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Smarter people are better at using computers. Doh! But wait -- pretty much everybody needs to use a computer. What do? Make all computers dumber? Thus was born

• bqmjjx0kac 2y ago
  > User interface designers aim to reduce cognitive load, improve ease of use, and guarantee access to all (Johnson, 2020). Do they, though? Anecdotally, they seem to be primarily focused on optimizing engagement metrics, secondarily on adding gratuitous padding, and tertiarily on making all the buttons flat and harder to distinguish from the background. Rant over.
• sidewndr46 2y ago
  The Handicapper general shall be responsible for enforcing uniform usability across all applications
• lenkite 2y ago
  My dad prefers 1990s style simple terminals with a user manual compared to modern web UI's where he always gets lost and inevitably gets scammed.
  • ape4 2y ago
    Remember when all hyperlinks were underlined. But it was decided that wasn't pretty enough.