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User Interfaces - WTF??  

New2Midlo 54M
653 posts
7/17/2021 8:37 am

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7/18/2021 6:20 pm

User Interfaces - WTF??


The second installment of my Old Man Ranting Series

seems be an unwritten rule amongst those create interfaces for software, apps, and other consumer devices. That is once users have become accustomed to finding everything they need, we must change the fucking interface. Until tonight, my ire was mostly kept in , but I two major 'gotta change' landmines within the past 48 hours and I'm pissed. Strangely, the culprit laid both mines.

Yesterday, I decided I wanted use the Amazon music app for the errand run I was about embark on. When my<b> phone </font></b>hooked up my Bluetooth stereo, the screen changed to what I came to discover was car mode. And , this thing made no sense. I couldn't find the specific music I wanted listen . Was Amazon thinking 'Let's cause people crash their cars by making them have figure out a whole new UI that was created prevent people from crashing their cars.' I'll spare you my tirade about parties deciding for you what you should see. Fortunately, I could disable and did at my first stop.

Then tonight, when I kicked on my Fire TV for entertainment while on the treadmill, I was greeted by a 'we've updated your experience' screen, followed by a two minute video explaining how they'd fucked everything up...I mean moved everything to where I can't find ...oh, , you know what I mean. Getting out of the video was challenging; really wanted you see the masterpiece. Profanity echoed from the walls of my gym! Fortunately, I was able get the content I wanted quickly.

In all fairness, I shouldn't be surprised at Amazon fucking shit up. The hardware they make, or more accurately the hardware they have made put their on, is almost universally shit. The aforementioned Fire TV was the second in that location and 4th or 5th replacement overall. Don't get me started on the new Kindle. The first generation was a simple device; reliable, durable, easy use, and had real buttons. This latest version is a handheld advertisement that's anything but intuitive and utilizes a touch screen and processor that makes it...the...slowest...hand...held...device...you've...ever...seen. My decade old Kindle was much faster, had greater functionality, and didn't barrage me with ads. Unfortunately, the battery took the big dirt nap, leaving me no choice but to replace it.

Back to the UI topic. The biggest offender of them all, with respect to moving shit around unnecessarily, is Microsoft. My job requires me to use Office; , Powerpoint, Excel are daily staples. The upgrade associated with Windows was an abomination, with features and functions moved all over the place, and some actually being removed. The learning curve was insane and I'm still not as adept with it as I'd been with the previous versions. Were I hold Bill Gates at knifepoint and force him tell me why he committed such blasphemy, I'm sure he'd whimper something about it being more intuitive. Considering that current users, 'd already gotten used the UI, outnumber new users, might find the new UI easier learn, by about one trillion one, I think most would agree that fucking up the existing UI be fucking moronic.

those have any input in designing this sort of stuff, let me offer some words of advice. Users of consumer devices don't want have figure out your shit more than once. After the initial learning curve, which had better be brief, they want pick up their device and use NOW. If you implement a facelift your UI that requires users watch a two fucking minute video guide, you've failed and are undeserving of your job or life. If your new UI requires any sort of acclimation curve versus the old one, you're a failure. People don't like new and unimproved.

New2Midlo 54M
1075 posts
7/17/2021 8:38 am

Before having a calf for the very first time, a female is called heifer. Then, once she has her first calf, she becomes a cow.

See, not as much entertainment value as a wombat or axolotl.


New2Midlo 54M
1075 posts
7/17/2021 5:59 pm

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Oh yeah, that too! Ya know, you wouldn't have to be so concerned about your call center satisfying customers if you didn't make garbage!


hippiechick1967 60F  
13154 posts
7/18/2021 7:51 am

I've hated ALL the "upgrades" since Windows 8, when they tried to make PCs look like Macs with everything being an "app." If I'd wanted a freaking Mac I would have bought one.
I also rely on computers to do my job well and am always having to learn new programs. That I expect, but having to relearn them when they make sweeping changes is too much.

Elevate me...


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