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The UI is confusing (double negatives). Does Red "Disable Inventory Collector" mean that is enabled? Red, to me, usually means off on a toggle switch. It's exp

by mmgutz 5y ago

The UI is confusing (double negatives). Does Red "Disable Inventory Collector" mean that is enabled? Red, to me, usually means off on a toggle switch. It's explained in the help.

zalebz 5y ago
agreed. I've been using this and similar tools for several years and the cognitive load for every single setting is infuriating. especially given the very obvious underlying reason everyone is launching this tool.
userbinator 5y ago
If only they would just use normal checkboxes, available on Windows since the 80s, instead of these stupid ambiguous slider-switches, they would be perfectly clear with the additional advantage that you can use them while colourblind. Check to disable, uncheck to enable. It's the result of another idiotic attempt at UI "modernity". (Then again, the double negatives in Windows' own Group Policy Editor, where some if not all of this stuff is also configurable, are just as confusing sometimes; but there, at least the UI controls themselves don't add any more ambiguity.)
- rkagerer 5y ago
  Agreed, UI's may look "sexier" these days but they're less usable.
- soylentnewsorg 5y ago
  here are some checkboxes in winaero inder the "disable windows ads" title: [x] stop unwanted apps windows auto-installs [x] start menu suggestions [x] ads in explorer notice how the first checkbox has "stop" and the second and third don't? to me, if "ads in explorer" is checked, it means you have ads in explorer. not to the winaero guys though. if "ads" are checked, no ads. sometimes. sometimes if "stop ads" is checked, no ads. my favorite is android, where you have a toggle, and depending on how it's set, the description of the toggle changes. so you have the toggle "off" and it says "disable this feature."
ToFab123 5y ago
Yes, this tool is very confusing to use. It is hard to tell if the slider has to be red or green to disable something. I have a mix of green and red and with most of them it say recommended "yes". So is my current setting the recommended setting because it say yes or does the yes mean the recommended setting is to disable it? Is disable it then the green or the red knop? This app needs a complete UI redesign to be useful

by mmgutz 5y ago

The UI is confusing (double negatives). Does Red "Disable Inventory Collector" mean that is enabled? Red, to me, usually means off on a toggle switch. It's explained in the help.

zalebz 5y ago

agreed. I've been using this and similar tools for several years and the cognitive load for every single setting is infuriating. especially given the very obvious underlying reason everyone is launching this tool.

userbinator 5y ago

If only they would just use normal checkboxes, available on Windows since the 80s, instead of these stupid ambiguous slider-switches, they would be perfectly clear with the additional advantage that you can use them while colourblind. Check to disable, uncheck to enable. It's the result of another idiotic attempt at UI "modernity". (Then again, the double negatives in Windows' own Group Policy Editor, where some if not all of this stuff is also configurable, are just as confusing sometimes; but there, at least the UI controls themselves don't add any more ambiguity.)

rkagerer 5y ago
Agreed, UI's may look "sexier" these days but they're less usable.
soylentnewsorg 5y ago
here are some checkboxes in winaero inder the "disable windows ads" title: [x] stop unwanted apps windows auto-installs [x] start menu suggestions [x] ads in explorer notice how the first checkbox has "stop" and the second and third don't? to me, if "ads in explorer" is checked, it means you have ads in explorer. not to the winaero guys though. if "ads" are checked, no ads. sometimes. sometimes if "stop ads" is checked, no ads. my favorite is android, where you have a toggle, and depending on how it's set, the description of the toggle changes. so you have the toggle "off" and it says "disable this feature."

ToFab123 5y ago

Yes, this tool is very confusing to use. It is hard to tell if the slider has to be red or green to disable something. I have a mix of green and red and with most of them it say recommended "yes". So is my current setting the recommended setting because it say yes or does the yes mean the recommended setting is to disable it? Is disable it then the green or the red knop? This app needs a complete UI redesign to be useful