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> Try copying this UUID by double-clicking on it Nobody does this. Normal users don't even know this is a thing. I worked on an app that did something like th
by pimlottc 3y ago
> Try copying this UUID by double-clicking on it
Nobody does this. Normal users don't even know this is a thing. I worked on an app that did something like this for placeholders in generated text, and in all our extensive testing and high-touch rollouts, we never saw anyone use it.
It's nice that you took the time to think about it, but it's not that important.
- kamikaz1k 3y agoI use it, but I’m just me. What was the thing your product did?
- pimlottc 3y agoWithout getting too specific, it helped automate report writing for caseworkers by generating blocks of boilerplate text appropriate for each case, with placeholders for the particulars of the case. Sort of like: The applicant is fully employed as a _PROFESSION_ at _NAME_OF_COMPANY_ Our designer excited told us how he specifically used underscores so you could double-click the placeholder and just type over it.
- jtriangle 3y agoExactly. It seems the way they use "users" there is much more accurately said as "Junior Devs", which takes your applicable pool from ~7billion max to "almost noone". Quite literally not worth the trouble.
- medstrom 3y agoHow about when you long-tap on a touchscreen and it automatically selects the whole word? Double-clicking is just one aspect of the wider principle, that is you make life easier for heuristics of all kinds.
- kiitos 3y agoLiterally everybody does this. It is actually a critical property of usable IDs!