When it comes to UI stupidity in general, here are two from my work machine (Windows 10 laptop).
- there's the prominent notification speech bubble on the bottom right, which seems to be very inconsistently used. Almost all the notifications are duplications of an already popped-up notification, and a lot of important stuff doesn't end up in there. So it's just a nuisance. The worst is that for one application, the notification essentially says "you need to push this button to proceed" while covering up the freakin' button I need to push!
- If you have a Word document already open and minimized, and you open up a second one - at least triggered from the browser in Sharepoint - what happens is the already open document opens up, with the newly opened one underneath! If these are based on a common template, I frequently find myself scrolling up and down looking for the graphic I need to refer to, only 20 seconds later realizing I'm in the wrong document again.
These don't have much to do with UI skin annoyances, but they do have to do with this:
Apple stuff had really good UI while Steve Jobs was in charge. Someone powerful enough to get anything changed who is fanatically devoted to good, usable UI was gold there. All these weird inconsistent UIs are "design by committee" or worse, no design at all. Nobody has overall veto power, or at least nobody who cares enough.
- there's the prominent notification speech bubble on the bottom right, which seems to be very inconsistently used. Almost all the notifications are duplications of an already popped-up notification, and a lot of important stuff doesn't end up in there. So it's just a nuisance. The worst is that for one application, the notification essentially says "you need to push this button to proceed" while covering up the freakin' button I need to push!
- If you have a Word document already open and minimized, and you open up a second one - at least triggered from the browser in Sharepoint - what happens is the already open document opens up, with the newly opened one underneath! If these are based on a common template, I frequently find myself scrolling up and down looking for the graphic I need to refer to, only 20 seconds later realizing I'm in the wrong document again.
These don't have much to do with UI skin annoyances, but they do have to do with this:
Apple stuff had really good UI while Steve Jobs was in charge. Someone powerful enough to get anything changed who is fanatically devoted to good, usable UI was gold there. All these weird inconsistent UIs are "design by committee" or worse, no design at all. Nobody has overall veto power, or at least nobody who cares enough.