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> unordered list of unfamiliar names Unordered data always gives me pause, because from a UX perspective, "unordered" today means "reordered" tomorrow. People will eventually learn to cope with your gonzo UI via muscle memory. If you can't put what they need to click on where they can find it, you're just inconsiderate. But if you keep moving it, now you're a monster. Mountains, I'm lead to understand, have a tendency to stay exactly where you found them, as do the ski resorts that are so often built upon them. A pin on a map representing a snow covered hill is not going to move. And if it does move, you will have bigger priorities than skiing. As for the title, there are situations where certain activities should be a little bit inconvenient, and the fact they are inconvenient gives your brain time to talk your reflexes out of doing something truly horrible, like setting off the Halon system, or pushing the emergency stop button, shutting off an entire server room, backup power be damned. We separate things by workflow, and by subject matter, but sometimes we additionally segregate by consequence. "Wrong lever! Why do we even have that lever?" |