Funny post, but it reflects reality: Why are some products overly complicated to use?! When you're designing a new product, how do you keep it user-friendly? What are some of the worst offenders out there? (Microwaves, lookin' at you.) Let us know in the comments.
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Your product shouldn’t need an instruction manual. If people need a PhD, a treasure map, and three hours of their life just to figure out your design, congrats - you’ve made a puzzle, not a product. Let’s be real: ?? No one reads the manual. ?? No one wants to “refer to page 47” just to turn something on. ?? If it requires an instructional video, you already lost. Good design explains itself. Bad design? Well…bad design gets a QR code slapped on it with “Scan for Help” written in Comic Sans. Some of the worst offenders: ?? Microwave interfaces (Why are there 37 buttons? I just want to reheat my coffee.) ?? Hotel showers (Why is it a secret government code to make the water not freezing?) ?? Car screens (Love adjusting my AC through a laggy touchscreen while driving 70 mph.) Simple rule: If people have to Google “How to use [your product],” you’ve already failed. Design should be intuitive, obvious, and maybe even fun - not a cryptic puzzle from an escape room. Make it simple. Make it obvious. And for the love of design, stop adding more and more useless buttons. Make sure to drop us a follow - Josh Palit #industrialdesign #productdesign #userexperience #designthinking #humanfactors #uxdesign #designforpeople #intuitivedesign #manufacturing
This is an interesting question. I would say yes! It seems complicated due to poor design. Poor design indicates a poor mindset. Many product managers are morons. It does not matter which silo they are working in. Many Chiefs are morons as well. They are the reason behind hiring such ?? product managers.
Amen!!??????
I blame designers being managed by non designers.
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1 周Anything Miele, those people have a lot of gall! lol