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Sadly, I have to agree with him. I still do my best, though. I just know that it's like pissing a dark pair of pants: No one notices, but you get a warm feelin

Sadly, I have to agree with him. I still do my best, though. I just know that it's like pissing a dark pair of pants: No one notices, but you get a warm feeling from it. As long as I am prepared to deal with no one being willing to pay for Quality (solved, by not being paid for my work), and people completely disregarding -even complaining about- the things that I consider "my finest work", then I'll be OK. I write UX that "doesn't stand out." It "just does what it's supposed to do," without flash. When someone uses my apps, they don't see cute little "Look at how cool this is" animations, or whatnot. There is likely to be an animation, but it will just be a quick one, there to smooth a transition, not to please the user. etc. People like my apps, but they don't rave about them. The reason that I know it's working, is because they are constantly using the apps. Many "eye candy" apps get used a bunch, for a little while, then folks get sick of the flash, and stop using them. But no one would be willing to pay for this. I just made a release, that incorporated some major-league changes, with very little indication in the UI[0]. It took a couple of weeks of testing, and fixing small bugs, but many folks would have shipped right away, and the app would probably still be used. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563473

prmph 2y ago
People do care about quality; it's just that there is wide variation between people's ability to notice, and care about, quality. To put it simply, for a particular work, the amount of people who would notice it's quality and care about that, is small, but not zero. I do notice that the more people have experience with a field, the more they appreciate simple things that work well. As in, their taste matures. Most people on this site do appreciate web design that is free of clutter of gaudy flashy animations and ads, etc. Some people just don't have a sense of taste, and their appreciation for quality might never mature. Also, even when a person appreciates quality, it is not the case that they value it so much in a particular instance that hey would pay more for it. But, in specific instances, yes, they will demand, and maybe pay for, quality

prmph 2y ago

People do care about quality; it's just that there is wide variation between people's ability to notice, and care about, quality. To put it simply, for a particular work, the amount of people who would notice it's quality and care about that, is small, but not zero. I do notice that the more people have experience with a field, the more they appreciate simple things that work well. As in, their taste matures. Most people on this site do appreciate web design that is free of clutter of gaudy flashy animations and ads, etc. Some people just don't have a sense of taste, and their appreciation for quality might never mature. Also, even when a person appreciates quality, it is not the case that they value it so much in a particular instance that hey would pay more for it. But, in specific instances, yes, they will demand, and maybe pay for, quality