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Fuck me that’s the worst UX I’ve seen in ages

by boesboes 3y ago

jsnell 3y ago
Threads or the site?
- XMasterrrr 3y ago
  Both.
KineticLensman 3y ago
First it told me ‘pro-tip’ that I was holding my phone wrong and when I did rotate to landscape mode, it ignored the rotation. I applied some ‘critical ignoring’ at that point, as per a peer article
flanbiscuit 3y ago
I had the opposite reaction, but I'm on my laptop. It looks like they are using RevealJS (https://revealjs.com/ https://revealjs.com/). I mention that because I originally went in thinking of this as an "article" with an alternative UX, but in reality it's just a slide show. I did just try it on my mobile (Firefox, Android) and this format definitely doesn't translate well. I put it in landscape and it just shrink down the desktop site to fit. I feel like they should either encourage people to read on desktop or have an alternative mobile version.
- nicce 3y ago
  On desktop it was very good. On mobile... well I had to switch to desktop.
taneq 3y ago
"Use your KEYBOARD ARROWS to view the story" reminds me of the way Minecraft Legends pops up a hint saying "Press [left mouse button graphic] to start" when you click or press space or escape or literally any other commonly used "ok that's nice, please proceed" key. If you understand my intent well enough to post a passive-aggressive note telling me how I should ask to move to the next part, you understand me well enough to just skip to the next fkn part. Edit: Just launched Minecraft Legends to confirm details and that it still does this. Apparently it's changed a bit but still pops up "Press [left mouse button] to start" on the splash screen and, if you hit space, changes to "Press [picture of enter key] to start" so I feel my point stands. Edit2: Oh and when a cinematic starts... if you hit Esc it pops up a similar tip saying "Press ␣ to continue." WHAT DID YOU THINK I WANT- ugh I'm over it.
lost_tourist 3y ago
It's super simple, left/right keys for 95% of it, why is that a bad UX?
- slipshady 3y ago
  I could barely read or navigate on mobile despite being prompted to ‘flip to landscape’. I gave up on the page.

Fuck me that’s the worst UX I’ve seen in ages

jsnell 3y ago

Threads or the site?

XMasterrrr 3y ago
Both.

KineticLensman 3y ago

First it told me ‘pro-tip’ that I was holding my phone wrong and when I did rotate to landscape mode, it ignored the rotation. I applied some ‘critical ignoring’ at that point, as per a peer article

flanbiscuit 3y ago

I had the opposite reaction, but I'm on my laptop. It looks like they are using RevealJS (https://revealjs.com/ https://revealjs.com/). I mention that because I originally went in thinking of this as an "article" with an alternative UX, but in reality it's just a slide show. I did just try it on my mobile (Firefox, Android) and this format definitely doesn't translate well. I put it in landscape and it just shrink down the desktop site to fit. I feel like they should either encourage people to read on desktop or have an alternative mobile version.

nicce 3y ago
On desktop it was very good. On mobile... well I had to switch to desktop.

taneq 3y ago

"Use your KEYBOARD ARROWS to view the story" reminds me of the way Minecraft Legends pops up a hint saying "Press [left mouse button graphic] to start" when you click or press space or escape or literally any other commonly used "ok that's nice, please proceed" key. If you understand my intent well enough to post a passive-aggressive note telling me how I should ask to move to the next part, you understand me well enough to just skip to the next fkn part. Edit: Just launched Minecraft Legends to confirm details and that it still does this. Apparently it's changed a bit but still pops up "Press [left mouse button] to start" on the splash screen and, if you hit space, changes to "Press [picture of enter key] to start" so I feel my point stands. Edit2: Oh and when a cinematic starts... if you hit Esc it pops up a similar tip saying "Press ␣ to continue." WHAT DID YOU THINK I WANT- ugh I'm over it.

lost_tourist 3y ago

It's super simple, left/right keys for 95% of it, why is that a bad UX?

slipshady 3y ago
I could barely read or navigate on mobile despite being prompted to ‘flip to landscape’. I gave up on the page.