I've talked with perfectly otherwise intelligent friends who didn't know that on Facebook Messenger, clicking the Phone icon on the top-right of the screen that's present in every single chat view allows you to have a voice call with the person in the chat.
It could not get more obvious than this. Some people just need to be taught. They will never discover on their own.
This is why manuals and help pages along with just one or two good UI abstractions (a la readline with tab completion) will almost always be superior to poking at pictograms.
Snapchat style GUIs will probably remain sexy on the other hand.
> I've talked with perfectly otherwise intelligent friends who didn't know that on Facebook Messenger, clicking the Phone icon on the top-right of the screen that's present in every single chat view allows you to have a voice call with the person in the chat.
My friend, there are a lot of icons in every program. When the smart developer relies on the stupid user (emphasis mine) to guess what he wants without bothering to put a text label or a tooltip describing the role of the button don't expect wonders. And since "material design" it is really difficult to say if an UI element is a button, or a label or just a decoration without clicking on it and opening the Gates of hell.
> It could not get more obvious than this. Some people just need to be taught. They will never discover on their own.
There was a saying "The only intuitive interface is the nipple". Some people with children say it's an overstatement.
> My friend, there are a lot of icons in every program. When the smart developer relies on the stupid user (emphasis mine) to guess what he wants without bothering to put a text label or a tooltip describing the role of the button don't expect wonders. And since "material design" it is really difficult to say if an UI element is a button, or a label or just a decoration without clicking on it and opening the Gates of hell.
I'm loathe to disagree but at this point, the phone icon is like the icons for designating Men and Women's restrooms. It's practically universal. It's the icon you use to open your phone app on your phone.
It could not get more obvious than this. Some people just need to be taught. They will never discover on their own.