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How visually distinct are the 3 interfaces?

• bsenftner 2y ago
  LLM interfaces look the same, the are a multi-line text area the end-user can resize, very much like the comment fields here on HackerNews. I'm considering changing their background color and adding other visual distinctions to make clear their different purposes. At first, I placed a simple text field on the toolbars of the word processor and the spreadsheet interfaces, but my initial testers thought they were a duplicated find/replace function and not an open ended LLM request field, despite a label and popup tool text saying otherwise. So I moved them to be separate, independent resizable text areas. The end-users I have testing the interfaces realize they are LLM interfaces now, but are not yet realizing that the word processor and spreadsheet interfaces can co-author with them. They ask the LLMs how to use questions, rather than "would you make this change" requests. To address that, I'm adding a drawer of example videos next to the LLM text area, so they have use examples showing them how to use the interface. No amount of text seems to help, people just don't read it.