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To your point 1. Younger generations don't feel like these features are hidden at all, and wouldn't feel like it's any different from most new apps. What Gen

To your point 1. Younger generations don't feel like these features are hidden at all, and wouldn't feel like it's any different from most new apps. What Gen Z are very good at is discoverability inside apps using things like swiping. A younger person will interact with the app by swiping up and down or left or right, where older people might be more trained for button pressing. Having spoken to some younger people, they find some apps like Facebook harder to use, since there are too many buttons, and not enough contextual motion.

goatlover 5y ago
Problem is that's hard to scale to sophisticated apps that typically run on the desktop, which are often used at work or even for school. Even if it's been ported to the browser, it usually more like FB than it is a messaging app. And now that I think about it some more, I have a VR headset, and the UIs are often more complicated than swiping on your phone. It's more like pointing at buttons, menus and links with your controller. That's typically the case for gaming consoles as well. As such, I'm not sure phone apps are still the latest in UI design, it's more that the smaller screen touch interface and apps that typically do one thing well better fit the form factor of smart devices. Granted, the younger generation use their phones for everything, until they put on a VR headset or have to work in a desktop-like program.
bsder 5y ago
> Younger generations don't feel like these features are hidden at all From watching the younger generation, I disagree. There is no app discoverability or consistency at all. The first thing they do is go watch the video about how to do X in the app. Sure, being younger, they can triple tap and multi-finger rotate better than older people. That doesn't make the GUI better. I would love to see circular menus in GUI interaction on tablets. Sadly, only games seem to think they're a good idea.

goatlover 5y ago

Problem is that's hard to scale to sophisticated apps that typically run on the desktop, which are often used at work or even for school. Even if it's been ported to the browser, it usually more like FB than it is a messaging app. And now that I think about it some more, I have a VR headset, and the UIs are often more complicated than swiping on your phone. It's more like pointing at buttons, menus and links with your controller. That's typically the case for gaming consoles as well. As such, I'm not sure phone apps are still the latest in UI design, it's more that the smaller screen touch interface and apps that typically do one thing well better fit the form factor of smart devices. Granted, the younger generation use their phones for everything, until they put on a VR headset or have to work in a desktop-like program.

bsder 5y ago

> Younger generations don't feel like these features are hidden at all From watching the younger generation, I disagree. There is no app discoverability or consistency at all. The first thing they do is go watch the video about how to do X in the app. Sure, being younger, they can triple tap and multi-finger rotate better than older people. That doesn't make the GUI better. I would love to see circular menus in GUI interaction on tablets. Sadly, only games seem to think they're a good idea.