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Interfaces are meant to have friction, that’s what guides the user more than the “happy path”. This radial menu is all happy path. Having a list in a menu, with
by baerrie 3y ago
Interfaces are meant to have friction, that’s what guides the user more than the “happy path”. This radial menu is all happy path. Having a list in a menu, with the most used selections higher up in the list, give the user context like “this is higher so it is more likely to be what I next” meaning they usually don't traverse the whole list to get to the lower and less used options.
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoInterfaces aren’t meant to have friction in as much carpets aren’t meant to give you rug burns. Friction is a by product of user experience that hasn’t successfully automated what the user needed. The ultimate form of software is one that functions on its own without user input, the second is “wish” based, as you say it does. Caveat emperor.
- maxbond 3y agoI like this a lot, this is a good analysis, but to be fair, they did show a hierarchical pie menu. So there is still friction and prioritization.