I used to gripe that websites are designed by people with cinema displays who don't understand their users have 720p laptop screens. these days I feel like websites are designed by people that don't even own a computer
every single site has at minimum 3 things you need to dismiss before you can look at the actual site. some of these make the site fully unusable. if you get past that the interaction design is often a disaster. who killed the entire discipline of web design
@mountain_ghosts Correct, designed by people who do everything on a mobile phone or tablet, and for whom marketing campaigns/data collection take precedence over good product.
@mountain_ghosts Too much info on a 1024 layout. Interesting that the phone has about the same real estate as the old DOS screens! That’s about the optimal amount we can perceive.
@mountain_ghosts make that people who don't even own a computer *or* phone
@mountain_ghosts I've found that the average website is just optimised for the device(s?) the QA person actually has available to them that can get access to the testing environment. (It's me I'm the QA person)
@mountain_ghosts It's literally called "mobile first design." Desktop users are no longer the target demographic.
@mountain_ghosts It’s still true. I design websites and I don’t prioritise people using their mums old laptop