> Users expect their programs to give them up-to-the-minute information from the internet, with slick animation and nuanced typography. Did you ever watch an a

> Users expect their programs to give them up-to-the-minute information from the internet, with slick animation and nuanced typography. Did you ever watch an average Joe, who has zero understanding what involves programming a computer actually use a computer? Let me let you in on a secret: The average user doesn't care! The average user doesn't care how fancy or not a UI looks like, if it follows the interface guidelines. The average user doesn't care if a UI is responsive. The average user doesn't care about smooth animations. The average user doesn't care about slick typography (they prefer horrible Word-Art, Comic Sans and Papyrus). The average user doesn't even care about up-to-the-minute information! It is developers and people who have an understanding of the problems that must be solved to provide slick animations, responsive UIs, good typography and continuous data updates. Most developers, when thinking about a user think about themselves when they use someone else's product. My mother already goes off the rails, if an update on her computer just updates one minor detail in the UI toolkits styling. Or if an iconset updates a previously inconsistent or missing icon. Users care about consistency! It doesn't matter how bad a program is done in a certain aspect, as long it is and stays consistent.