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Who else is clicking "click to start" like me? It turns out you have to choose one of the buttons. I thought they are there to allow me to enable/disable the so
by SmartHypercube 3y ago
Who else is clicking "click to start" like me? It turns out you have to choose one of the buttons. I thought they are there to allow me to enable/disable the sound, but they also both act as start buttons.
Didn't know a simple interface with a sound switch and a game start button can be designed this badly.
- kfarr 3y agoYeah it doesn't even need the option IMHO, I don't think sound is needed here...
- notpushkin 3y agoI think the easiest way to fix would be to add a colon, so that you see you have to pick an option: Click to start: [sound on] [sound off]
- kqr 3y agoOr have the "click to start" text cliclable and start the game with sound. Anyone who wants it muted will make sure to first click the mute symbol and then the ambiguity resolves itself anyway.
- wruza 3y agoMathDoku does that and I hate it, because sometimes cookies expire and it plays loud music in the middle of the night when I start it. What's wrong with [ CLICK TO START ] [x] Allow sound Keep it simple
- kqr 3y agoI think most people would agree your solution is preferable, but the spirit of this subthread was "what's the smallest change that would improve things" rather than "how could it be redesigned from scratch?" I would also argue the MathDoku problem is different. That sounds like a mode confusion type issue, where the user expects a certain level of automation but it has been disabled by the system without adequate feedback.
- maxcoder4 3y agoWhat's wrong with "start with sound" and "start without sound"? That's a guaranteed single click, whereas with a checkbox you need either one or two clicks.
- medstrom 3y agoEven better: [Start with sound] [Start without sound]
- sublinear 3y ago100% this. Buttons represent verbs.
- notpushkin 2y agoButton may be a verb, but it doesn't have to. Generally, buttons represent one of three things: 1. an action – this is usually a verb in the imperative mood (e.g. Reply, Save, Add to basket) 2. a status – those omit the verb and only specify the new state of an object, which might be a lot of things, like a noun (Spam), an adjective (Favourite) or maybe an adverb (In progress, Later) 3. a navigation item – on the Web, this is better represented as a link, so let's not go into this here I would argue that "with/without sound" is a clear example of a status here.
- sublinear 2y agoIt's still way clearer to not omit the verb. "Report spam" vs just "Spam". Also links are not buttons. There's nothing to get into here. It's straight up wrong from every perspective to think of a link as a button even from an accessibility standpoint.
- nycdatasci 3y agoWho else is missing the forest for the trees? It turns out you have to focus on the merit of the contribution instead of inconsequential UI design optimization. Didn’t know a simple demo (with disclaimers) from someone who is clearly doing something novel could be commented on this badly.
- Thorrez 3y ago>inconsequential UI design optimization I certainly was confused and had a hard time starting it. If a significant amount of people can't even figure out how to start the game, the problem isn't inconsequential.
- ikari_pl 3y agomaybe the bots won't know either
- nycdatasci 3y agoI agree with you, but this is distracting from the merits of the demo. Also, this is currently #2 on the front page so clearly many people are able to navigate the demo UI, even if it is suboptimal.
- wruza 3y agoI decided to leave only a secondary comment at the bottom of the thread for the same reason as yours and still got 14 ups (i.e. thanks) in a short time before this branch bubbled up. People definitely get confused and that's worth talking about before the merits of the demo, cause you have to run it somehow. I almost left too thinking it's broken, hugged or something. It is distracting and we'll live through it :)
- iopq 3y agoI couldn't get it started for a while because I clicked start to start like it says on the tin
- ghnws 3y ago
- burrish 3y agoskill issue, literally filtered by two buttons on the screen
- Kreutzer 3y agoNot me.
- SuchAnonMuchWow 3y agoTwist: the real capcha is detecting if the user first press on "click to start"
- Carlseymanh 3y agoIf I were you I'd change my name into Hypercube only
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- robofanatic 3y agoHuman Intelligence eventually figures it out, no matter how bad the interface is.