Icons and buttons instead of menus - I get it, okay? I'm sure a million focus groups on retarded monkeys have conclusively shown that we are just meat with eyes and don't like reading actual words, but sweet lord above it is so damn obtuse. Usually it isn't a big deal, I know what a magnifying glass represents, or a house icon, but sometimes it's like I'm trying to read hieroglyphics. Snapchat is the worst offender I've seen so far. A circle with three smaller circles arranged in a triangle inside it? A rectangle with arrows for edges and a smiley face inside? Are you fucking kidding me? What UX asshole comes up with this, the zodiac killer?
It gets worse with touchscreen apps, because the focus is on being minimalist to the extreme. What will happen when I touch this button? No way to find out until I touch it. Oh you touched too long? That does something else. Woops a daisy, you moved your finger two microns to the left while touching, that counts as a swipe, now you're somewhere else. The cutesy but confusing model makes me feel like I'm trying to decipher the anyikythera mechanism for kindergartners.
Icons and buttons instead of menus - I get it, okay? I'm sure a million focus groups on retarded monkeys have conclusively shown that we are just meat with eyes and don't like reading actual words, but sweet lord above it is so damn obtuse. Usually it isn't a big deal, I know what a magnifying glass represents, or a house icon, but sometimes it's like I'm trying to read hieroglyphics. Snapchat is the worst offender I've seen so far. A circle with three smaller circles arranged in a triangle inside it? A rectangle with arrows for edges and a smiley face inside? Are you fucking kidding me? What UX asshole comes up with this, the zodiac killer?
It gets worse with touchscreen apps, because the focus is on being minimalist to the extreme. What will happen when I touch this button? No way to find out until I touch it. Oh you touched too long? That does something else. Woops a daisy, you moved your finger two microns to the left while touching, that counts as a swipe, now you're somewhere else. The cutesy but confusing model makes me feel like I'm trying to decipher the anyikythera mechanism for kindergartners.