Re:React is a fractal of bad design
by amluto on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:25AM
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Indeed, and I regularly watch other people give up on websites when they perform poorly.
And this isn’t just about 100 ms here or there. The frequency with which clicking a button takes seconds to have any observable effect is quite high. Coupled with modern UI trends where interactive elements aren’t clearly distinguished, sometimes users can’t tell a laggy button from a not-a-button.
I suspect a massive UX study bias here. Are people looking at telemetry to try to see whether users who completed some flow are happy? Those users (a) completed the flow, so they didn’t give up and (b) are likely enriched in those users who would use your site no matter what. The marginal users of poorly-functioning websites aren’t in the data set!
And this isn’t just about 100 ms here or there. The frequency with which clicking a button takes seconds to have any observable effect is quite high. Coupled with modern UI trends where interactive elements aren’t clearly distinguished, sometimes users can’t tell a laggy button from a not-a-button.
I suspect a massive UX study bias here. Are people looking at telemetry to try to see whether users who completed some flow are happy? Those users (a) completed the flow, so they didn’t give up and (b) are likely enriched in those users who would use your site no matter what. The marginal users of poorly-functioning websites aren’t in the data set!