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> It's a human problem, and like most problems of this genre there is no "best" answer For this specific problem (Google Meet UX/UI) sure anyone agree with: do
by sdevonoes 6y ago
> It's a human problem, and like most problems of this genre there is no "best" answer
For this specific problem (Google Meet UX/UI) sure anyone agree with: don't put a destructive action that requires no confirmation (leaving the meeting) next to a common action (mute/unmute yourself). If designers don't get that right, sorry but they are not competent designers. It's like a programmer that, in order to "balance enormous numbers of competing constraints and concerns" decides to not escape user-provided HTML in the frontend. Well, that programmer is not a competent one.
- ryandrake 6y agoAnother classic case of this is your car's "key fob" buttons. You usually have three functions on three similarly sized buttons right next to each other: lock doors, unlock doors, and... SOUND THE DEAFENING ALARM. Really? Can anyone spot the one that doesn't belong next to the others?
- frosted-flakes 6y agoOn my key fob the alarm button is small, red, and inset into the side, and it requires a lot more force to push. I've never pushed it accidentally. On the face are Lock/Open trunk/Unlock, but it's not obvious that you have to hold the trunk button for two seconds for it to work (this is probably because you have to manually re-latch the trunk if you unlock it).
- statstutor 6y ago> next to a common action (mute/unmute yourself) I agree with this point, but if the designer had a phone call in mind (with a pre-pandemic mindset), then the design feels more reasonable. In a one-on-one call, 'mute' is much closer in intent to 'hang up' - i.e. I am not currently participating in this call.