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When working on UI apps we have teams dedicated to making sure every single decision is driven by data. Every little single thing is A/B tested. All of the desi
by sktrdie 4y ago
When working on UI apps we have teams dedicated to making sure every single decision is driven by data. Every little single thing is A/B tested. All of the designers, UX experts, developers opinion is always secondary compared to just good old "increase of clicks".
But then we're just building supermarkets and it makes me angry, well because, supermarkets are ugly.
I'd argue that the "most sellable experience" is almost never the "most beautiful experience". In fact most of my memorable experiences are ones that are NOT mass-marketed. This is also the reason why the "blockbuster hollywood movies" are always worst compared to a more unique indie experience.
This is also why I think the "AI-diffusion" future where new experiences are created off of old massively marketed ones is doomed to fail.
People want diverse unique experiences that have been thought out by experts with decades of experience and with a craftship-level mindset; not things that have been copy/pasted from an AI neural network.
- solardev 4y agoI've never met someone who wanted a diverse, unique app experience. For the most part those are just a pain in the ass created by some overzealous junior designer eager to show off. Bland and predictable apps are so much nicer. It's not an art project, just a barrier to getting something done... please don't go crazy with it...
- bombcar 4y agoShades of every single application in the early 2000s avoiding the Windows design guidelines and building their own weird mishmash of buttons.