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And developers vastly overestimate how much users really want bland websites like we had 10+ years ago. Sure, _we_ like it because it can be great for "power u
by barsonme 9y ago
And developers vastly overestimate how much users really want bland websites like we had 10+ years ago.
Sure, _we_ like it because it can be great for "power users" like _us_, but 99% of the population aren't power users.
It reminds me of devs wondering why many people prefer bloated, slow GUIs to CLIs.
- jodrellblank 9y agoWhat are you saying? That non-power-users like and are good at deciphering different designs and interaction models and layouts for every site, but they can't deal with regular, plain, bland sites because those are scary and confusing? If anything, shouldn't that be the other way around? Power users wanting javascript experiments, and non-power-users wanting "if it ain't broke, stop messing around with it"?
- barsonme 9y agoNo, not scary and confusing. Users (meaning non-power-users, generally) aren't always stupid. (In fact, given how well they can break our stuff, I'd say they're often smarter. But I digress...) What I'm saying is while we might be comfortable looking at plain HTML with #000 text on a #FFF background, a user isn't going to enjoy it very much. While we might use ctrl+f to hop around a page, a user will probably prefer a search bar with instant results that doesn't cause them to lose their place on the page. Consider: my mother (not picking on her!) definitely notices when websites run slowly. She hates it. (I got my lack of patience from her :-) However, I'm confident she would trade "slightly slow" Facebook for "have to refresh the page after each action" Facebook.