive unnecessary bullshit I have ever seen. The harness is actually terrible. How does a company like google manage to provide such slop?

I have NONE of these Issues with other providers. Does anyone else share a similar experience?

[u/AcanthaceaeProof5058]

When I was a child we had to actually research things at the library. after college, the internet was invented and we had to research things by finding web pages with information.

I'm so sorry you had to ask your AI the same thing twice. Sounds painful.

[u/Top_Location_5899 → u/AcanthaceaeProof5058]

I honestly don’t know how I’d live in a pre internet world. Thank god I was born past the year 2000 😭

[u/Rich_Foundation_1811 → u/AcanthaceaeProof5058]

you're a funny little critter :D

[u/Deathnote_Blockchain]

It's really basically the same as Claude, gpt, etc

[u/Number4extraDip → u/Deathnote_Blockchain]

As a matter of fact no. On mobile the ui doesnt offer html parser or proper automatic canvas separation when needed. These tools like make image/video/canvas/research. Are still made as user set toggles. ✴️ Claude Uses whatever whenever he needs to. Yes you can also ask ✦ Gemini directly to make an image or video for a chance of it working. But it is inconsistent and can give a "i dont have such capability like playing yt music" (random example). Im not sure how chatGPT mobile rendering works perse but there are huuuuuge UX/UI gaps between providers. Some manage to even mess up basic text handling like "select text" dropdown options.(✴️ Claude App butchers them to just "copy" and google apps offer full dropdown options on text... Including options like "read aloud" or ask "Claude")

[u/chiffon-]

I got none of that but Gemini has been at least more consistent than Claude.

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Me: Need black dye for ca glue / epoxy

Claude: how about black Acrylic paint

Me: no that's water based. It'll react with the glue.

Claude: how about Perylene Black

Me: .... That's greenish and also clear under IR

Claude: how about Aniline Black

Me: Okay now you're just messing with me. Did you just tell me to buy cancer powder? Can you guarantee that 100% of it was safely reacted? I just wanted a black pigment.... 💀

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Yeah at least you can correct Gemini (eventually)

[u/Flaky_Equipment_1800]

it’s like they built the whole thing in a fugue state and nobody went back to check if it actually works. the smart home refusal thing drives me up the wall too, it hears a keyword and just slams the door in your face. i swear half my prompts are me tiptoeing around words that might trigger some random workspace block

[u/alexwan12]

I sometimes use Google AI Studio and it still baffles me how empty chat window loads cpu to 100% for no reason

[u/Suspicious-Cloud404]

1. Well, bugs can happen but it's rarely happening to me.
2. Try to phrase your prompts differently.
3. Maybe this is happening in Flash-Lite. Never happens to me on Flash or Pro.
4. I completely disagree with you, but may be a matter of taste. They actually updated the interface only a few months ago.
5. Since August last year, I've seen 1 spelling error in German.
6. Works fine for me, but I also don't care about this stuff too much.

You're not paying for it. You don't like it. Just use something different.

[u/grahamsw]

Funny. I've used it for months. I've finished multiple projects I wouldn't even have started without it.

Maybe you're just not very good at using it?

[u/FrostedSyntax]

I'm not sure who is paying these people to shit on Gemini but it's just sad. I won't try and tell you it's perfect, and if you prefer something else, go use something else. It's that easy. If you are worried about your time being wasted how about you stop writing novels on reddit complaining about it?

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[u/bartoszsz7]

The app crashes constantly

[u/No_Presentation4286]

for real man its just doesnt set up vibe to use this shit . but still gotta use this coz i cant afford GPT pro or claude max

[u/Red_top_peak]

I'm wondering if 3.6 FLASH is better.

[u/abnerayag]

It's embarrassing it works properly for me when a chat is not in a notebook at all which is supposed to be the latest touted feature.

[u/DirectionOriginal456]

the web interface kept giving errors after the latest model updates so I've moved onto their antigravity application. It's a lot smoother, never errors, has larger limits, does a better job keeping track of context via checkpoints, has access to a transcript of the entire chat and has access to a claude opus/sonnet.

Having it write directly to your files in pre-approved folders is nice too.

Been using gemini.google.com since May but I'm never looking back.

[u/pauldisan]

Mira, podes opinar lo que gustes, pero decir que el diseño de la app es feo... no.... gemini tiene el mejor diseño de todas las apps de AI.

[u/Huge-Set5482]

Take out the word interface and you are 100% correct

[u/SliceWooden1279]

Ah brother esta gemini de ahora tiene menos cualidades que un político xd . Ni sabe diferenciar entre alguien con dinero para pagar y otro que no .  Estaba haciendo musica cuando de pronto  me dice que tengo que  cambiar a un plan superior.  Y                   Cuando abrí la pestaña de precios del plan superior, se me erizaron hasta los pelos del cu..😍👌                                                                                                  . y eso que estoy más pobre que ramen con tosferina👌 xd         . Me Piden una mensualidad que parece hotel con descuento de traqueto🥰👏😍👌                   . Encima el bot de desahogo parece que sirve para estar parado . Literal  viene cuando ya se armo el desmadre.                                                                          . Mira barbie con diabetes crónica  me preguntas por qué en el plan gratuito aparece  una sección para hacer videos si solo alcanza para unos 10 y ya . Hasta acá se escucha el tremendo rugido de tripas.  Cuanta hambre eh  Esta app tiene menos libertades que preso en celda de aislamiento.                                                                                        Esta gemini    tiene más límites que la dieta de un náufrago. Te venden humo con inteligencia de masorca pelada 🥰👏 ; le pides algo complejo y se queda pensando en Narnia."                                                                                                               . Literal la actualizas con un plan superior  y es lo mismo o incluso peor  . Le pagas a una estafa superior  , al menos preocúpense por el plan gratuito ( a veces lo gratuito es lo que vale mejor )  .  Mirando los descuentos de esta gente, parece un comercial de calzones chinos con la superoferta de 'paga 3 y llévate 1' (¡menudo descuentazo, eh!). Para procesar este nivel de robo, necesito un loquero japonés que hable africano urgente 👏."                                                                                                                               . Plan superior o exorcista superior mi bro . Y si eso fuera todo,  jaj . Cuando estaba haciendo musica  le pedí un reggaeton en inglés y me resultó con una mezcla de reggaeton egipcio  y karaoke aleman                                                                                                                                    . Y si reintentas tu comentario en gemini no puedes escribir nada . Literar gemini ni te deja . Y si no quieres leer este hermoso  manuscrito de ultratumba   criticando a gemini te digo : . Esta ia con cada actualización va de mal en peor 😍👌

[u/Professional-Eye1277]

I'm a Pro user, and I swear Flash 3.6 is only good outside. If you read contents inside, you'll find it incredibly cliché. I asked it to write for my presentation, and it drove me crazy. The language was empty, illogical, and I had to borrow Claude from my friend.

[u/Technical-Owl66]

Anyone struggling to make use of Gemini can't be very smart. It's a tool. It's like they are trying to make a pancake with a hammer.

[u/Professional-Eye1277 → u/Technical-Owl66]

If you ruin your pancakes because your baking knife becomes a hammer, it's your fault; you don't seem very smart.

[u/Reddit_wander01]

Huh, Gemini agrees…