[igul222]

I don't think that's the case. It's very possible to be a good programmer and care deeply about your work, but at the same time be a terrible UX designer. Unfortunately a lot of software companies don't realize this and give UX the priority it deserves; instead they make their coders guess about it, which leads to things like this dialog.

[jfb]

Oh sure, I'm a living disaster area at UX. I meant more that whoever is the "designated responsible individual" (if one even exists -- doubtful) has given the fuck up.

[evincarofautumn]

For some reason I didn’t read “the fuck” as emphasis, but as a direct object—the person had had a fuck previously, but have since given up that fuck.

I’m going to use that as an example of why UX is hard: not only are people generally not paying attention, but sometimes they misfire even when they are.

[jfb]

It's much more elegant in your reading.

[wmf]

The basics of UX design can be learned, so if you really care you'll learn.