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I must say that I disagree with the author. I think humans get used to the experience and adapt. I remember when I used to drive a bicycle as a kid, I was scared when dogs ran across me because I thought I would run into them. Then I realized they are intelligent and they will evade me on their own.

I think when you are designing, one should not consider the user to be dumb.

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Your argument would seem to work for even the world’s worst user experiences. Thus all user experiences become equally (not) frustrating with time. This is a contradiction with real-world experiences.

Edit: It's a popular, but dangerous, misconception among programmers that making something easy, usable, or intuitive means assuming the user is "dumb." Understanding that this isn’t true is very important for the success of one’s product.

Marco makes Instapaper and he has spent a lot of time thinking about & adjusting the placement of buttons in Instapaper for iPad's UI. His article is insightful and his opinion carries a lot of weight, for me.

I don’t think Marco is really making a point here. He’s just sharing what he’s been thinking about. But I don’t think he is saying that a “hot” interface is neccessarily good or bad.

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