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332 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 13 May 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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maelito ◴[16 May 25 12:57 UTC] No.44004914[source]▶
The email send button is such a bad example : for 5 seconds spent on finding the button the first time, one will use this same button thousands of time and know perfectly where it is.

On the contrary, one will spend time writing the email in the long run. The new design has way less room for writing. Also, just shifting the place of the button would have resolved most of the problem.

Also, RIP small phones. These new "designs" take so much space for nothing.

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1. Theodores ◴[16 May 25 13:27 UTC] No.44005265[source]▶
Maybe the design needs to adjust with use. Imagine a person new to sending mail has a big and clear send button at the top, then, the UI learns over time how familiar the user is with the interface. If they seem capable of hitting the send button then it can be shrunk down a bit. Rinse and repeat until the button is down to power user size.

Equally, if the user has been away for a month or two, the send button can be made more prominent, to account for the user forgetting the interface.

This could be branded muscle memory, so the send button gets fat unless it is regularly used.