Hidden UI elements are beffudling the elderly.
I bring you a message on behalf of the old ones.
The volume slider at the bottom of YouTube videos, that disappears while the video is playing?
They can’t find it. They don’t know about it. And after being told about it, they can’t remember it.
Burger menus?
Three decorative lines.
Menus that appear on Zoom, only when hovering the cursor over the window, or tapping the screen?
Yeah, no.
Solution?: light mode, dark mode, and “I am old, don’t hide things” mode.
UI designers, spare a thought, for the ancient ones, and those who walk among them.