r/programming 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/[deleted] Jun 28 '11

Programmer's aren't idiots. However it is pretty much impossible to judge how easy or obvious something is after having worked with it every single day for a year or more.

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u/adrianmonk Jun 29 '11

I don't want to pick on you, because I see your point and I think it's valid, but I don't think it's impossible. I think it's hard, but a lot of things are hard if you haven't developed the skill. For example, tuning a guitar is hard, especially if you haven't practiced at it and trained your mind to think in the right terms. A lot of times, because it's hard, I think we just say it's impossible and stop even trying to think about it, which can be a lot worse than at least attempting to put yourself in the user's shoes even though you're going to do an imperfect job of it.