Re:Google’s look, evolved
by pasbesoin on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:06PM
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Another thing I'm now reminded of is, on Android, the... functionalization/clickification of text.
Some text is active, other is not. I don't see any visual cues that distinguish the two. I end up just poking at text, or thinking, "If I were designing this, I'd want more detail or a link to further controls." In the latter case, sometimes I find I was thinking the way the designer/programmer was, and that text does indeed lead somewhere.
For someone who doesn't "think that way", this is more of a challenge.
This also seems to have become more prevalent in desktop / full screen design. Stuff that doesn't look "clicky" is.
I think that was one of my mother's problems with changes to the Google Calendar web page UI.
Some text is active, other is not. I don't see any visual cues that distinguish the two. I end up just poking at text, or thinking, "If I were designing this, I'd want more detail or a link to further controls." In the latter case, sometimes I find I was thinking the way the designer/programmer was, and that text does indeed lead somewhere.
For someone who doesn't "think that way", this is more of a challenge.
This also seems to have become more prevalent in desktop / full screen design. Stuff that doesn't look "clicky" is.
I think that was one of my mother's problems with changes to the Google Calendar web page UI.