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by paulcole 1489 days ago
What’s the lesson here? Click carefully and don’t rush?
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Ahh its the users fault for not reading the data before clicking.

Imagine an unholy text book where once you turn the page, the pages before become inaccessible. Its your own fault for not understanding everything on the previous page and you have to read the entire thing before you can start again to find that page.

Yes its the users fault.

No, the user’s a genius because they can’t use a lamp.
Right....
>What’s the lesson here?

Don't hide compelling or interesting information behind bullshit ui restraints. Particularly egregious was the "Click here for more information, click two pixels lower to permanently leave this screen."

The lesson is that one should at least make an attempt to make websites usable.
I didn’t have any trouble using it.
Accepting the limitations of a site doesn't mean they don't exist.