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Really? You really need studies and trends to decide if the bleedin' obvious is necessary? If your users can't use it, it doesn't matter how pretty it is.
by jalfresi 11y ago
Really? You really need studies and trends to decide if the bleedin' obvious is necessary? If your users can't use it, it doesn't matter how pretty it is.
- SlimPickins 11y agoAbsolutely. How many users feel this way? How many users find this scenario unusable? How many reported feeling "helpless". The author is making a very broad statement, without supporting data it's nothing more than opinion. Which it is. Because there is no data to support the claim.
- Domenic_S 11y agoRight. It also depends on the goal for the site. Is the goal to have the user click a signup button? Then maybe a nav bar isn't really important, because you don't want them poking around.
- pc86 11y agoUnless you're content to just make shit up as you go along, yes.
- Qwertious 11y agoSadly, I have to agree with the parent comment - it's like "are boobs inherently sexually attractive to men" - you'd think the answer is obvious, but it might surprise you. It's what science is for, in a nutshell. Not trusting ourselves to not make incorrect assumptions without evidence.