Story of a "Rejected" Candidate That Might Become a Phantom Feature

Although I am often active in Kitakyushu and thought to be from Kitakyushu... I am from the neighboring town of Kanda.

Hello, this is Juane *.

When developing an app, there are moments when you come up with a flash of insight, saying "This might be good!", and implement a feature enthusiastically, only to stop just before completion and wonder, "...Is this really necessary?"

This time, the photo shooting guide feature is standing on the brink of being "rejected".

If you look closely at this screen, the guide message says "If you take it in a bright place, you can read it beautifully-cha! (local dialect)"...

Because I am making an app for Kokura, I wanted to bring out a sense of distance and warmth unique to the local area, as if someone is advising you right next to you, rather than mechanical instructions, so I chose these words.

I implemented the feature with much effort, and I like this UI design..., but when I scrutinize the user experience(UX), I feel some inconvenient parts...

Incorporating functions has the fun of "addition", but "subtraction" to make it truly easy to use seems to require more courage than that.

However... even if this feature is not adopted in the end and never sees the light of day, I think the time spent making this was not a waste.

I believe that the process of thinking through "how to make it more comfortable to use" becomes our experience value and leads to the next expression.

I will leave this screenshot here as a monument to such hesitation and trial and error.