What is the deal with Graphical User Interface/app psychology? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like where is the goto psych/CS UI 101 class/book/YT that over simplifies but grounds someone with no background or previous knowledge? Maybe something like the "Blender Doughnut" of great UI design?

I've changed UI twice with an app recently. I have a slight intuitive grasp of what I don't like, but I lack the language and depth in this niche to express the emotional response well. I have no clue where to start with my own designs if I ever felt motivated to create one.

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Mid-to-late 00's had best UI design. Nowadays everything is less-functional and to do simple tasks you need to click through 5 different menus, and move your fingers in all directions, because there's no standard to do anything.

Just to see my watch later playlist on YouTube on my phone I need to click 2 buttons, scroll down through playlist list and click on the conventionally placed watch later playlist on the bottom of the list. What the fuck?

I wonder what all these UI specialists even do. Just blindly do everything upper management tells them to do, even if that makes no sense?

[-] amorpheus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I truly despise how simplified things have gotten. Interacting and modifying YouTube playlists is such a chore now.

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