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Re:Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software by aldanor on Sunday June 18, 2023 @01:21PM (#36382250)
Today they might have a psychologist on the team to research which buttons may serve as dopamine triggers so you're a lot more likely to upgrade to Premium before thinking it over
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Re:Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software by pavlov on Sunday June 18, 2023 @01:35PM (#36382369)
Right. Making people click on things they didn’t mean to and buy things they didn’t want — those goals were not even a part of the 1990s UI paradigm.
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Re:Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software by hnlmorg on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:08PM (#36382693)
1990s design was all about preventing people from accidentally doing actions they might not have wanted to. Even down to the “Are you sure you want to quit” dialogues that were all the rage.

It’s sad just where we are now compared to the design goals of old.

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