"This session is about to expire. Select OK to continue the session"

[I click OK.]

"Your session has expired."

😩

#ExpiredSession #session #BadDesign

Wait... so is it a spelling mistake or not?

Correct as in "yes, correct, it IS a spelling mistake" or "No, the word is spelled correctly." in which case why did you flag it? And why can I only ignore it? or if it is wrong, then are you offering to Correct it for me? Then why don't I have an option to correct it?
Also, DON'T YOU KNOW? Isn't this what I'm paying you for?

#ui #ux #uidesign #baddesign

Narrator: it was spelled incorrectly. Should be: `Bureaucracy`

✏️ A whole new meaning for user experience…

Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.

#BadDesign #vd #BadLabel #funny

Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.

This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.

Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.

#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps

Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.

I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.

Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.

It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.

Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.

"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".

#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac