For big tech, “Ready, Fire, Aim” design approaches are user-hostile
Aging In Place Technology Watch April 17, 2024
What happens when engineers believes that no matter what, the customers will buy? Rant on. Look at the forum discussions of problems after Apple’s release in November, or consider Google’s Gemini self-humiliation. Will users turn in their iPhones in disgust? Stop using Gmail in protest? What about the Tesla that is so cool it does not have to identify clearly how to open the door, or put the car into drive or reverse? Was the car returned? Will customers return a device they don’t understand? Consider Windows 11 updates are tormenting users, again per Microsoft’s own forum. Will people give up using the PC? Not likely.
Steve Jobs helped take the user out of user-centered design. Said Jobs: “It’s...