Comment on Ubuntu Unity usability testing results and analysisparentComments−Terretta15yThere's a lot of redundancy in those resultsHelps so devs can't reply, "Well, that guy was just stupid".−robrenaud15yI am a dev (though not on frontend/UI stuff). But that's exactly the point. Many users are for the most part pretty stupid, and that is reality. Unusable software is unusable.−cgislason15yEven if your users are not stupid, designing as if they are is usually beneficial.
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There's a lot of redundancy in those results
Helps so devs can't reply, "Well, that guy was just stupid".
I am a dev (though not on frontend/UI stuff). But that's exactly the point. Many users are for the most part pretty stupid, and that is reality. Unusable software is unusable.
Even if your users are not stupid, designing as if they are is usually beneficial.