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timewellspent.io contains a perfect example of indirectly hijacking our agency: the video play button. That little triangle has almost become impossible to res
by frogpelt 10y ago
timewellspent.io contains a perfect example of indirectly hijacking our agency: the video play button.
That little triangle has almost become impossible to resist. My two-year-old can spy it from across the room and he runs over and begs me to click it.
What if we stopped using icons that have programmed our brains?
- ljk 10y agoisn't it better to use a universal icon for simple actions like this? e.g. pointing to wrist for the time, floppy disk icon for saving a file, etc
- frogpelt 10y agoI agree. It's better for design that compels certain actions. But its worse for helping users control their impulses. I personally feel the users should bear the overwhelming majority of responsibility for controlling their own impulses. But the author's own website contains design objects that encourage certain impulsive behaviors and I was pointing that out.