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> Does https://element.io/labs/element-x look like something from people who don’t care about usability?

The "get started" page wants me to fill out a big ass form and is talking about deployments, so yeah? They don't seem to give a shit really.

Edit: just tried downloading the Android app and the onboarding process is already deeply stupid. There is literally no "sign up" or "create account" option to even get started in it. How is a new user supposed to even move forward?! I don't think this is making the case you think it is.

If this what a professional UX team came up with, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. They failed at the most basic initial thing. I'm just a mobile app dev, not a UI designer proper, and I could still figure this part out. "There should be a way to sign up" is not advanced UX design.



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