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> The problem with arguments like these is that there being "no good reason" is highly subjective. Not only is it subjective it's almost certainly incorrect. I

by PMan74 12y ago

> The problem with arguments like these is that there being "no good reason" is highly subjective. Not only is it subjective it's almost certainly incorrect. If you read anything about Google it's clear that they don't make UI decisions without looking at a ton of data, making the changes and testing those changes. What does the author of that post think? A Google designer updated a load of designs on a whim?

throwawayaway 12y ago
Not a whim, an existential crisis. Justifying their existence, cherry picking suitable answers from a ton of data to back that up. Confirmation bias to appear relevant.
- obsurveyor 12y ago
  Justifying their job too. How do you get marks on your review if the only concrete things you can point to through the year are the bookkeeping of the design world? Also, employee turnover and position changes means that those new people bring their own, "new" ideas that have to be implemented(how else do you "make your mark"?), at the expense of the user comfort/satisfaciton.
lukeschlather 12y ago
What sort of data? I can look at data all day, it doesn't mean that I'm interpreting it right. Furthermore, the biggest issues may not show up in the data. I have a 22-month-old Android phone. Google Maps just keeps getting slower and slower. Now it takes 10-15 seconds to start up. I'd really like to know what percentage of the data Google is using comes from phones released in the past 10 months. (Or phones that haven't even been released yet.)
- colomon 12y ago
  And the Maps navigate functionality has gone from being so nice it single-handedly justified the cost of a smart phone to just barely working. I tried to use it on a 90 minute trip a few weeks back, and it did brilliant things like try to start me over from my original starting point rather than my last known location when it lost the GPS signal 45 minutes into the trip...

by PMan74 12y ago

throwawayaway 12y ago

Not a whim, an existential crisis. Justifying their existence, cherry picking suitable answers from a ton of data to back that up. Confirmation bias to appear relevant.

obsurveyor 12y ago
Justifying their job too. How do you get marks on your review if the only concrete things you can point to through the year are the bookkeeping of the design world? Also, employee turnover and position changes means that those new people bring their own, "new" ideas that have to be implemented(how else do you "make your mark"?), at the expense of the user comfort/satisfaciton.

lukeschlather 12y ago

What sort of data? I can look at data all day, it doesn't mean that I'm interpreting it right. Furthermore, the biggest issues may not show up in the data. I have a 22-month-old Android phone. Google Maps just keeps getting slower and slower. Now it takes 10-15 seconds to start up. I'd really like to know what percentage of the data Google is using comes from phones released in the past 10 months. (Or phones that haven't even been released yet.)

colomon 12y ago
And the Maps navigate functionality has gone from being so nice it single-handedly justified the cost of a smart phone to just barely working. I tried to use it on a 90 minute trip a few weeks back, and it did brilliant things like try to start me over from my original starting point rather than my last known location when it lost the GPS signal 45 minutes into the trip...