Pretty. And useless. No labels on anything, numbers arranged every which way and that, disrupting reading and removing the ability to skim and isolate the information you're looking for.
A completely counterproductive design that I pray was done as an artistic endeavour and not as a genuine "design" by anyone who would wish to claim to know UX.
Probably one of the worst offenders of "all form, no function" I've seen recently.
It is form over function, it is arguably less readable like this. While I can tell what each part means it takes me longer due to the non standard design.
That said, in form it is highly accomplished. Very shiny.
I think you may be taking this a little too seriously and I'm also considering you're being sarcastic though I'm not sure.
As far as I'm aware no one is making great claims of this being some UX masterpiece or it's purpose of being functional and from a cursory look it seems as if the purpose was for 'neat-o' or even 'pretty' factor. Also, have you considered it's intended audience? Not everything created has it's intended audience as, well, everyone. Myself and I imagine most people on HN understand it fine and actually enjoy it being presented that way (Therefore it does have function) as opposed to the standard way we've seen it for who knows how many years.
So, your prayer looks like it was answered before you even uttered it though going by www.phurix.net . . .
> Probably one of the worst offenders of "all form, no function" I've seen recently.
But does that really count when form is the intended function, and what little practical function that exists is mealy a flimsy excuse for the form to exist...?
Nah, it is neat and pretty - sort of like one of those novelty clocks that run backwards or have math functions instead of numbers. Nifty, and might be a cool conversation piece.
I'm just hoping that's what this is and that the creator wasn't seriously trying to create something that people would actually use.
Cool side project? Hacker News is news in any sense of the word "Hacker". That can mean Enterpurnial News for any type of business. Or it can mean Show-Off-Neat-Side-Project News.
The one thing that it doesn't mean is One-Person-Or-Group-Only News.
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Pretty. And useless. No labels on anything, numbers arranged every which way and that, disrupting reading and removing the ability to skim and isolate the information you're looking for.
A completely counterproductive design that I pray was done as an artistic endeavour and not as a genuine "design" by anyone who would wish to claim to know UX.
Probably one of the worst offenders of "all form, no function" I've seen recently.
Part of its beauty is that the target audience would know and understand what each element is at a glance without being prompted.
There's no need to insult the visitors intelligence.
It is form over function, it is arguably less readable like this. While I can tell what each part means it takes me longer due to the non standard design.
That said, in form it is highly accomplished. Very shiny.
I think you may be taking this a little too seriously and I'm also considering you're being sarcastic though I'm not sure.
As far as I'm aware no one is making great claims of this being some UX masterpiece or it's purpose of being functional and from a cursory look it seems as if the purpose was for 'neat-o' or even 'pretty' factor. Also, have you considered it's intended audience? Not everything created has it's intended audience as, well, everyone. Myself and I imagine most people on HN understand it fine and actually enjoy it being presented that way (Therefore it does have function) as opposed to the standard way we've seen it for who knows how many years.
So, your prayer looks like it was answered before you even uttered it though going by www.phurix.net . . .
> Probably one of the worst offenders of "all form, no function" I've seen recently.
But does that really count when form is the intended function, and what little practical function that exists is mealy a flimsy excuse for the form to exist...?
Seems like we're spinning off into philosophy here pretty quickly. The bottom line is this is hard to read so it won't get used.
Nah, it is neat and pretty - sort of like one of those novelty clocks that run backwards or have math functions instead of numbers. Nifty, and might be a cool conversation piece.
I'm just hoping that's what this is and that the creator wasn't seriously trying to create something that people would actually use.
Who cares? Someone did something because he wanted to, not to solve enterprise issues.
Then why post it here? This forum is sure to evaluate for both form and function. And the function is pretty limited.
Cool side project? Hacker News is news in any sense of the word "Hacker". That can mean Enterpurnial News for any type of business. Or it can mean Show-Off-Neat-Side-Project News.
The one thing that it doesn't mean is One-Person-Or-Group-Only News.
Sure. But be prepared to have it deconstructed.