I'm not a "gamer" in the strictest sense, but I do enjoy a few videogames on my Nintendo Switch. A game called Animal Crossing recently came out for the Switch, and it's been great fun. One of the things I can do is create hybrid flowers from other flowers that I plant, depending on the type and color. In order to come up with the hybrids I wanted, I searched for some kind of guide online. Of course, there were many. I came across this particular article. It explains each individual type of flower, listing the color combinations to achieve he hybrid colors.
It was a bit of a pain whenever I wanted to remember which colors to combine, since I had to scroll down through the article and pictures each time. I later found this article on another site, that included this chart:
So much simpler! I could save the image if I wanted, and no more having to scroll through an entire article and hunt to refresh my memory. It struck me that this was much more user friendly. Sure, the first article I had found was helpful, albeit a bit long-winded, but this second one was easier to use. Whoever made the chart was thinking of actual users like me, who might frequently need to just glance at it in order to keep playing the game - rather than searching through a whole article time and time again.
Two articles giving the same information can be so different, as proven just by this one example. Once again, it comes down to thinking of the user and meeting their needs.
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