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[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I wonder why user tests aren't even mentioned once in the article. If you design an interface you have to test it with your audience

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's not the point of this article. NN group talks a lot about user testing in other articles, IIRC.

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why not? If the starting point of the article is that we can't design interfaces based on our elitist 5 percenter knowledge then the remedy for that would be...?

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why are you asking me? I didn't write the article.

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because you said that was not the point of the article and I asked you to clarify why you think it wasn't. But never mind. This is going nowhere.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Bad phrasing. I read your previous comment as demanding an explanation from me for why the author wrote an article about simple design rather than about user testing.

Honestly, I don't think the article would have been well-served by detouring into user testing. It's long enough as it is, and again -- NN group has written a LOT on the topic.

I'm not really sure why you brought it up in the first place. It seems like 'beating a dead horse' territory.

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