Improved UI and Dark Mode Feature
The user interface (UI) is perceived as unintuitive and lacking fluidity, leading to frustration among users. Additionally, the absence of a dark mode and the poor comparison to other applications, such as Outlook, further exacerbate the negative experience.
3 different people have complained about this since 10 Feb 2020, most recently on 19 May 2026.
“UI is absolutely awful compared to Outlook.”
“The UI is not totally intuitive or fluid and the lack of a dark mode is always a negative.”
“Worst yet task management application by Microsoft.”
3 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 3 people using Microsoft Planner
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature25% of posts
- How bad
- 75% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 10 Feb 2020 → 19 May 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Microsoft Planner
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 25% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint375%
- Request125%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Microsoft Planner UI is absolutely awful compared to Outlook. Like Teams, the UI & UX is really not good. Could you please pay more attention to these apps? I also need to change colour as click into campaign. Comment cannot be selected or clicked if there's a link. This app can't sync with others calendar even…
Strong complaintMicrosoft Planner The UI is not totally intuitive or fluid and the lack of a dark mode is always a negative. Integration across devices and with Teams works well (but could still be more seamless with the latter). Correspondingly, the lack of a desktop app is a definite shortcoming: I often have many tabs open in my…
Missing featureMicrosoft Planner Worst yet task management application by Microsoft. The UI/UX is not efficient at all. Please make it similar as "To do" at least. Only use this app since "To do" can't connected directly to "Planner". What a shame.
…by making a guest user in Microsoft but that is clumsy for the users. Also, I use todo for my personal things and having two separate accounts is frustrating. calendar feature is ok but pulling it into a Gantt would be great.
Frustrated
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Questions about this idea
- Is Improved UI and Dark Mode Feature a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 3 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 10 Feb 2020 and the most recent from 19 May 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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