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by tclancy
1878 days ago
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I appreciate the thought but I think there's a sort of survivorship bias in this. You remember the apps that worked for you which did this and not the ones that overwhelmed you too, even as a savvy user. The vast majority of users are not Hacker News users (even if we adjust that bar for average). Even as a developer (not a UX designer), whenever a client suggested, up-front, there should be a "power user mode" I would ask, "Is there such a thing as a power user or just someone with Stockholm Syndrome who hasn't found a better app yet?" |
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Well, there obviously shouldn't be. There should be one mode, and that's the power user mode :).
More seriously: power users aren't born, they're made - made through repeated exposure, if the software leaves them the space to grow in.