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19:00
It is a dumb question though. :P
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@Ullallulloo the fastest answerer in the west?
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@kalina What will I do? D:
reflect on how mean you can be
19:01
I'm still sad I self-deleted this answer even though I had it in first, because the other one has paid off with 175 rep and counting
and then beg for forgiveness
But his was better.
@Sterno BOOOOOOOOO..... only 10K :(
@Ullallulloo I concur with this. Missing a giant ass sign out button is not a problem people will have.
@Sterno meh, it can only be a good thing to let lower rep users that are active get more rep
19:01
@fbueckert ha, don't you know users?
@fbueckert It is when it isn't in a logical place
@kalina That was my rationale until it started approaching 200 rep!
why would "sign out" be under "settings"?
I need to hit 20k so I can ignore the 20k tools
when there is an "exit application" link surrounded by loads of space
19:02
@Braiam Oh, believe me, I know users.
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Q: How to design for people not willing to learn?

uxfelixDuring quite a few usability tests in the past I have noticed the following: A test person gets a simple task to achieve. Lets say "Book a flight from A to C via B". He should then fulfill the task using the product (in this case a website). After less than two minutes the test person started to...

I've dealt with the worst the world can throw at me, and came out alive.
@fbueckert debatable
@Braiam That's easy. It's called shock therapy.
@fbueckert Disagree.
19:03
your hatred for users being users says otherwise
@FEichinger because reasons?
@kalina says the user....
I couldn't recall where the Sign Out button is either, and I use that app on a daily basis for all sorts of things. I knew it was somewhere, just no idea where.
@kalina I expect them to be stupid and idiotic. And I vote accordingly.
@Braiam he is one of those people who won't accept "because you, as the developer, allowed them to do that" as an answer to "why did the user do that?"
he's of the opinion that developers are never at fault, when in fact, developers are the cause of all problems
@fbueckert Oh, also, I very much doubt that.
19:05
@kalina Oh, no, I've had my share of problems.
I don't take responsibility for building what I am told to, and then being blamed for it working exactly like that.
I love it when we turn being super critical into a virtue. It gives me warm fuzzies.
@kalina It's when users turn into lusers is where the problem occurs.
2 mins ago, by Braiam
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Q: How to design for people not willing to learn?

uxfelixDuring quite a few usability tests in the past I have noticed the following: A test person gets a simple task to achieve. Lets say "Book a flight from A to C via B". He should then fulfill the task using the product (in this case a website). After less than two minutes the test person started to...

@fbueckert working to an incomplete spec is a whole other can of worms
^ most upvoted answer: you can't
19:06
my new job is doing user interface design
How long does Nvidia support any given card? I thought that they had somewhat longer than ATI.
@fbueckert I think you may have misread that question
@kalina There are lots of things that people should be allowed to do that people should not do do most of the time.
@Braiam Idiot proofing?
I have users doing unexpected things as a cause of stress in my future
19:06
@kalina Oh, no, spec is complete, I'm told. But they don't like it working the way they literally told me to build it, and somehow, it's my fault.
Apple does that, and it seems to work fine.
@KernelPanic You can't, then they make a better idiot.
@fbueckert Oh, no, I misread your comment :P
And when I say, "Hey, this is what you told me to build", or, "You sure you want it to work this way? A, B, and C will happen.", I get told to shut up and build it.
@fbueckert part of my job is to spend several weeks with the customer, comparing how they've said they want things to work to how they actually work currently
so that afterwards we can sit down with their spec and tell them they're wrong, and how it can be fixed
19:08
@kalina I needed someone like that for my last project.
if I have one more training session on streamlining the user journey I am going to kill somebody
All I got was, "Keep the client happy. Do what they tell you to."
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Q: Energy Weapons vs Small guns: Pros and Cons

Bungalo SoldierWhat are the relative pros and cons between energy weapons and small guns? Such as damage, rate of fire, accuracy, & ease of finding ammo.

And then thrown under the bus when they decided I was doing a bad job.
Dat radical change...
19:08
I'm not sure the people who hired me have correctly communicated my current level of knowledge
it feels like they're training me up from scratch like I'm some university graduate with no real world experience, or something
@Slurpee Then make it better.
@Fluttershy And right there is one of the reasons I VTC'd as too broad instead of POB.
@KernelPanic I agree with you completely, we must be part of a new school of thinking
19:09
@KernelPanic Every time you make a program idiot proof, Mother Nature goes ahead and makes a bigger idiot.
@fbueckert I take offense to that. Just because something doesn't feel intuitive for a person doesn't mean they're an idiot.
@fbueckert I don't believe in spiritual beings.
even though I'm on the development team, I appear to have made better friends with the design team so far
People are different, they have different ways of going about things.
@KernelPanic To make it impossible to do something wrong, you usually have to severely gimp the program.
19:11
@FEichinger It's a saying, dude. It's talking about the futility of attempting to account for every single edge case and scenario possible.
Man, I just saw a spider about the size of a quarter crawling across my phone here at work.
Not cool
@Ullallulloo I hate it when this happens
9 secs ago, by Sconibulus
@Ullallulloo I hate it when this happens
@Ullallulloo Well of course. Security comes at a cost.
@Sterno Best part of -32? No spiders. Or any insects, actually.
19:12
development are preaching all about how we implement all of this stuff, meanwhile they're showing me their most recent work and they've got stuff like tab orders now flowing in a logical order
@Ullallulloo actually, you can just make 1 button thingy... and still users manage to find a third button
@JasonBerkan That just means they try to get in your house!
@FEichinger this brings me back to the Steam for Android question
It didn't feel intuitive for Sign Out to be under settings
@kalina Precisely.
I won't be the only person in the world asking that question
19:13
@Braiam Ya, after the device/program is essentially broken.
@kalina I agree, it's a stupid place for it.
It doesn't matter how big the button is
@kalina They have Steam for android? what is the world coming to.
"Sign Out" is not a setting
There's not that many places for it to be though.
19:13
@kalina I would like to change my account setting to 'not signed in'
@kalina wait, wait! shutdown was in the "start" menu!!!!!!!!!
@Ullallulloo I don't know about you, but I have a large area next to "Exit Application", on the main menu
@Braiam this was also stupid
but at least it was right on the start menu, not hidden in some submenu
@KernelPanic Heh
19:14
@SaintWacko Which makes sense for a dev, thinking of it as a toggle for whether or not the account is signed in. But the Exit button is irritating and it's hidden deep in a menu. Not intuitive at all, to be frank.
@kalina I don't know how anyone can complain about something being within a sub-menu, and not be insane.
@FEichinger Uh... It's right there in settings
@Ullallulloo what the heck is doing Marco Ceppi there?
@Ullallulloo I have more space than that around Exit Application
19:16
@SaintWacko Yeh ... and if I don't expect them there, I won't find them.
@Ullallulloo Unless it's just for Steam chat, I don't see the point in Steam for mobile platforms (other than maybe laptops).
@Braiam Playing the non-Steam game Ice Hockey.
@KernelPanic chat and store
@KernelPanic Purchase and trigger download from the app.
you can do remote installs too
19:16
I feel that steam is becoming the new facebook...
@FEichinger Where else would you expect it? The options/settings is an extremely common place to put the exit button on Android applications
@FEichinger So it's just padding?
Looking up the Steam news and sales is fancy, too.
@Braiam I'm hoping it ends up like MySpace.
@SaintWacko There is an exit button. It's not the same as the Sign Out button, though. And the specific behaviour of the Sign Out button is hidden in the Settings page.
19:17
@FEichinger Oh, I thought you were talking about the exit button...
nope, talking about sign out
> But the Exit button is irritating and it's hidden deep in a menu.
@SaintWack @FEichinger You could just not login in the first place, and avoid the entire problem.
All mobile sign out buttons are annoyingly hidden
@KernelPanic ...
19:19
@KernelPanic ...
@FEichinger If you don't login, you won't need to logout.
@KernelPanic That's a bad solution
It's an entirely non-constructive "solution"
@SaintWacko Can't help them all.
@Sterno What's really messed up is these lands are functionally the same as any other basic land, yet are far more expensive. Care to take a guess how much more?
That's a good point, but it also defeats the purpose of the whole application in most cases
19:20
@SaintWacko It's a solution though.
@3ventic It's a semantic issue, in my opinion. If it wasn't "Sign Out" but instead "Disable auto-login" or somesuch, I'd be surprisingly fine with it. Still hidden, but semantically "correct" where it's found.
It's like reporting a bug to a developer and saying "When I do this thing that the application is intended to do, it crashes" and getting back from the dev "Don't do that"
@KernelPanic No, it's not a solution, because the app forces you to login, if I'm not mistaken.
@FEichinger Uninstall the app then. It's not a hard thing to do.
@KernelPanic this is being a bit counter productive now
19:21
@KernelPanic You're kidding, right? Because at this point, I can't take you seriously at all anymore.
@KernelPanic ...
@FEichinger It's more like "switch which account is mine".
@kalina A bit?
@FEichinger Because you don't like my solution? so be it.
@SaintWacko I was being polite
19:21
@Ullallulloo Yeh, I was thinking "unassociate account" but I couldn't figure out the 'fancy UI' way to say that.
@OrigamiRobot How much? And that's odd, since I find them uglier.
@kalina Ah, okay. That's what confused me, then :P
1 min ago, by SaintWacko
It's like reporting a bug to a developer and saying "When I do this thing that the application is intended to do, it crashes" and getting back from the dev "Don't do that"
Or maybe not uglier, but they clash more with the layout of other cards.
....
19:22
@FEichinger So?
@SaintWacko I don't like setting fire to people the first day I see them
they don't understand
@kalina I would approve of this use of fiery force.
@Sterno Normal basic land is ~$0.10. These lands are $5 - $8 each.
19:22
@kalina Some people could use it...
they need to familiarise themselves to the bridge before it has any real meaning
@OrigamiRobot WTF
I think I own some of those. To eBay!
@FEichinger The program isn't crashing though. It's functioning as it should, but not as you want.
I'll let myself out.
@Sterno Sell to me plox.
TONIGHT
I AM EATING PIZZA
NOT JUST ANY PIZZA THOUGH
I AM EATING VEGETARIAN SUPREME PIZZA
19:23
AUTOCAD PIZZA!
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IT WILL BE NOM
@kalina "Vegetarian" and "Supreme" are contradictory.
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I think I'll start calling the caps lock button the AUTOCAD BUTTON
TONIGHT I AM EATING KALINA!
@Sterno no
19:24
@kalina Oh you and your "no meat" nonsense.
@Braiam o.0
@Braiam not this again -.-
@Braiam Oh god.
O_O
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hands @Braiam a fire-proof shield You might need this, at this rate.
19:24
in Ask Ubuntu General Room, 4 hours ago, by kalina
it looked like you wanted to eat me with something else
I'm all for vegetarian pizza. It's good. You just can't call it Supreme too. Supreme implies a ton of meat and veggies.
in Ask Ubuntu General Room, 4 hours ago, by kalina
like, that's a bit forward, isn't it
Wasn't there some big issue in the UK lately with eating ponies?
@Sterno no
@SaintWacko NO
And now you want to eat a pony?
19:25
PONIES ARE NOT FOR EATING
@OrigamiRobot NO
@kalina Yahoo! Answers says you're wrong, so I don't know that I even need to bother to continue arguing with you if I've got them on my side.
@Sterno rofl
yeah, Yahoo! Answers is a high quality source for information
@Sterno Seriously, I will buy them if they are in good condition.
I also have Urban Dictionary on my side
19:26
Basically, I'm unstoppable.
lol UD
@Sterno Vegetarian Supreme is an actual thing
@OrigamiRobot I'll be moving in a month and if I turn up my magic cards AND remember that, I'll send them your way
I have Dominos on my side
the best mass produced pizza makers in the world
and
@Sterno Yesssssssssssssss Unhinged lands are the best.
19:27
I got 12 inches of it all to myself
@kalina Dominos isn't pizza.
goddamit I'm so good at star baiting
noooo
@Sterno abusing his room owner abilities again
@Sterno I disagree
@OrigamiRobot What set(s) do they come from?
@kalina because you use the return as punctuation signs... ¬¬
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19:28
@kalina Not me.
@Braiam yes
and I'm so good at it
TWELVE INCHES OF DELICIOUS GOODNESS
just pulled up outside
Maybe the person just unstarred because obvious star was obvious.
brb
@Sterno this is the bridge, no way that'll ever happen.
It can't have been me, I'm out of stars.
19:31
@OrigamiRobot If it's from the 2004 Unhinged Set, I don't think I collected at that time so despite thinking I have these, I might not. Are there other full-card lands out there that are crappy and not what you want?
I'm already kind of sad because I think I used some of these as bookmarks and threw some others out
Although I've still got my Library of Leng bookmark card!
@Sterno THERE ARE OTHER FULL ART LANDS, YES. FROM UNGLUED AND ZENDIKAR
@OrigamiRobot Are those shitty and worthless?
OM NOM NOM
I bet mine are from Unglued
19:36
@Sterno WORTH LESS, BUT NOT WORTHLESS
@Slurpee flagged as "requested by poster"
@OrigamiRobot Okay, I definitely have those, but they aren't the ones I'm thinking of.
Anyway, I'll try to remember to look.
@Sterno UNGLUED LANDS ARE $3 - $4 WHILE ZENDIKAR LANDS ARE ~$1
@kalina flagged as "is a 'flagged as'" post.
no flag-backs
19:42
@Unionhawk flagged as OM NOM NOM THIS PIZZA IS NOM
48 secs ago, by Unionhawk
no flag-backs
@kalina pizza is never nom
@3ventic UNFRIENDED
@3ventic Flagged
19:43
ok, pizza is rarely nom
@3ventic Still flagged!
unacceptable
Where's @badp to kick @3ventic for being so flagrantly wrong when we need him?
Do you hate macaroni and cheese too?
@Unionhawk kick? This is an account deletion level event
19:44
@Unionhawk Flagrantly. Haaaaaaa.
@GraceNote Ouch...
@3ventic ... Just ... no.
@OrigamiRobot Zendikar is a set I bought a long time ago. Those are probably the ones I have. :(
@kalina Well, I'll let that be up to him then.
@Yuki got bluescreen :(
What, I didnt reply to anyone
Damn mobile chat
19:46
Heh
Well done
@Yuki is so confused, probably
Kinda sorta.
Maybe not
I have no clue why he replied to that particular message with what he said.
When in doubt, blame mobile chat.
let me get this straight
you dissed pizza
your pc bluescreened
I call that... major victory
19:48
Thanks @badp!
@kalina Karma.
He got kicked from his computer.
Why are Nightmares the hardest Menace to manage?
We need a qualified judge.
New magic that Google can do now.
19:48
no, I set fire to his RAM, remotely, over the internet
@LessPop_MoreFizz Does Dominos count as "pizza"?
Be afraid.
Ah, I see
Really starting to regret deciding to focus in Watchful.
@Sterno I think it counts as "pizza", but not no quotes pizza
@Sterno @LessPop_MoreFizz's opinion on pizza is flawed
Pizza is italian, ask @badp
19:49
@Sterno You have to take into consideration that this is no-meat pizza.
That's not pizza at all.
I'd say it counts as pizza unless you try to pass off something like "Vegetarian Supreme" as an actual topping choice.
@Sterno If you have these non-basic lands from Zendikar, they are worth $30 - $50.
...
WHY DO YOU ALL HATE ME
JUST BECAUSE I DON'T GUT PIGS TO GET FOOD
No cows were stabbed in the face to make this pizza
@OrigamiRobot SO MUCH MONEY SOMEWHERE IN MY BASEMENT! Also, an unopened TV I won from Arqade!
I hate Vegetarian Supreme pizza, but I don't hate all vegetarians
19:50
Supreme implies meat and vegetables.
@GraceNote you're a hater
It'd be like calling it "Vegetarian Pepperoni Pizza"
@Sterno I want it
Or "Vegetarian Meat Lovers Pizza"
There probably are vegetarian pepperonis too, is the disgusting part
19:51
IT IS CALLED VEGETARIAN SUPREME BECAUSE IT HAS SUPREME AMOUNTS OF VEGETABLES ON IT
@Unionhawk tofu
Tofu on pizza is clearly madness
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I'm not condoning tofu on pizza
Besides
YEP IT EXISTS
It is perfectly possibile to have great vegetarian pizza
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19:52
@kalina You have an odd view on how animals are slaughtered.
Ever heard about "Margherita"?
@Sterno I'd be happy to help you price your collection :P
@badp right now, I love you
Vegetarian Pizza is fine.
@badp Agree.
19:52
@Unionhawk The hell?
@badp Tofu has better things to do than be on pizza.
@SaintWacko I KNOW
...actually to a point I'd think that if you ever found a place that actually offered "Vegetarian Meat Lovers Pizza", I think you'd have to commend them for the gall to do that.
I don't understand this vegetarian madness with putting tofu on everything. Tofu has some perfectly good dishes. You don't need to start trying to shoehorn tofu into everything you used to eat.
Cheese Pizza is already good vegetarian pizza.
19:53
@GraceNote Is that a pizza with lovely meat on top which you discard before proceeding to eat the rest of the pizza?
Meatless pepperoni. That's just gross.
@badp I have no idea what it'd be like.
@badp no it's obviously a cannibalistic pizza, with flesh from vegetarians on it
@GraceNote Try VEGAN meat-lovers pizza thecomfortingvegan.blogspot.com/2013/04/…
Markdown 1; Slurpee 0
19:54
@Slurpee ...huh.
Commendations. Geez.
@Slurpee Now, vegan pizza is complete bullshit
Yep. Vegan is too far.
Because that's no cheese
wait, I forget
@kalina and @badp sitting in a tree
And... Vegan Bacon? Oh yeah, I forgot that was a thing
19:55
is there egg in the normal pizza dough?
otherwise it could still be a thing
@Slurpee I love how half the ingredients are some meat with the label "vegan" in front of it.
@badp Either way, it's vegan cheese
That's just gross.
@badp not normally
@Unionhawk ha! Pizza Marianara has no cheese!
@badp Okay, fair enough.
19:56
@badp Not that I know of. Otherwise that'd be in the way of vegetarians anyway.
Because anyone who tries to pass off eggs as vegetarian-friendly is... I'm not sure what to say.
but I've never seen anybody actually eat one unless they were feeling sick or something
@GraceNote they're not animal flesh
@badp Tomato pie. I'm OK with that, there's a local bakery by me that makes them.
19:57
@GraceNote I thought vegetarians were okay with eggs, but vegans say "no"
they're also not a living creature
@kalina Technically...
@Unionhawk I've seen the same people allow themselves to eat fish.
A balut or balot is a developing duck embryo that is boiled alive and eaten in the shell. It is commonly sold as streetfood in the Philippines. They are common food in countries in Southeast Asia, such as Laos (khai look ໄຂ່ລູກ in Lao, Cambodia (pong tia koon ពងទាកូន in Cambodian) and Vietnam (trứng vịt lộn or hột vịt lộn in Vietnamese). They are often served with beer. The Filipino and Malay word balut (balot) means "wrapped" – depending on pronunciation. Preparation In the Philippines, balut eaters prefer salt and/or a chili, garlic and vinegar (white or coconut sap) mixture to se...
(I mean, I have to stop kalina agreeing with me at some point)
19:58
Today on disgusting foods...
Eggs for sale are usually always infertile. So they're not really living by that point.
@badp it's obviously the future
Or unfertilized. Whatever
@Yuki I... I hope they taste good enough to justify the murder.
@Unionhawk Eggs for sale are never living.
19:59
Most meat does anyway.
Not all vegetarians are vegetarian for moral reasons
@Sterno Mostly health is what I usually see.
chicken eggs are unfertilized, not animal flesh, no death occurs as a result of eating eggs
I mean, at the end of the day, meat is getting produced regardless of whether you as a person eat it or not
19:59
I have noticed that if you know anyone who goes vegan, though, they can't shut up about it.
You might as well make it 100% sure that their death was as worthy as possible
vegan is stupid
And dangerous

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