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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by briandear on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @07:55AM (#31247213)
And Google’s Material Design happened as well. Just a horrible pattern. “Assume all of your users are experts in the app you’re building.” I have no idea what half of Google’s icons mean.

With Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, it’s as if they consulted with actual humans. Material Design? It’s as if they hate the humans that have to use their apps.

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Re:I replaced my native iOS app with a cross platform web ap... by Y-bar on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:29AM (#31247449)
> “Assume all of your users are experts in the app you’re building.”

In Google's defense, I think the original rule is something along the lines of "assume all your users or experts in their field". Which is quite true, users pretty much all the time know what the outcome of what they want to do is, they are also knowledgeable in their line of work or hobby for which you are creating an app. So use their domain knowledge to help them along.

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