"Today, as a result of their efforts, we interact with wonderfully designed interfaces." I wonder what's wrong with me, because in my experience, interfaces are

"Today, as a result of their efforts, we interact with wonderfully designed interfaces." I wonder what's wrong with me, because in my experience, interfaces are degenerating, no improving since the 90s. I no longer know whats happening behind the one or two ambigiously named buttons, I have no way of anticipating the outcome or handling the edge cases. In a way, the fourth gif shows it well, the machinery is hidden from the user, there are few choices with extremely complex, and hidden interactions and consequences, and it's now up to the user to try to deduce this hidden logic from only a few inputs, it's terrible. Oh, and the rest of the article agrees, and makes its points much better than I ever could. Excellent article!