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Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymor

Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymore, so, goodbye to usability experts. But the obvious result is that now, computer illiterate people are completely fucked I had a father (he was 56 in 2022 so not even that old) who refused to learn how to use technology. But in 2022, he couldn't find an apartment without help, he couldn't find a job without help, he couldn't do his paperwork without help, even finding a restaurant's phone number to make a reservation would take him ages because who the fuck bothers filing for the yellow pages anymore? Are they even still a thing? At some point surely he would've caved and pushed through to get a smartphone and a laptop. But at that point, how hard would it be to learn it all on your own?

chongli 2y ago
Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymore, so, goodbye to usability experts. I think that's selling usability experts short. Good UI design isn't just for computer novices. It's also for power users. An extremely well-designed user interface can dramatically enhance productivity and allow a power user to get into highly efficient and satisfying workflows. Conversely, a poor user interface (such as all the modern ones we have today) can be extremely frustrating and unproductive to use, to the point where power users give up on trying to complete their tasks efficiently. You are definitely correct about computer illiterate people. I have several older relatives who are in the same boat as your father was. My father is 73 and he's a capable user of his phone, though he still needs a fair amount of tech support from me.
tivert 2y ago
> Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymore, so, goodbye to usability experts. > But the obvious result is that now, computer illiterate people are completely fucked IMHO, the things that "fuck" computer illiterate people also annoy and decrease usability for computer literate people, it's just that the latter group can adapt to the damage. Take those fucking horizontal slider switches, for instance. They're fucking everywhere now. It's fucking medium gray, does that mean on or off? Guess I have to toggle it and see what happens. Oh, the gray got lighter, so it must've been on? Or, the app/website/whatever looked "dated" so they "refresh" it by changing some colors and moving all the the buttons and menus around. Thanks for invalidating my muscle memory, for no good reason. IMHO, usability experts need to design all the UIs (keeping both novices and power users in mind), and give the graphic designers who are concerned about looks very little freedom (i.e. they can make suggestions, but need approval). If they want more freedom, they can design UIs for movie computers (if you want to see a good one, watch Until the End of the World).

chongli 2y ago

Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymore, so, goodbye to usability experts. I think that's selling usability experts short. Good UI design isn't just for computer novices. It's also for power users. An extremely well-designed user interface can dramatically enhance productivity and allow a power user to get into highly efficient and satisfying workflows. Conversely, a poor user interface (such as all the modern ones we have today) can be extremely frustrating and unproductive to use, to the point where power users give up on trying to complete their tasks efficiently. You are definitely correct about computer illiterate people. I have several older relatives who are in the same boat as your father was. My father is 73 and he's a capable user of his phone, though he still needs a fair amount of tech support from me.

tivert 2y ago

> Maybe the extinction is the population of users that's entirely unused to graphical user interfaces. You don't need to take that group into consideration anymore, so, goodbye to usability experts. > But the obvious result is that now, computer illiterate people are completely fucked IMHO, the things that "fuck" computer illiterate people also annoy and decrease usability for computer literate people, it's just that the latter group can adapt to the damage. Take those fucking horizontal slider switches, for instance. They're fucking everywhere now. It's fucking medium gray, does that mean on or off? Guess I have to toggle it and see what happens. Oh, the gray got lighter, so it must've been on? Or, the app/website/whatever looked "dated" so they "refresh" it by changing some colors and moving all the the buttons and menus around. Thanks for invalidating my muscle memory, for no good reason. IMHO, usability experts need to design all the UIs (keeping both novices and power users in mind), and give the graphic designers who are concerned about looks very little freedom (i.e. they can make suggestions, but need approval). If they want more freedom, they can design UIs for movie computers (if you want to see a good one, watch Until the End of the World).