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No, the word spoon-fed has negative connotations of helplessness and apathy, just as dumbed-down or pointy-clicky have. If that kind of words come to mind, or i
by ssp 17y ago
No, the word spoon-fed has negative connotations of helplessness and apathy, just as dumbed-down or pointy-clicky have. If that kind of words come to mind, or if you think users are lazy when they don't read what you write, or refuse to fill out a seven-field registration form, then you are going to design bad user experiences and your competitors will beat you.
This particular writer is probably just using it as link-bait though.
- godDLL 17y agoHow is being an application user negative? How is being helpless negative? Whatever you write, it solves a problem for someone somewhere. And the less work they have to do to leverage your solution, the better your solution will work for them. Here are your many words, confusing, lengthy non-empathic. Or you could just say "spoon-feed the solution to your user". It's about caring, not about attacking or disrespect. The negative connotations are yours alone, you're still reading too much into this.