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		dragonwriter on May 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alan Kay at Startup School [video] Because communicating with the user is function. An unpleasant UI for the actual target audience is a functional failure.

throwaway7645 on May 11, 2017 [–]

Slightly ugly doesn't interfere with communications does it?

dragonwriter on May 11, 2017 | [–]

It increases friction, even if it doesn't come pletely block communication. In that case, it is similar to an avoidable performance-affecting design flaw that doesn't impact the correctness of th eventual result.

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