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> How you think people use your app is different than how they use it > > Make it a point to observe the customer when they are using your app. ... > You can
by nox101 3y ago
> How you think people use your app is different than how they use it
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> Make it a point to observe the customer when they are using your app. ...
> You can track all the metrics you want, but there’s something surreal about seeing a user scroll up and down trying to find something, hitting the back button, waiting, trying to click something that isn’t clickable etc.
I wish Apple, Google, and every other company on the planet did this. Every Single Day, Multiple Times A Day, I run into UI issues in software (and non-software) that IMO would be mind numbingly obvious to fix if anyone had bother to actually watch a user. And, on top of not watching, it's often impossible to give feedback. Ever try to give Apple feedback? AFAICT it goes onto a black box, if you can find it. Google? They'll only take feedback in certain parts of their apps making it impossible to actually report an issue.
- magicalhippo 3y agoI jump on every opportunity I can to go out with support to a customer, just so I can see them using our software in action. I always come back with a list of pain points I'd never thought about.