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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'
by 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 agoSubtitle 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 agoThe 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."