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It's really strange to me that there's so much antipathy for UX designers on HN when their job is literally the opposite of "liking what THEY like." Undeniably
by rainonmoon 5y ago
It's really strange to me that there's so much antipathy for UX designers on HN when their job is literally the opposite of "liking what THEY like." Undeniably some people employed in the field disregard designing for accessibility and usability, but in that case you're not referring to UX designers, you're referring to bad UX designers.
- deckard1 5y agothe thing is UX people aren't even responsible for a lot of these messes. Look at Reddit and tell me that wasn't designed by some A/B-maximizing staple-counting corporate robot trying to bump up their "engagement" stat by 1/1000th of a percent. Their site is pretty much the parable of the Paperclip Maximizer AI. I refuse to believe any human was involved in their new design.
- naikrovek 5y agoif ui/ux were based on anything scientific, each iteration would bring us closer to some ideal UI in a particular scenario. we don't see that. we see wild changes which break large portions of spatial and muscle memory, over and over and over again. we would stop seeing changes pretty soon if we measured and tested and honed in on the ideal UI for a given site or tool. changes happen MORE frequently and are more disruptive than ever, it seems.