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I really can't get over how poor I find Snapchat's UI/UX to be, and I don't _think_ it's because I'm old. But I second-guess it.
by astrostl 9y ago
I really can't get over how poor I find Snapchat's UI/UX to be, and I don't _think_ it's because I'm old. But I second-guess it.
- smrtinsert 9y agoI think this is part of why most people end up leaving. Instagram is more interesting to check and its ui is significantly better.
- slackoverflower 9y agoSnapchat is very easy and intuitive to use. I'll never understand people saying they can't use the app. Also every US college student right now uses Snapchat for all communication. FB should be scared
- astrostl 9y agoHidden information is the definition of unintuitive. "Easy once you get the hang of it" is the definition of unintuitive. Snapchat has six main screens: home, west, north, south, east, and east-east. There is no indication that this is true, it has to be (randomly) discovered or taught. That it is easy to swipe left or right, or to remember that the up screen is your profile, has nothing to do with whether or not something is intuitive. Intuitive would be this being obvious. Touching an app icon to open it is intuitive and easy. Force-touching a keyboard display to open up a cursor slider is easy, but not intuitive.
- klondike_ 9y agoI believe this is part of their strategy, it requires somebody else who already uses the app to teach you. This keeps the platform exclusive to tech-savvy youth instead of being infested by old people and falling out of favor with those groups like Facebook did.