this was one of the more difficult quizzes I have taken in recent memory, and I use AWS every single day. 5/20
Same here. I'd be happy to get 20% right on that.
AWS icon quiz
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Re: AWS icon quiz
#52A note on methodology: typically in experimental surveys you don’t want to prime your subjects with words or phrasing that could lead to positive or negative bias. Additionally, negatively-biased phrasing on a public survey could also attract mostly those with negative views. This would skew your sample even further than solely priming. With that said, I have no idea what any of those icons are.
Even if the title was "AWS icons are awesome" my results would have been the same
But you might not have taken it, then.
Also, presenting options such as "dried arterial blood red" and "slightly but not too radioactive green" might also make you less likely to put in effort to select the real one, rather than just picking randomly.
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#53Truth!
Names and Icons on AWS were made by people who don’t realize who helpful names and icons can be.
If it’s a database, use the cylinder icon that everyone knows is a database and then add some identifier to show which database it is.
If it’s DNS, don’t be too clever and name it Route 53. Name it Amazon Cloud DNS. Then anyone knows how to look for it in the console, web search for it, etc.
If you want something that the marketing folks can feel proud about wasting time on, add the silly name to the descriptive name: Amazon DNS Potato
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#54This reminds me of those children's puzzles on diner mats to "spot the difference". You either see it immediately or stare at it for 5-minutes with no results.
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#55I think AWS icons are great and I vastly prefer them over Google Cloud’s icons.
Every icon in Google Cloud is a nearly-identical blue hexagon. They might as well not even have icons.
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#56Truth! Names and Icons on AWS were made by people who don’t realize who helpful names and icons can be. If it’s a database, use the cylinder icon that everyone knows is a database and then add some identifier to show which database it is. If it’s DNS, don’t be too clever and name it Route 53. Name it Amazon Cloud DNS. Then anyone knows how to look for it in the console, web search for it, etc. If you want something t…
what about calling the database app "database"
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#57SPOILER: AWS inspector has a magnifying glass icon[1], but the correct answer in the quiz is incorrectly marked as "some boxes" [1]: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/
If you go to AWS inspector in the AWS web console then you'll see why they chose "some boxes" as the right answer.
For those that want to see
https://imgur.com/a/OuNiT2O
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#58I do not think it is plausible that, for most complex abstract things, there must be an icon that intuitively represents it. The most you can hope for is that the icons are sufficiently distinctive and memorable that a frequent user would come to recognize them without confusing one for another.
I am more bothered by names that do not give you any clue as to what they are about, though there is also a limit to the amount of information you can put in a name.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the whole quiz is a joke, to prove a point.
I am not a AWS user but I am familiar with what several of the AWS services do. I looked over the quiz and I could not answer even a single question. I also think the quiz is to prove a point. Those icons are not helpful at all. The opposite of the MS Office icons which are so recognizable all other office suites copied the color scheme.
I'm an AWS user, I've been using their service for almost 5 years now. I also had a hard time with many of their questions. I agree completely with your assessment.
Amazon badly needs some serious UX power...
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#60But excellent platform. Much prefer it that way :)