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There is a comment I remember from slashdot a million years ago after yet another gmail design. I'm paraphrasing, but was something along the lines of, when is
by VyseofArcadia 9y ago
There is a comment I remember from slashdot a million years ago after yet another gmail design. I'm paraphrasing, but was something along the lines of, when is Google going to stop redesigning things and just position all the UI elements randomly every time you open gmail?
I'm starting to feel similarly about major Android release.
Just for example, why move the clock? Why? After almost a decade of looking at the upper right, I'm going to have to hunt for it every time I need it.
- owyn 9y agoI would totally run that experiment on April 1. Run a multi-armed bandit to pick the best UI and voila! The perfect crowd sourced user interface design.
- stefan_ 9y agoThey knew it themselves, even. At one point a favorite pastime of the Android team was counting how many clocks were displayed: https://youtu.be/rimXGaUdaLg?t=48m1s https://youtu.be/rimXGaUdaLg?t=48m1s