Why isn't the internet more fun and weird?

Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by hinkley on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @05:57PM (#19040509)

During that same period, we were building up the concept of UX and one of the things drilled into people's heads was that 9 times out of 10 (at least), what you are doing is not so unique that you deserve to use a new UI metaphor to present it.

When in doubt, use the same mechanisms to accomplish things that everybody else uses.

That sort of peer pressure is intended to reduce the variability between web sites. I think for better or worse we are seeing the dividends of that effort.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by amatecha on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @06:57PM (#19040930)

Are you the "Hinkley" who created HL?

More on-topic, you're totally right. I keep a copy of "Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines" on my desk and show it to designers sometimes when they want to suggest interaction patterns that are unnecessarily novel. Very handy! haha :)

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by hinkley on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:21PM (#19041087)

(nope, I just like the sound of it)

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by ytjohn on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:18PM (#19041706)

Wow, have you looked up the price of that book now? I don't know what it originally sold at, but today it's $248 and up. You can get the PDF for free, but if you want a hardcopy to keep on your desk, it's not cheap.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by amatecha on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:31PM (#19049076)

Huh for sure? I could see it on Amazon around $20-40. But yeah I got pretty lucky, cost me $5 or $10 or something along with some other Mac programming books from that era. Aww yeah :)

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