The UX of the Dash Button is great, shopping for laundry detergent is boring, just one press and it's over. Managing your personal finances has zero to do with the dash button user experience.
I know iUsers think Android users are insane for putting up with such an non-responsive UI because it frequently takes Android a few milliseconds to respond to a touch or swipe.
I've just upgraded from Win 8.1 to Win 10 on a tablet, and - for whatever reason - I'm seeing the UI switch from more or less an instant response to delays of often a minute or more, depending on the operation.
But this button takes the take. I need some Imodium(tm) brand anti-diarrheal medicin
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @11:04AM (#50387995)
It's not clear you understand the use-case for the button. Mind you, I haven't yet bought into the button myself. But it's clear that this isn't to be used for something you actually need *right now*. It's decidedly NOT for one-off purchases either. Your example of needing medicine is (generally) one of *both* immediacy as well as a relatively one-time purchase; definitely not a good use-case for the button.
The use-case for the button is *more* like the use-case for Costco. Running low on toilet paper? You go to Costco and you buy a big damn bag of it all at once, right? You don't wait until you've used the very last square of TP and you're sitting on the toilet going "uhhh, now what?" -- and then dash off to Costco. No, if that happens you just run down the street to the local grocery store and pick up a small pack to hold you over until you can get across town to Costco. But what you *normally* do is you go to pull out a new roll and you realize your big ass pack is getting near empty; so you make a mental note to go to Costco this weekend and buy another large pack.
You see what's happening, right? Costco is the button. You make a mental note (ie: the button) and 3 days later you go to Costco to actually get the product (ie: UPS). There's no "instant gratification" for Costco, either; and yet it's wildly successful. You don't *typically* think of Costco for one-off purchases either; generally you think of Costco for your regular-use stuff, even though you might buy several one-off items once you are there.
What the button brings to the table over Costco is convenience -- I push the button and I no longer have to remember my mental note and I no longer have to take the time to drive to Costco to get the stuff. Push the button, forget about it, and it just happens.
No, Costco is not the use-case for the button. Costco is where you go once a month to buy things cheaply. You don't go to Costco because you're running low on toilet paper. Going to Costco is a planned, methodical, activity that involves making an inventory, determining what will need replacement soon, building a list, viewing the special offers, and then visiting the store.
Costco is where you go once a month to buy things cheaply. You don't go to Costco because you're running low on toilet paper. Going to Costco is a planned, methodical, activity that involves making an inventory, determining what will need replacement soon, building a list, viewing the special offers, and then visiting the store.
"For some people, not so much." This. This is why I (try to) never go to Costco on the weekend. Whole families clogging aisles, huge crowds around the free food, people using the trip to Costco as some sort of fucking dystopian entertainment. WTF!
Me, I'm going on a weekday on my way home from work with my list on my phone, in, out as fast as possible.
The great thing about the hackability of the Dash buttons is that I can get a cheap Dash button which, when I press it, add that thing to my Costco shopping list (which is in an app on my phone).
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Actually great UX for everyone else (Score:4, Insightful)
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Well, kinda. The latency is awful.
I know iUsers think Android users are insane for putting up with such an non-responsive UI because it frequently takes Android a few milliseconds to respond to a touch or swipe.
I've just upgraded from Win 8.1 to Win 10 on a tablet, and - for whatever reason - I'm seeing the UI switch from more or less an instant response to delays of often a minute or more, depending on the operation.
But this button takes the take. I need some Imodium(tm) brand anti-diarrheal medicin
Re:Actually great UX for everyone else (Score:2, Insightful)
It's not clear you understand the use-case for the button. Mind you, I haven't yet bought into the button myself. But it's clear that this isn't to be used for something you actually need *right now*. It's decidedly NOT for one-off purchases either. Your example of needing medicine is (generally) one of *both* immediacy as well as a relatively one-time purchase; definitely not a good use-case for the button.
The use-case for the button is *more* like the use-case for Costco. Running low on toilet paper? You go to Costco and you buy a big damn bag of it all at once, right? You don't wait until you've used the very last square of TP and you're sitting on the toilet going "uhhh, now what?" -- and then dash off to Costco. No, if that happens you just run down the street to the local grocery store and pick up a small pack to hold you over until you can get across town to Costco. But what you *normally* do is you go to pull out a new roll and you realize your big ass pack is getting near empty; so you make a mental note to go to Costco this weekend and buy another large pack.
You see what's happening, right? Costco is the button. You make a mental note (ie: the button) and 3 days later you go to Costco to actually get the product (ie: UPS). There's no "instant gratification" for Costco, either; and yet it's wildly successful. You don't *typically* think of Costco for one-off purchases either; generally you think of Costco for your regular-use stuff, even though you might buy several one-off items once you are there.
What the button brings to the table over Costco is convenience -- I push the button and I no longer have to remember my mental note and I no longer have to take the time to drive to Costco to get the stuff. Push the button, forget about it, and it just happens.
What's not understand? It's simple.
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First of all, I invite you to read this Wikipedia page [wikipedia.org].
But going onto your debunking of a joke:
No, Costco is not the use-case for the button. Costco is where you go once a month to buy things cheaply. You don't go to Costco because you're running low on toilet paper. Going to Costco is a planned, methodical, activity that involves making an inventory, determining what will need replacement soon, building a list, viewing the special offers, and then visiting the store.
The button doesn't give you anything che
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Costco is where you go once a month to buy things cheaply. You don't go to Costco because you're running low on toilet paper. Going to Costco is a planned, methodical, activity that involves making an inventory, determining what will need replacement soon, building a list, viewing the special offers, and then visiting the store.
For you it is. For some people, not so much.
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"For some people, not so much."
This. This is why I (try to) never go to Costco on the weekend. Whole families clogging aisles, huge crowds around the free food, people using the trip to Costco as some sort of fucking dystopian entertainment. WTF!
Me, I'm going on a weekday on my way home from work with my list on my phone, in, out as fast as possible.
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The great thing about the hackability of the Dash buttons is that I can get a cheap Dash button which, when I press it, add that thing to my Costco shopping list (which is in an app on my phone).