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by alexis_fr
2327 days ago
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> Given that it would be available on any video content, the feature needed to be discoverable and straight-forward for as many people as possible. This is the designer’s nightmare: Every feature needs to be available to everyone, therefore be visible on the screen. Yet they only cite rare usecases: « Watching sports event while continuing to browse the web ». In the meantime, the blue tone isn’t generally consistent with the websites’ colors. I would have supposed moderatelt-used features belongs in the right-click menu like the rest, or they need to find a way to merge it with the video controls (I guess an Apple designer would imagine a new kind of special press to detach the video, which is fine too). |
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Web designers are users' nightmares. Hiding a useful feature just because you don't like the color, to scratch your designer itch, isn't helpful to users.
The article says: "ideal if, for example, you want to keep an eye on that sports game while also getting some work done." This is only mentioning a single use-case, not enumerating all possible use cases. It's useful for a hell of a lot more than just sports. (Also, watching sports may be rare for you and I, but I don't think that qualifies as a rare usecase for the general population.)