The User is Drunk

Why HN readers recommended it

HN users recommend it as a memorable, short way to build empathy for users' confusing mistakes and to design for distraction.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

squareweave

Topic

user experience design

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Somebody took "the user is drunk" UI design method quite literally :) Here is a video about the "the user is drunk" idea: [VIDEO] Basically, the idea is about assuming that your user has an attention and a vision of a drunk person, not designing …

• -Design quality is good, but you should re-evaluate that top image. Does a tar-covered hand say "High quality leather" to most people? Not to me, especially because I can't see the object. -Headline #1 should tell me what you're doing. Don't assume I know what …

• "The User is Drunk" is explained better in video by Will Dayble of Squareweave: [VIDEO] Also, OP's post seems more like "The UX Consultant is Drunk".