Open AccessNon-user-friendly
Author(s) -
Tomasz Hollanek
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
a peer-reviewed journal about --
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2245-7755
DOI - 10.7146/aprja.v8i1.115424
Subject(s) - touchscreen , interactivity , computer science , human–computer interaction , user friendly , frame (networking) , perception , consciousness , plan (archaeology) , resistance (ecology) , user interface , control (management) , interface (matter) , multimedia , psychology , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , archaeology , neuroscience , parallel computing , history , operating system , ecology , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , biology
User-friendly design makes our use of emerging technologies intuitive and seamless, but it also conceals the new solutions’ influence over how we act, think and plan. In this paper, I analyze the logic of our newly developed ‘touchscreen sensibilities’ to speculate on alternative, ‘non-user-friendly’ design practices that, by invading intuitive interfaces, could make the users aware of their reliance on invisible algorithmic operations to learn and to feel. I revisit Žižek and Pfaller’s conception of ‘interpassivity’ to explore its potential as a means of resisting interactivity and inciting consciousness in contemporary speculative design. The critical interface I envision must defamiliarize consumption, prevent participation, and de-frame perception — make the user experience what lack of control feels like, and do so to encourage resistance.