It is a bit sad that people have to be taught this;
I am presuming the product people are a kind of humans too.
But when I see their outputs, maybe this Christensen guy is right.
I tried to adjust the background image on microsoft Teams video calls this morning; the UI I had to use or rather figure out, to achieve that, was a major depression.
(1) the settings menus in teams are well hidden, for reasons unclear to me().
(2) but the _actual_ settings you need are hidden unless you START a meeting call.
(3) but, the _actual_ settings are a long chain of ".. but are you sure you REALLY want to see the ACTUAL settings?",
where you must continue to click 'more settings', 'advanced settings', 'full actual settings' (I am paraphrasing.)
(
) I suspect what they are though..
Something about dumbing the UI down to the level where
the people in charge of teams can understand them,
plus some kind of fear of UI designs where any given screen or view
contains more than 1 or 2 elements (the second element being "show further settings").
We are dumbing down UI to the level of people with no hands, no eyes, no brains,
which I presume is the target audience. I must have mah minimalism.
fifticon•1h ago
Though I did not follow the idea of chunkier fruit in those travel milkshakes, isn't that what clogs the straw, which is not ideal for a 1-hand treat.
thaumasiotes•29m ago
The article presents the fruit as a way to make the milkshake more "interesting", addressing the fact that existing customers were purchasing milkshakes in part to make their commute less boring.
Weirdly, there's no followup on whether the changes improved sales, margins, or other goals.
fifticon•1h ago
I tried to adjust the background image on microsoft Teams video calls this morning; the UI I had to use or rather figure out, to achieve that, was a major depression. (1) the settings menus in teams are well hidden, for reasons unclear to me(). (2) but the _actual_ settings you need are hidden unless you START a meeting call. (3) but, the _actual_ settings are a long chain of ".. but are you sure you REALLY want to see the ACTUAL settings?", where you must continue to click 'more settings', 'advanced settings', 'full actual settings' (I am paraphrasing.)
(
) I suspect what they are though.. Something about dumbing the UI down to the level where the people in charge of teams can understand them, plus some kind of fear of UI designs where any given screen or view contains more than 1 or 2 elements (the second element being "show further settings").We are dumbing down UI to the level of people with no hands, no eyes, no brains, which I presume is the target audience. I must have mah minimalism.
fifticon•1h ago
thaumasiotes•29m ago
Weirdly, there's no followup on whether the changes improved sales, margins, or other goals.