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This seems to completely disregard the existence of help screens, exploration, and (to some degree) documentation. A user is not required to know what each but
by remram 2y ago
This seems to completely disregard the existence of help screens, exploration, and (to some degree) documentation.
A user is not required to know what each button does, because in the first few minutes of using the app, they will press them and find out. Can't easily do that with a drill or a car, but an app has "back" and "undo" buttons.
A user is not required to understand every subtlety of a form, because they can click the "?" button in the corner and get more details. Can't easily build the manual into the side of the drill.
I hate apps that are frustrating and slow to use all the time just so that it can be "intuitive" the first time. The first time only happen once, please don't optimize only for that workflow, and let power users get through the app fast! Offer keyboard shortcuts! Let me customize toolbars and gestures, even if it means making the settings more than one page!
I don't know if this was the author's point or not. I am not sure which direction they were arguing after reading the article twice.
- wruza 2y agofrustrating and slow to use all the time just so that it can be "intuitive" the first time Not to mention they’ll send your habit down the pipe anyway with the next forced update, which contains “redesign for easier use”, which makes it less easy.
- hulitu 2y ago> This seems to completely disregard the existence of help screens, exploration, and (to some degree) documentation. Looking at Windows settings: help screens - link to some article on internet, exploration - i really don't have time to learn every version of Settings, documentation - good luck with that.
- remram 2y agoThe new settings page exists because of a misguided onus on "intuitive". Now half of the settings are in the new interface and half remain in the old Control Panel... definitely not an improvement for users, but I'm sure someone got to put "built a more intuitive control panel" in their yearly review.