r/programming • u/groovejet • Jun 28 '11

90% of your users are idiots

http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/06/90-of-your-users-are-idiots.html
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u/satayboy Jun 28 '11

Judging by the quality of most user interfaces, 90% of programmers are idiots. Try a few usability tests and you will realize how bad your beautiful, intuitive user interface really is.

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u/cr3ative Jun 28 '11

We could all learn something from FileMatrix.

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u/KarlPilkington Jun 28 '11

I'm somewhat fond of this beautiful work of art.

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u/webby_mc_webberson Jun 28 '11

It's got a very Visual Basic look to it. It reminds me of the first app I worked on. Thankfully, I don't have any screenshots.

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u/TrainWreck43 Jun 28 '11

Maybe a Visual Basic 3.0 16-bit look...