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If you're that worried "<p> hold shift to select more than one item.</p>" isn't a whole lot extra to add and is something most people can handle.
by swiley 5y ago
If you're that worried "<p> hold shift to select more than one item.</p>" isn't a whole lot extra to add and is something most people can handle.
- mikepurvis 5y agoProbably wouldn’t be a great fit for touch or screen reader interfaces, though.
- swiley 5y agoTouch screen OSes usually have their own implementations.
- blacktriangle 5y agoWhich frankly is the best argument FOR using the built-in multiple select, since the custom widgets often fail on touch.
- fermuch 5y agoSome users don't know what key "shift" refers to.
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- cameronh90 5y agoYou think people actually read what's on the screen...? Never done tech support I take it!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoSo how do you expect them to use your product if you strawmen them as people incapable of reading?
- nkrisc 5y agoBecause they’ll only read what they believe is essential to their goal. Small text below a form element does not scream “critical” it doesn’t get read. I’ve watched many users use websites: they only read what they think is important and skip everything else.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoPartly that's because they've been trained to ignore things by people putting too much irrelevant bullshit on everything, but I digress. There will always be idiots, there will always be people who missed something, and there will always be people who refuse to try and figure anything out themselves. But, if we keep designing for these people then everyone else has to suffer because of it.
- beaconstudios 5y agoA good designer designs for reality, not their ideal head canon of how people /should/ behave.
- userbinator 5y agoNo, we should stop dumbing down UIs to the lowest common denominator because that's how you get user-hostile software that treats users like sheep to be herded and monetised. The less you encourage learning and self-improvement, the less it will happen.
- beaconstudios 5y agoYou get user hostile software that treats people as sheep to be herded and monetised because of the capitalisation of software, not because designers are making their interfaces too easy to use. Don't blame designers for that, blame VCs and Silicon Valley.
- david422 5y ago
- motioncuty 5y agoHow do I do it on my phone or tablet?
- jrochkind1 5y ago"* Command-key on MacOS that's the one that that has a ⌘ on it btw" "‡ On a phone or tablet or whatever, ignore us, we're just confusing you."