Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015)

Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by kirse on Sunday January 08, 2017 @07:35PM (#13353106)

all the super-annoying gimmicky animations (rippling text inputs, wiggly text, excessively stretch-and-squashing motion)

I like to call this trend "Flanders Computing" -- where developers and designers increasingly create obnoxiously friendly websites and apps that treat you as if they're your diddly-doodly buddy-ol-pal.

A recent Windows 10 install told me "We're happy you're here!" Who exactly is "we" and why are they trying to be all buddy-buddy so soon? I assume the market research told them that this was the best start screen, but good grief is all the wiggly-wobbly buddy-ol-pal stuff so friggin annoying. It's like forced intimacy that can't be reciprocated, which feels weird.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by endgame on Monday January 09, 2017 @01:55AM (#13354552)

Similarly, when I sign into slack at work, I am presented with silly little messages from my "friends at slack". Why is the empty set writing me messages? The people who work on slack are probably nice, but I don't use the "friend" label on people who I've never met.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by 91bananas on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:44AM (#13355392)

You can configure those messages. We've set them to be hilarious things our team has said over our time together. I rather enjoy it.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by andai on Sunday January 08, 2017 @09:33PM (#13353545)

http://webcomicname.tumblr.com/post/154211839894

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by hroi on Sunday January 08, 2017 @08:53PM (#13353403)

AKA Genuine People Personalities as predicted in Hitchhiker's Guide.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by endless1234 on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:49AM (#13355202)

Re: Windows 10, it scared me so much the first time after a bigger update with the "Hi / We've updated your computer" type splash screen. "FUCK did it just reformat everything??"

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by SwellJoe on Monday January 09, 2017 @05:08AM (#13355268)

"Hi, we've updated your computer. Pray we do not update it any further."

I also experienced that moment of "oh shit!". I've rarely used Windows in my life, but when I have, when Windows blanks the display and pops up something like that and isn't booting, it's historically something scary.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by aninhumer on Monday January 09, 2017 @06:43AM (#13355628)

Not to mention "Don't worry, everything is where you left it" which I've had a few times when booting up. And the slow fade in makes it even creepier.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by jandrese on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:10PM (#13357826)

Yeah, that message made me nervous. "We didn't touch your stuff...this time."

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by cha-cho on Sunday January 08, 2017 @11:05PM (#13353917)

This needs to develop into a grading system. A "Flanders Threshold" or something.

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Re:Building Better Interfaces with SVG (2015) by Silhouette on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:33AM (#13354245)

Hey cha-cho, thanks for reaching out.

Love your idea for the Flanders Threshold. Hit me up any time at [email protected] and tell me what you need. I'll be more than happy to help.

Looking forward to making magic with you on the Flanders Threshold, cha-cho!

Best,

John

CEO/Sales/Customer Support*

Cheesier Than A Ripe Camembert, Inc.

(Every time I get a mail like this from some trendy tech firm, I die a little inside, but somewhere in the past year or two I think they all read the same book and now they're all doing it.)

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