@Tsaukpaetra said in UI Bites:
@Gern_Blaanston said in UI Bites:
I don't understand how anyone could use this monitor for more than 5 seconds and not immediately realize that this is a really bad UX design.
I don't know about you, but I set up my monitor once ever, so the wretched row of ambiguous function-changing buttons have remained untouched once the setting of "stick to the main Displayport input and stay there" it's just gathering dust for bunny-making.
Wait, are you the kind of person that requires line of sight to type?
I think you misunderstood. This has nothing to do with setting up the monitor. You do that once and forget about it.
But when I want to:
- Turn the monitor off
or
- Switch input - I have a desktop and a laptop connected to the 2 HDMI inputs, and there's a Displayport input still available
I have to reach over the stuff on the desk, behind the monitor, press the button, then wiggle the button to navigate the on-screen menu.
Switching inputs is extra fun because you can only go forward, not back. So switching from HDMI-2 to HDMI-1 requires:
(1) Reach around behind the monitor
(2) Press button to bring up menu
(3) Wiggle the button to select the ambiguous unmarked icon for changing input
(4) Press button to select
(5) Wiggle the button downward to change the input to Displayport
(6) Wiggle the button downward again to change the input to HDMI-1
Turning the monitor off also requires steps 1 thru 4, you just select a different, slightly less ambiguous unmarked icon.
I mostly leave the monitor on all the time now, and I have Windows set to put up a blank black screen after a few minutes of inactivity.