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- kona5
lol
Same guy I mentioned above emails me today "We may have a problem with the app. Very poor visibility with brightness situation"
I thought maybe the guy had stumbled upon a bug or some design flaw we hadn't thought of so I go find him to investigate.
He says "Yeah see, watch, this is a HUGE usability flaw and totally unintuitive." He then proceeds to bring up his iPhones brightness window and turns it to zero...
"See... I can't see our app anymore!"
'I'll look into it' I tell him as I walk away. Knowing this asshole, he's going around telling his bosses that there is a usability flaw with our app.
I'm damn near tempted to set up a meeting where he walks us through the flaw so his bosses can see first hand the helmet he is.
- you have to set up a meeting. that would be so fun. then open any other app and do the same thing for the whole room.capn_ron
- please, please do.detritus
- Best to be upfront with your bosses beforehand though and confirm to them that your App is damn-near useless when the user's eyes are closed. Just in casedetritus
- lol, do it!OBBTKN
- lol @ "unintuitive"monospaced
- Set up a meeting as this guy has created a 'stink'. Mention him in the email subject. Then in the meeting ask him to demonstrate and be as shocked as the othersmugwart
- Is he in marketing, sounds like something someone in marketing would say/do...whatthefunk
- Kona brother, you have no time for tools like this, take him outside and kick him in the nuts. He deserves no less._niko
- improve the visibility, tweak the contrast to make it visible at minimum brightness and make his concerns go away. don't fucking fight, make it a win for your..uan
- ...design. call in the meeting and present the improved UX design you worked out.uan
- might be a valid point.doesnotexist
- I agree with uan. If the app is not visible on an iPhone at min brightness, there is indeed a visual flaw. Numerous users will have difficulty viewing it.imbecile
- You need to livestream this meeting
Just DO IT!!!Ramanisky2 - Yo kona...I just got a bona.utopian
- So up the contrast and make it a non issue and accessible. That guy still overreacted and could have just approached it in a constructive way.monospaced
- lol at the earnest replies, you miserable fuds.face_melter
- haha...omg
- lol@fuds. The text is black on a white background. No fucking idea how to tweak the contrast any more than that.kona
- oh, well then, fuck that guy.imbecile
- seriously? lolmonospaced
- Yep. He's being obnoxious for absolutely no reason other than to be obnoxious. Even the secondary text that's #505f6f shows up clear as day.kona
- The only unintuitive part, which you should remind him of, is turning the brightness all the way down for no reason.monospaced