Dan Luu • 11/9/2017

UI backwards compatibility

The author argues against UI changes that break user muscle memory, citing examples from Zulip (altered newline and private message behavior) and Facebook (reversed hide/save actions). These are compared to the confusing design of a bagel shop's door, illustrating how poor design forces users to adapt to counter-intuitive interfaces, often blaming themselves for errors.

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#user interface #backwards compatibility #muscle memory