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by jrochkind1 on Friday June 22, 2018 @02:34PM
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Do you find Android better?
I think it may be that "affordances" are hard on small touch screens. I mean, the "affordance" is that you can touch it, that's about it.
Really, even on desktop, we know how to use it cause we've spent years learning how to use it. The first GUI's had _much_ simpler UX's with many fewer interaction modalities, cause it was hard enough to get people to learn those. (I remember classes on how to use a mouse -- it was not obvious). They got more complicated as generalized "society" learned to use the simple ones.
I think it may be that "affordances" are hard on small touch screens. I mean, the "affordance" is that you can touch it, that's about it.
Really, even on desktop, we know how to use it cause we've spent years learning how to use it. The first GUI's had _much_ simpler UX's with many fewer interaction modalities, cause it was hard enough to get people to learn those. (I remember classes on how to use a mouse -- it was not obvious). They got more complicated as generalized "society" learned to use the simple ones.