Am I the only one who hates that checkout button that changes color when you hover?

I was buying concert tickets for the Eagles in Chicago last month, and the checkout button kept switching from green to gray when I moved my mouse near it. It made me hesitate and almost miss the sale. My wife said, "Why are you hovering over it like it's a bomb?" I think designers do this to test if we're paying attention, but it's just stressful. Has anyone else dealt with buttons that change behavior at the last second? I'd rather have a flat, predictable button that stays one color.

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phoenix84516d ago

Notice how this has spread to EVERYTHING now. My thermostat app has a button that turns invisible for half a second when you tap it, like it's playing hide and seek with my finger. My car's touchscreen has this pause button that shrinks when you try to press it, makes me feel like I'm trying to catch a fly with chopsticks. It's like designers are adding little DRAMA to simple tasks, turning buying concert tickets into a game of Operation where you lose if you twitch.

margaret_lane16d ago

This is exactly what happens when designers get bored and start "fixing" things that weren't broken. They think adding a little animation makes it feel more alive or something. Meanwhile we're just trying to raise the temperature or pause a song without it turning into a reaction time test. Normal people don't want their thermostat to have a personality, they want it to work.