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> It would be very interesting to see the old systems rewritten in a modern language, with modern engineering practices, but keeping the old UI and UX (which of
by Yhippa 7y ago
> It would be very interesting to see the old systems rewritten in a modern language, with modern engineering practices, but keeping the old UI and UX (which often is incredibly ergonomic) - so as to limit scope and not mess it all up by trying to introduce mouse navigation and windowing mess.
I was the tech lead on one of these projects. Personally I was sad and frustrated we had to keep the old UX/UI. I would have much rather have made something more ergonomic for our users. Alas retraining would have been too expensive to do that even though it would have been probably more intuitive.
I do agree with you that there is some benefit to being able to do everything on a keyboard without having to deal with the baggage of what we consider modern.
- hindsightbias 7y agoAt some point in the web, ergonomic went from something that meant all form and minimal viable function. Efficiency just isn’t a real noun in the UX/UI vocabulary when it somes to complex entry. 30 years ago, those of us on green screens at Big Org knew more shortcuts than any emacs user. Now whenever I have to use a “modern” CRM it’s the most anti-productive aspect of my job.
- vbezhenar 7y agoWeb UI optimized for user who can close page any time if he does not like anything. You have 100 competitors and user can flee to anyone of them. Enterprise UI optimized for speed of trained personnel. They can't close page if they don't like it, they are paid for work. It's completely different situations and when someone mixes them, it leads to bad UI.