Comment on My Bank Recently Changed Their Interface to Move Money Between Accounts
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 days agoI’m aware why it happens, but if even you are aware then that means you know what I’ve said is true. As such, it seems you also should know that you’re not designing for the best interface, but just the one that the largest proportion of the masses are able to use well enough to win out over alternatives in a quest for market domination. Dumbed-down wins in the numbers game, but isn’t necessarily the “best” interface.
Another part in the numbers game is cost. As someone reminded me recently, the “best” solutions rarely win over ones that are “good enough,” but cost the end users less. Technology’s history is veritably littered with superior options that lost out against their competition because of such cost differences.
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 days ago
Definitely… But you can both streamline an interface for the masses without taking away from power users. OSX was a pretty good example of this - they kept a simple veneer, but if you dug a little deeper you used to be able to do some pretty advanced things and configure it all just how you like it
It just takes more time and effort, so it’s becoming rare
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 days ago
Agreed, and that’s what’s frustrating the shit out of me over where things have been going for several years now.
theneverfox@pawb.social 3 days ago
Sorry friend, but it’s only going to get worse for the foreseeable future
I’m with you lamenting it though, I’m very frustrated too. Everything is breaking, for the stupidest reasons…
For decades now, I’ve joked that the Internet is just a fad… But recently I realized, we might just see it die