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Related article I read not long ago (focusing on Apple, although it mentions Google unfavorably, too): http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-d

by V-2 11y ago

Related article I read not long ago (focusing on Apple, although it mentions Google unfavorably, too): http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-desi... Some interesting points: * http://b.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline/2015/11/3053406-inline-figure-1.jpg http://b.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/inline/... * 'The headline of a Forbes article says it all: "Apple iOS 9 has 25 Great Secret Features." Secret features? If these are such great features, why are they secret?' * 'Today’s devices lack discoverability: There is no way to discover what operations are possible just by looking at the screen. Do you swipe left or right, up or down, with one finger, two, or even as many as five? Do you swipe or tap, and if you tap is it a single tap or double?'

johnchristopher 11y ago
I remember Windows 95 came with an interactive tutorial (with exercises) that explained how the mouse gestures worked and how to manipulate windows, files and folders and start up applications. I wish something like that was still bundled with Windows Seven/8.1/10, Ubuntu, Android, etc. That would save the regular folks I have to help some time and frustration when they want the device `to bloody work`. Anecdote: I met a lot of 40~50 years old people who are persuaded children and teenagers know the ins and outs of those interfaces. I stopped bothering explaining them they don't but that stereotype doesn't seem to die and it keeps on hopping to the next generation.
- pilsetnieks 11y ago
  Not only that, it had Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc
  - johnchristopher 11y ago
    Unfortunately (or not) the European version was just a five or ten minutes long session with a female vice over, a white background and some interactive exercises.

by V-2 11y ago

johnchristopher 11y ago

I remember Windows 95 came with an interactive tutorial (with exercises) that explained how the mouse gestures worked and how to manipulate windows, files and folders and start up applications. I wish something like that was still bundled with Windows Seven/8.1/10, Ubuntu, Android, etc. That would save the regular folks I have to help some time and frustration when they want the device `to bloody work`. Anecdote: I met a lot of 40~50 years old people who are persuaded children and teenagers know the ins and outs of those interfaces. I stopped bothering explaining them they don't but that stereotype doesn't seem to die and it keeps on hopping to the next generation.

pilsetnieks 11y ago
Not only that, it had Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc
- johnchristopher 11y ago
  Unfortunately (or not) the European version was just a five or ten minutes long session with a female vice over, a white background and some interactive exercises.