I tested my own website in German because I knew it too…
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I tested my own website in German because I knew it too well.
I recently put my idea of a website in front of a much larger audience than I was used to. The feedback was pretty clear: *people had no idea what was going on.*
I intentionally keep the site in Polish. I thought and believed that the meaning doesn't have to be clear, but the interface must be.
I failed **SO BAD.**
All this time I've been confusing the intentional confusion with good UX - jokes write themselves. Obviously *I* knew what was what, what these buttons do, how to navigate around the station.
I had no idea how to start this until a thought popped up: ME having language friction here. I've translated the whole site into German and oh boy, all I see is **BEWEGUNG**, **VON DER WAND ENTFERNEN**, **SENDERSPEICHER**.
After rethinking and making the UI simpler, I didn't really have a lot of words to begin with. Not necessary ones, at least.
It really made me think I should show some stuff much earlier (latest "exposure" was brutal but I am very thankful for the learning experience).
More importantly I was left with a question I don't really have a lot of answers to:
**How do you forget?** How do you make your own stuff unfamiliar, giving that "first experience" vibe? Do you have any weird tricks for doing this yourself?
Before https://preview.redd.it/qeydeln4whrh1.png?width=741&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d0d24147bc266d596911f6bc74dc1c13a344ce3
simplifying the UI https://preview.redd.it/vxk26317whrh1.png?width=626&format=png&auto=webp&s=273803cba1a838711f2e3dda8d097fe68638432b
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I recently put my idea of a website in front of a much larger audience than I was used to. The feedback was pretty clear: *people had no idea what was going on.*
I intentionally keep the site in Polish. I thought and believed that the meaning doesn't have to be clear, but the interface must be.
I failed **SO BAD.**
All this time I've been confusing the intentional confusion with good UX - jokes write themselves. Obviously *I* knew what was what, what these buttons do, how to navigate around the station.
I had no idea how to start this until a thought popped up: ME having language friction here. I've translated the whole site into German and oh boy, all I see is **BEWEGUNG**, **VON DER WAND ENTFERNEN**, **SENDERSPEICHER**.
After rethinking and making the UI simpler, I didn't really have a lot of words to begin with. Not necessary ones, at least.
It really made me think I should show some stuff much earlier (latest "exposure" was brutal but I am very thankful for the learning experience).
More importantly I was left with a question I don't really have a lot of answers to:
**How do you forget?** How do you make your own stuff unfamiliar, giving that "first experience" vibe? Do you have any weird tricks for doing this yourself?
Before https://preview.redd.it/qeydeln4whrh1.png?width=741&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d0d24147bc266d596911f6bc74dc1c13a344ce3
simplifying the UI https://preview.redd.it/vxk26317whrh1.png?width=626&format=png&auto=webp&s=273803cba1a838711f2e3dda8d097fe68638432b
#art
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