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The Pleasures of Poor Product Design

https://www.inconspicuous.info/p/the-pleasures-of-poor-product-design
36•NaOH•2h ago

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keithnz•1h ago
given the title, so may software developers must be living in bliss! /s
bcherry•1h ago
this really reminds me of the "worst volume control" from reddit https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world...
jrmg•1h ago
Now I’m wondering how you could create ‘uncomfortable’ versions of simple command line tools (ls, cat, more etc.) or perhaps shells.

Emacs and/or vi, depending on your inclination, have text editors covered already, of course ;-)

ChrisMarshallNY•1h ago
I’ve always enjoyed the “useless teapot” that Don Norman has on the cover of DOET: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61KtiLw7BtL...
Gigachad•35m ago
I love that these are all fairly beautiful, stuff you'd really love to have if it wasn't fundamentally unusable.
eszed•28m ago
What's wrong about the glasses? I've been staring at them and trying to figure out why they're unworkable, as opposed to just a quirky pair of specs.
parallel•24m ago
Pointy bit on the bridge of the nose.
starmole•23m ago
the sharp point on the bridge is going to hurt your snout.
jaden•17m ago
The sharp angle of the bridge would dig into your nose.
userbinator•12m ago
IC: With AI getting bigger and more controversial and so on, have you used AI to create any of these designs?

That is an interesting point to bring up, because this type of "almost but not quite right" is exactly what AI seems to naturally create.

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