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Is anyone else getting tired about the UI/UX craze where everything needs to be designed like it's meant for braindead users? (yiffit.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hate the damage that Apple seems to have done in this regard. I also hate it when apps hide features because "they're for power users and regular users won't understand them".

Sure, there's a difference between UX being so bad that it's frustrating to use and "we need to simplify things because we don't want to scare the users".

Lemmy UI has its problems to solve and features to add, but it's not bad, even on mobile. I've been using it extensively and it does fine all things considered.

~~Anyways, at this point I believe there's even a benefit to making a UI a bit ugly and scary, so you end up with a higher quality of users instead of quantity, as cold as it might sound.~~

Edit: I didn't mean to just talk about Lemmy. That was just an example and I understand that for a social platform numbers are important. My rant was more general in regards to the dumbing down of UI in all areas.

Edit2: I'm sorry. I didn't want to come off as elitist. I'm actually concerned about the loss of power user features more than non-tech savvy users having a bad time.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think there is an important difference between UX and UI here.

In terms of UI I fully agree with the poster here. Over architected and designed uis are annoying and cumbersome. I've seen too many designers over design for the sake of design.

UX however is a different matter. User eXperience should be brain dead simple. Follows the actual customer quote - "the customer is always right", meaning if the customer thinks there should be a button here that does the thing, there probably should be. Even if it breaks some design rules, obviously the experience demands it.