Comment by PunchyHamster
2 days ago
I think in UX there is general lack of desire to properly explain how stuff works instead of relying on just "guessing user expectations right"
like if said knob just displayed a vertical bar with marks signalling up and down also works it would be very clear to person that tried to just spin it
Hmm, may be you're right about UX designers not wanting to explain. For instance, I certainly won't want that vertical bar for aesthetic reasons. It's just hard to defend objectively.