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Josh Slocum
Aug 14, 2024
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The Degradation of User Interfaces

What's wrong with device interfaces for users today. Lots. User interfaces have *degraded* over time, they have not "advanced." They have become harder and less intuitive, the opposite of what designers should strive for:

1. Use of naked pictographic icons, with no text explaining what this "abstract maybe picture of a d…

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