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> if you stop trying to build a compromise of a UI for both, touch screens and desktops Agree many of the problems have to do with this, yet it’s barely mentio
by klabb3 1y ago
> if you stop trying to build a compromise of a UI for both, touch screens and desktops
Agree many of the problems have to do with this, yet it’s barely mentioned by armchair designers. Temporally hidden and narrow scrollbars? Makes perfect sense for scrolling on touch screen (since you don’t touch them directly), but very annoying on desktop.
Back in the pre-touch days we’d have a lot of hover menus. But with a phone today? Nobody likes the hamburger/three dots, but there isn’t a better alternative without losing context. And nobody uses hover anymore for functional purposes.
But, I also don’t think building entirely separate apps and especially web sites for different form factors is desirable. We probably should be better at responsive design, and develop better tooling and guidelines.