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This is a complex topic with many (not-so-related) facets. From the employment perspective, there certainly are some companies where the benefits a more senior

by blunte 7y ago

This is a complex topic with many (not-so-related) facets. From the employment perspective, there certainly are some companies where the benefits a more senior/experienced employee provide are wasted or ignored. In those cases, it makes sense for the company to replace the older worker with younger (cheaper and less opinionated) employee. Granted, I'm on the older side, so I'm not being ageist here. From a consumer/user perspective, it's more about understanding your user than their age specifically. But generally speaking, much older users have very different backgrounds and experiences; thus, their approach to using things may be considerably different from that of a younger person. That said, most user interfaces and product features probably don't fit any userbase well. So in a way, the sea of bad interfaces isn't ageist - it's just bad UX.

moltensodium 7y ago
You managed to take an article about ageism and somehow transform it into a UX problem because that's the prism you wanted to see the world through. Wow, that's really something else. You see this a lot on HN but this comment is really just breathtaking in the leaps it takes.
- blunte 7y ago
  Subtitle of article: Products designed for older people reinforce a bogus image of them as passive and feeble. And elsewhere in the article: Half of older longtime job holders, meanwhile, are pushed out of their jobs before they planned to retire.
  - whycome 7y ago
    The fact that you so simply replied to that misguided comment with information rather than its much-deserved counter-attack really shows your age. Thank you.
- whycome 7y ago
  > "Asking young designers to merely step into the shoes of older consumers (and we at the MIT AgeLab have literally developed a physiological aging simulation suit for that purpose) is a good start, but it may not be enough to give them true insight into the desires of older consumers."

by blunte 7y ago

moltensodium 7y ago

You managed to take an article about ageism and somehow transform it into a UX problem because that's the prism you wanted to see the world through. Wow, that's really something else. You see this a lot on HN but this comment is really just breathtaking in the leaps it takes.

blunte 7y ago
Subtitle of article: Products designed for older people reinforce a bogus image of them as passive and feeble. And elsewhere in the article: Half of older longtime job holders, meanwhile, are pushed out of their jobs before they planned to retire.
- whycome 7y ago
  The fact that you so simply replied to that misguided comment with information rather than its much-deserved counter-attack really shows your age. Thank you.
whycome 7y ago
> "Asking young designers to merely step into the shoes of older consumers (and we at the MIT AgeLab have literally developed a physiological aging simulation suit for that purpose) is a good start, but it may not be enough to give them true insight into the desires of older consumers."