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No, 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
by barsonme 9y ago
No, 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.