I spent years as a mobile developer and the thing that always drove me the most nuts was being handed a software design with lots of tiny buttons that were nearly impossible to tap with a finger. I generally implemented the UI by increasing the size of the tappable regions (without increasing the apparent size of the buttons) making it actually usable, but one time the designer discovered that I was doing this and went apeshit and convinced the project manager to order me to undo all this and make the tappable regions the same size as the buttons. The grounds for this was that implementing the larger tappable regions would take too much extra time - despite the fact that this had already been done and it took additional time to undo it.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

So wait you actually had to undo it all? What kind of designer would make mobile buttons small?

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I usually just do what they requested and when they come to complain I just tell them "well, you're the one who requested this" and pull up receipts. My DM to myself on Slack is filled with screenshots and links to confirmations for bullshit requests that the product team made.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

My DM to myself on Slack is filled with screenshots and links to confirmations for bullshit requests that the product team made.

How good does it feel when you pull out those screenshots to say, 'no u'?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

What kind of designer would make mobile buttons small?

Have you ever used a mobile app? Every commercial mobile app I've ever used has tons of tiny fucking buttons.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Someone who has tiny fingers

[–] docAvid@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Fucking apeshit craze-balls, makes sense, business as usual.