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Probably because it becomes design by committee at a certain point, and some functionality interrupts or excludes other design intents by nature. For example,
by csydas 10y ago
Probably because it becomes design by committee at a certain point, and some functionality interrupts or excludes other design intents by nature.
For example, in the linked extension, it overlays (replaces?) the youtube recommended videos once you submit a search query - as part of the recommendation stuff seems to be driving high-traffic related vids to the viewer, many of which are ad-monetized, this has a marginal impact on some revenue figures. How much I wouldn't dare make a guess at, but I do not feel it's hard to imagine wanting to keep that space operating "as is" for Youtube's benefit.
Other bad UI changes probably stem just from apathy, a decision having been made somewhere when no one considered a better alternative, and the change would be considered too much work for whatever reason.
These aren't necessarily satisfactory answers as to why bad design sneaks through, but they are answers.
- smaudet 10y agoI agree - design by committee is probably the culprit. Generally, when one (or a couple) experienced designers get their hands on a UI, it turns out alright. Its the 'mish-mash' effect where multiple people try to control the look and feel, where things go south. This can be because of a literal committee, but it can also be due to poorly designed software trying to take away design decisions from the designer. Just take a look at the mess CSS made of things in the browser. For years, it was easier to design something that looked good by just hard-coding an interface in a native language...
- nl 10y ago@smaudet - you are hellbanned. It looks like all your comments since your very first one have been pretty reasonable. Not sure if this is something that can be fixed, so you may want to consider creating a new account?
- prawn 10y agoRemember that you can visit a [dead] comment and click the vouch link to vote for it to be revived or possibly for the user's status to be reviewed. @dang can probably clarify; I can't remember the specifics.