user-hostile


a play on the common term “user-friendly”, a user-hostile design is one that is, deliberately or accidentally, difficult or c-mbersome for the intended user.

often used derisively to describe the compet-tion.
we intend to improve upon the user-hostile design of your existing sales tool.

some say that the user-hostile design of the original qwerty keyboard was an intentional effort to slow typists down so as not to allow them to jam the mechanical parts.

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