Most UX designers seem to come from a graphic design direction, and they generally do a better job than developers - but not as good as the old school people who did research and wrote detailed guides and such.

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bobthepanda a day ago | parent | next [-]

The research and guides went out of fashion because actually methodically studying users costs money. I worked at a place that allegedly prioritized design and was really trying to launch more redesigns but also somehow kept losing positions for designers.

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mx7zysuj4xew a day ago | parent [-]

>> because actually methodically studying users costs money.

you mean "actually methodically studying users is boring and requires competence"

these people only care about making pretty pictures, they dont care about the actual effort to deliver a good product.

	▲	bobthepanda 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s time and labor intensive and you generally need to compensate focus groups for their time. Sometimes that overlaps with laziness or apathy, but who hasn’t worked on something and been told the business can’t afford the time or money to do it right?

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mx7zysuj4xew a day ago | parent | prev [-]

this is an understatement.

i remember the studies used to design windows 95

nothing modern ux amateurs do can compare to the oldschool HCI professionals

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wmwragg 16 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd forgotten there used to be a whole discipline called HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) which seems to have largely disappeared now, at least in a commercial context

	▲	Symbiote 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am reminded of the HCI lecturer at university whenever I use something other than my usual KDE desktop. With a maximized or suitably positioned window, pushing the mouse all the way to the right of the screen activates the scroll bar. To the top right activates the close button. Small things, but they become annoyances when they are missing.