Steps are not clear enough. It looks to me it's a step by step guide but it missed at least 2 points :
- the search engine must be Google I think ? Mine is duckduckgo and it doesnot work
- I still dont know if my device is supposed to be in airplane mode or no for the test. In airplane mode, even with Google set as the search engine, it does not work. Pixel phone. If I am connected to internet, I do have the single result from the google search.
I guess we are expected to be pleasantly surprised by something, but since I don't know what to look for and it does not work, it's a miss for me.
Personally I prefer to have the explanation alongside the steps that way I know what I am doing and can correctly interpret the instructions. For me, learning the technical trick does not diminish my contentness.
Thanks for the detailed feedback — really appreciate it!
You're right that the demo relies on Google Search specifically (not DuckDuckGo), and that should probably be made even clearer in the instructions. I do mention “search Google” in step 3, but I’ll look into making that more explicit up front.
As for airplane mode: the idea is to go offline after Google has had time to prefetch the page. That’s why the instructions say to start with a stable internet connection — and the page does show a warning if you go offline too early. But I totally get how that could still be confusing, especially if it didn’t work the first time.
A tip: once you're on the "You're offline" page, wait at least 3 seconds and observe the dinosaur. Something may happen.
And good point about wanting to know what’s going on. I tried to keep the experience surprising for some users, but I see how having the technical context up front can enhance it for others. I’ll consider adding an “explain first” option in the future.
Steps are not clear enough. It looks to me it's a step by step guide but it missed at least 2 points :
- the search engine must be Google I think ? Mine is duckduckgo and it doesnot work
- I still dont know if my device is supposed to be in airplane mode or no for the test. In airplane mode, even with Google set as the search engine, it does not work. Pixel phone. If I am connected to internet, I do have the single result from the google search.
I guess we are expected to be pleasantly surprised by something, but since I don't know what to look for and it does not work, it's a miss for me.
Personally I prefer to have the explanation alongside the steps that way I know what I am doing and can correctly interpret the instructions. For me, learning the technical trick does not diminish my contentness.