Aside from the natural (to the human) effects surrounding learning and motivation—in this particular domain, in the current era, I suspect there are important sub-questions revolving around the effects of the “constant rippling and trembling” of an implicit norm of any-time all-the-time often-predatory UI changes pushed from afar, with the primary motivational hook being the service owner’s. In fact, you specifically mention
I think she got confused by the new profile taste poll but I wasn’t there so I’ll never be sure
which puts me in mind of any number of interesting new dialog boxes or other widgets with unpredictable consequences. Maybe that all dissolves under “the key is to learn the UI grammar and a rough consensus of what shouldn’t break things”, but the notion of a unified platform grammar also gets eroded by the fashion cycles (I wonder how this differs by sub-medium, in particular mobile vs desktop vs Web).
It wasn’t until was teaching my grandma to check her emails on a desktop that I realised quite how many pointless pop-ups there actually are. Once a “this software needs to update” pop-up is the difference between her getting to her emails or stopping in confusion you suddenly realise that the chances of a typical desktop computer letting you get as far as an email login screen without a popup is low.
Aside from the natural (to the human) effects surrounding learning and motivation—in this particular domain, in the current era, I suspect there are important sub-questions revolving around the effects of the “constant rippling and trembling” of an implicit norm of any-time all-the-time often-predatory UI changes pushed from afar, with the primary motivational hook being the service owner’s. In fact, you specifically mention
which puts me in mind of any number of interesting new dialog boxes or other widgets with unpredictable consequences. Maybe that all dissolves under “the key is to learn the UI grammar and a rough consensus of what shouldn’t break things”, but the notion of a unified platform grammar also gets eroded by the fashion cycles (I wonder how this differs by sub-medium, in particular mobile vs desktop vs Web).
It wasn’t until was teaching my grandma to check her emails on a desktop that I realised quite how many pointless pop-ups there actually are. Once a “this software needs to update” pop-up is the difference between her getting to her emails or stopping in confusion you suddenly realise that the chances of a typical desktop computer letting you get as far as an email login screen without a popup is low.