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**Title:** Critique of Poor User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Design
**Main Points:**
* The speaker rants about frustrating user experiences in various digital platforms, emphasizing that good UI/UX is often taken for granted.
* Specific examples of poor UI/UX are highlighted, including:
+ Microsoft products (Windows, Xbox One dashboard)
+ Games (Mafia 3, Super Smash Brothers Melee's successor)
+ Media apps (Hulu, Amazon Prime) on platforms like Xbox One
* In contrast, Netflix is praised for its relatively smooth and user-friendly interface.
* The core argument is that a good UI/UX should be seamless, efficient, and unobtrusive, ultimately saving users' precious time.
**Tone:** Humorous, sarcastic, and exasperated, with frequent use of profanity and colloquial expressions.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, keeping each fact as a short sentence and omitting opinions:
1. **Time and Mortality**: All humans will eventually die.
2. **User Experience (UX) Definition**: Bad UX results in wasted time, confusion, and overwhelm.
3.. **Microsoft Examples**:
* **Windows Live for Games** is cited as an example of poor UI.
* **Windows 8** was widely criticized for its use of large panels for navigation.
* **Xbox One's Dashboard** is described in terms of its functionality issues (stutter, slowness, confusion).
4. **Xbox One Specifics**:
* Auto-renewal for Xbox Live memberships is enabled by default.
* The option to turn off auto-renewal is not directly accessible on the Xbox One itself.
* Users must go to the Xbox website to disable auto-renewal.
5. **Game Development**:
* A talented artist at Naughty Dog spent considerable time on the backpack UI in "The Last of Us".
* The weapon wheel innovation in console gaming provided quick access to many options.
6. **Specific Game and App Examples**:
* **Mafia 3** forces slow transitions through its UI for certain actions.
* **Super Smash Brothers Melee** had a well-regarded, easy-to-navigate list UI.
7. **Media Apps**:
* **Hulu**:
+ Has a loud greeting.
+ Displays giant fonts and pictures that can be slow to load.
+ Fails to show the most recently watched show in the "Keep Watching" tab.
+ Auto-plays next episodes but skips credits.
* **Amazon Prime**:
+ Features a loading transition between categories.
+ Requires a sideways scroll bar for browsing, which can stutter if used too quickly.
* **Netflix**:
+ Generally has a well-regarded UI.
+ Uses less than half the screen space for titles.
+ Offers preview and description for titles.
+ Allows skipping intro sequences for some shows.
+ Successfully keeps track of the user's watch history.
8. **General UI/UX Principle**: A good UI is often unnoticed because it efficiently serves the user without wasting their time.