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Yet billions of people manage to use the web, which has very little constraints. In fact, the browser is probably the most used app on either platform.
by nightski 10y ago
Yet billions of people manage to use the web, which has very little constraints. In fact, the browser is probably the most used app on either platform.
- d4nt 10y agoWell, the web does have it's own set of UI conventions: http://www.novolume.co.uk/blog/all-websites-look-the-same/ http://www.novolume.co.uk/blog/all-websites-look-the-same/
- yoz-y 10y agoThis is true. I do not argue that the apps that look & feel differently are not usable, just that they are less familiar and less quick to grasp, which I translate as 'worse'. It is a matter of opinions. But the web does have conventions that make stuff hard when broken. For example most people expect to see the whole page change when they click a link and doing something else is confusing (such as popping a window or opening a link in new tab by default) There is no shortage of complaints about websites that do "innovative" stuff and liberties with good ol' conventions.
- geon 10y agoBut the web has it's own set of conventions! Trying to build a native-osx or native-windows UI on the web gives you a horrible user experience.