After coming off from the sour impression windows Vista with me, Microsoft scrambled to address the major complaints with Vista and made Windows 7. Compared to its predecessor, this operating system had a much more positive experience in user feedback. No longer were you bombarded with very violent UAC control alert noises, nor did you have to deal with general system instability, everything that caused many a soul grief in Vista was basically ‘’patched out’’ with this iteration of Windows. Which needless to say gave me reason to continue using Microsoft operating systems in the first.
This marvel back in the early 2000s was a pinnacle of user experience design. It was incredibly intuitive in how user interacted with the music module — everything the user had to use to interact with the iPod was located in the base of the unit. By the simple action of dragging one’s finger digit along the center oval, the user can scroll up and and down through menus, adjust volume, and more. This, plus the plentiful storage capacity which never hurt, left not just an overwhelming impression on me — but the rest of the world.
I have to say, I almost ended up ignoring this App during its debut in 2015. I was already indoctrinated in using a myriad of other VoIP application to catch up with friends in the middle of game. As time grew on, and as a good friend keep nagging me, I ended up giving the new App its due diligence — and the of course I ended up hooked. Very easy user interface, all intractable elements present from the get go made this an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. And no doubt for many others too given its popularity 5 years on.
Vista debuted with very clunky interface upon its launch, a myriad of user feedback issues when it came to inter acting with this. Some of the Windows interface buttons I’ve gotten used to seeing in prior versions of Windows got moved around, which interfered with my own expectations of the product — and consequently made the prospect of permanently adopting the mercurial piece of software.
A very bad user interface upon its release, and very unreliable directions made this App a genuine nightmare for me to use on the road upon its release. It was notorious for sending user off the highway of all things, and in general was more useful in getting you lost rather than to your destination. Enough can be said about that.
One of my favorite past times has always been playing video games. However, in the recent world of electronic consumer entertainment, a lot of companies had jumped on a wave of Digital Right Management software in order to protect sales of their properties. While many were at most only slightly vexing to deal with, Games for Windows Live will always live in infamy for me — for going out of its way to provide the worst experience possible. Unstable, unresponsive, and finally the most copiously obstructive software I ever had to deal with.
Concluding
A good user experience is more than flashiness, if the underlying material doesn’t work, it will lead to a very frustrated user.
