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It depends on the product... Photoshop's did pretty well and it's learning curve is almost vertical. It's all about reducing pain. If you're automating somethi
by losteric 11y ago
It depends on the product... Photoshop's did pretty well and it's learning curve is almost vertical.
It's all about reducing pain. If you're automating something simple (like a TODO list), it better be stupid-friendly. But expert-oriented UX is fine for complex expert-level problems.
- marcus_holmes 11y agoPhotoshop's UI is developed for a market of people who have particular skills in... Photoshop's UI. Their learning curve is vertical because they have a large user base of people who have invested significant time and effort learning that arcane UI. They're also dominant in the market - any new designer had better know their way around Photoshop's UI or they're unemployable (at least until recently). A new product in that market, aimed at the same audience, say.. Sketch... needs a friendly UI because it doesn't have the same invested user base. In other words, Photoshop's UI can be difficult because it's always been difficult and its always been the dominant player in the market, not because it's expert-oriented.