This popped up in my Recommended feed, and it piqued my interest: I think it relates to a design skill I’ve picked up at Lightcone. When staging a physical space, or creating a website, I often want to stop iterating quite early, when the core idea is realised. “It would be a lot of work to get all the minor details here, but how much does stuff feeling a bit jank really matter?”
I think jank matters surprisingly much! When creating something, it’s easy to think “wow, that’s a cool idea. I’ve got a proof of concept sorted”. But users, even if they think similar thoughts, either experience delight and ease, or they don’t.
In design, it’s kind of easy to “turn off your eyes” for a bunch of problems, and stop being able to notice them as things to improve. Which seems a bit different from mortgages and driving.
This popped up in my Recommended feed, and it piqued my interest: I think it relates to a design skill I’ve picked up at Lightcone. When staging a physical space, or creating a website, I often want to stop iterating quite early, when the core idea is realised. “It would be a lot of work to get all the minor details here, but how much does stuff feeling a bit jank really matter?”
I think jank matters surprisingly much! When creating something, it’s easy to think “wow, that’s a cool idea. I’ve got a proof of concept sorted”. But users, even if they think similar thoughts, either experience delight and ease, or they don’t.
In design, it’s kind of easy to “turn off your eyes” for a bunch of problems, and stop being able to notice them as things to improve. Which seems a bit different from mortgages and driving.