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The non-design is often a feature and a selling point for these vendors. There are some simple reasons that these might go against current trends in design - f
by awkward 12y ago
The non-design is often a feature and a selling point for these vendors.
There are some simple reasons that these might go against current trends in design - for example, these need to be high-information density displays, not minimalist showpieces. This gives plenty of room to ship something that is suboptimal, but to market it to the customer as clearly more functional, BECAUSE it's ugly.
I really think that UX can be improved, and better design could squeeze more efficiency out of these systems, but this thought process - that ugly directly means functional - actually does move a lot of software.
- ocdtrekkie 12y agoI literally was at a talk from an AXIS Communications salesperson yesterday. They advocated their never-changing web UI as a feature, and everyone agreed it was one.
- kayfox 12y agoIf you mean the company that makes the network cameras, it is kinda nice that you don't have to change your code for every new camera or version of software. Sometimes what works does not need to be changed,* especially when your talking physical security, where a camera system may be installed for upwards of 20 years. Oh, and guards who still don't know how to operate it. * In this case I think they have made substantial changes behind the scenes to fix security holes, but the UI remains the same.
- ocdtrekkie 12y agoYup.