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Scott Jenson (scottjenson@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Feb-2023 13:15:05 JST Scott Jenson

Third in my blog post series "Design can be free" where I slay monsters: horrible cheap "smart devices" with far too many fiddly buttons.
This is a hill I'm willing to die on.
#UXDesign #HardwareDesign #IXD #IoT
https://jenson.org/free3/
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1. These four abuses are not meant to prove buttons are horrible but they do show how they can be misused to create confusion. We’ve all used devices that do this and unfortunately, they are growing in number. That’s why I’ve started this series. These abuses have become a dark set of accepted practices, enabling the creation of ever more complex and inscrutable devices. Companies are encouraged by a cavalier “Why not put it in?” attitude instead of asking the much harder question if it should put it in at all. As a professional UX Designer, I want devices to offer more. But UX Design isn’t about cramming everything into your product in the vague hail mary hope it’ll ship a few more units. That’s the sales team speaking, not the user. It’s the wrong motivation and creates monsters.
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