I recently asked some friends to look at my projects. First, since my biggest is my extension (Project 5), I asked my friends to try it out and see what they said.
My friend Jack thought it was interesting for a user to choose to use the extension, considering it was such a hassle to use. Why would anyone in their right mind download it for themselves and use it earnestly? It seemed more like a joke. He thought it accomplished what I had set out to do, which was to make users uncomfortable and point out what we find comforting in how websites look.
My friend Chrissy screamed. She had the reaction I expected, which was hatred. It made her angry. It disrupted the normal flow of websites and almost broke them for her. She wanted off the internet.
Project 3
Chrissy looked at my examples for this project and thought they were hilarious. The subtle changes were fun for her to find. The changes, like the addition of “Look, bro” to cnn made the news site seem more personal but at the same time less reliable. (She also became interested in learning about coding websites!)