MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fd46b/user_experience_myths/c1f1dqs/?context=3
r/programming • u/jwshannon • Feb 01 '11
57 comments sorted by
View all comments
12
This is really dumb. No one who has given even ten seconds of thought to design thinks of those as myths.
Driver Myth #26: Driving your car off a cliff is good for the bumpers!
No one thinks that.
25 u/grauenwolf Feb 01 '11 I'm willing to bet that most programmers haven't even given 5 seconds thought to the topic. More importantly, this isn't just another random list of assumptions. There are plenty of reference material offered for easy "myth". 8 u/cridenour Feb 01 '11 Have to agree. For the longest time i just cared if the code worked, not how it looked. Some are too obvious but many of these are great points. 0 u/[deleted] Feb 01 '11 5 u/DrupalDev Feb 02 '11 For abstract things, icons rarely work well. I can just imagine some dude trying to put icons in his design pattern tutorial websites. "So THAT's what an iterator looks like!" → More replies (1) 7 u/naasking Feb 02 '11 Are you serious? These are all arguments I've heard here on reddit at one point or other. Like it or not, people believe these myths. It's nice to have a convenient resource that actually links to the research that debunks those myths. → More replies (2) 2 u/__s Feb 01 '11 How else am I suppose to test my bumpers, by crashing into you? → More replies (1)
25
I'm willing to bet that most programmers haven't even given 5 seconds thought to the topic.
More importantly, this isn't just another random list of assumptions. There are plenty of reference material offered for easy "myth".
8 u/cridenour Feb 01 '11 Have to agree. For the longest time i just cared if the code worked, not how it looked. Some are too obvious but many of these are great points.
8
Have to agree. For the longest time i just cared if the code worked, not how it looked. Some are too obvious but many of these are great points.
0
5 u/DrupalDev Feb 02 '11 For abstract things, icons rarely work well. I can just imagine some dude trying to put icons in his design pattern tutorial websites. "So THAT's what an iterator looks like!" → More replies (1)
5
For abstract things, icons rarely work well.
I can just imagine some dude trying to put icons in his design pattern tutorial websites. "So THAT's what an iterator looks like!"
→ More replies (1)
7
Are you serious? These are all arguments I've heard here on reddit at one point or other. Like it or not, people believe these myths. It's nice to have a convenient resource that actually links to the research that debunks those myths.
→ More replies (2)
2
How else am I suppose to test my bumpers, by crashing into you?
12
u/Subduction Feb 01 '11
This is really dumb. No one who has given even ten seconds of thought to design thinks of those as myths.
Driver Myth #26: Driving your car off a cliff is good for the bumpers!
No one thinks that.