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The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016) (www.nngroup.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's the retarded UIs, I think. I function the same way when having to use Windows, Android, typical applications and sites. It's an undertaking to use any of them to some end.

Now why do these people give up and offload it to us "sufficiently young" - they think these UIs are retarded for them, but work for us. Like "you wanted such things, you help me with them".

And they can't accept that such things are aimed at them and not us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't find this explanation remotely likely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One can walled gardens, siloed services, lack of trust, oligopoly, widespread scams, legal pressure at everything good in the industry. It's not the only factor surely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did you accidentally a word? Sorry, I don't understand

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ah. I mean, those factors are bad for developers, power users, and/or normal users, but I don't think they contribute to a lack of understanding of how computers work. It's that people don't ever have to interact with or understand the layer beneath the applications they use. That's not a sign of bad UI, it's actually a sign of good UI, but without proper education (the biggest factor imo) it does cause a lack of understanding. Ideally we'd live in a world where you don't need to understand the underlying technology, but it is easy to do so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can critique UI design without using an ableist slur