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UX rant: interfaces that rearrange right before you tap (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Why is it not common UX practice to start ignoring user input prior to rearranging the UI, and only responding to user input once the layout has settled and perhaps after a short delay?

It's very frustrating to reach for an option in a list, only to have the list repopulate just as I tap, inevitably on an undesired option

I'm not even talking solely about web design: even the Google Cast destination picker does this and it's native Android code

Has Apple solved this over in iOS land?

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[–] seafoam_green@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tbh I think a lot of developers either don't know that they need to fix this or don't know how to fix this. They get a mock-up from the designer and implement what they see, and their implementation work is reviewed be other engineers and product people, but less often (IME) by UX. Sometimes there's no one to push for fixing these kind of things, especially when the developers don't use the software they make in their own day-to-day lives.