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Ah, yes, the Anti-Me Interface: The kind of interface most likely to make me not use something.

I'm sure it's "well-designed" from a theoretical perspective, and unimpeachable from the perspective of Professional UI/UX Development, but it's so inflexible and non-extensible it comes off as something between a toy and a jail cell. "You will enjoy being productive in this environment focused on channeling productivity to Approved Ends. You will enjoy using Approved Technology in Approved Ways. You will ignore everything beneath the interface, for what the Approved Technology is doing is Approved, and therefore not for you to interfere with."

Cf: The Anti-Mac Interface, for a bit of a tonic

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/anti-mac-interface/




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