Worst User Interface Ever

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Congratulations to “This American Life” for the worst user interface ever.  This show is broadcast on many NPR radio stations.  Here in the greater Silicon Valley area it runs at noon Saturdays.  Now the desktop version is not so bad (unless you’re looking for a specific show):

This American Life UI (desktop version)

This American Life UI (desktop version)

The only way to see what’s under each of those little icons is to hover the mouse pointer.  Sadly, there is no way to hover on an iPad:

This American Life UI (mobile version)

This American Life UI (mobile version)

Sigh.  Yes, there is a mobile app.  They’re charging $4.99 for it.  And NPR folks complain about price-gouging in the private sector.  Two thumbs down.


About Tony Lima

Tony Lima has been working with technology, economic modeling, forecasting, and market research for 40 years. His background makes him uniquely qualified to navigate this varied landscape. Begin with his education: B.S. in chemical engineering from M.I.T. , M.B.A. from Harvard, Ph.D. in economics from Stanford. His day job was professor of economics at California State University, East Bay. He retired in 2016 to devote his time to consulting and writing. But he has found time to: write (eight books and over 100 articles ranging from wine economics to detailed analyses of meta-language code generators) consult with companies ranging from Microsoft to CEDEX keep his expertise up-to-date, constantly reading and sorting through the avalanche of information available daily maintain three blogs: Wine Research, Wine Economics, and Economic Policy Local policy analysis: Los Altos Politico.com

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