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by anthonyshort 3077 days ago
The reaction on Hacker News compared to the reaction on Designer News is great.

I think the problem people are struggling with is that it's a site created mostly for fun and delight, but the message is about "UX", which people generally think of as a way to maximize efficiency.

Products don't always need to be relentlessly efficient to be considered useful or "good". Some products are created for you to just enjoy.
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neogodless 3077 days ago
[0] https://www.designernews.co/stories/90954-laws-of-ux

Super positive. We love it.

Blows my mind. But that's the point - it's really like two very, very different ways of thinking about, approaching/creating and evaluating projects (in this case, a web site.) On one side, they have "an eye for design" that really appreciates this novel UI design, but on this other side, we have that eye for efficiency and... ahem... user experience. (Rather than how a designer might experience something.)

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zzzcpan 3077 days ago
Oh, thanks for the link, this gives it a lot more context. A website made just to show his designer friends who are also pressured by the market to not value UX. Makes sense they romanticize UX and don't actually bother with it themselves.
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anthonyshort 3077 days ago
That's not really the point we were making and I'm not sure you have a correct understanding of UX, as you're conflating UX and visual design.

There's no pressure in the market to not value UX. Everyone wants and needs that. If anything there are pressures to only value efficiency rather than delight. Sometimes "fun" isn't efficient.

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swearwolves 3077 days ago
If it was created as a portfolio piece, I'd say it's successful. If it was created as useful and repeatable reference for the digital product/service/whatever industry, it falls short.
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anthonyshort 3077 days ago
I don't think it's trying to be a definitive reference. It seems more like those posters you put around the office to remind you of things you value or you think are important.

Everyone is taking this fairly seriously. I doubt HN is the target demographic for this sort of thing though.

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