Post #2597323
2025-11-06 16:40 UTC
You can see how both sides of this conversation find the other side frustrating to deal with.
Engineers believe they've solved a major problem, and now "just" need a tiny label to make that solution discoverable.
Interface designers believe that "just" having some new ideas is the easy part, but making new ideas legible and discoverable is a major problem.
Both are correct. But one of those domains is... let's say far less prone to the practice of humility than the other.
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@mhoye@mastodon.social 2025-11-06 16:42
So when you look at interfaces that are obviously rushed, derivative or just straight up knockoffs of some other preexisting thing, this is part of what you're seeing. It might not be the only thing you're seeing, but it's kaleidoscopic; reflections after reflections of a set of mismatched expectations about how to best communicate new ideas to people whose heads are already full of old ideas.