Re:Perfectly Cropped
by lallysingh on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:13AM
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Like a tiny down triangle in the corner? This stuff is super not hard. You just have to give a shit.
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It’s incredibly hard to make a great user experience look great.
Lots of people can’t tell the difference between something looking awesome and working well.
Re:Perfectly Cropped
by lallysingh on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:54AM
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User interfaces are testable. There's a whole field of practice on this. Considering how sloppy this is (and Apple's recent trends in slop) I bet they didn't test it on all their screen sizes
> Like a tiny down triangle in the corner? This stuff is super not hard.
That's also what I suggested in my answer to onion2k below. I agree, it's not hard. But it does require their design team to overcome some instinctive minimalism.
Re:Perfectly Cropped
by helpPeople on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:26AM
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Sounds like Linux excuses "you just aren't using it right"
Re:Perfectly Cropped
by lonelappde on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:09AM
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You mean Apple excuses? That's a Steve Jobs quote. Linux UX is rough in parts and the answer is "it's a $0 volunteer group project, we need your help to make it better."
Re:Perfectly Cropped
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:01AM
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No, it's definitely a Linux thing too. Linux Desktop community in general doesn't care what anyone's experience is except their own, and if you're not a C programmer who's willing to fork the code to make the change you want (because they almost certainly won't accept your patch), then screw you.
Common phrases heard on Linux Desktop software issue trackers and forums:
"Why would you want that?" "You don't want to do that, do it <the way I do it>." "Works on my machine." "PRs are welcome." "We've rejected your PR because there isn't any demand for this."
This is the community that thinks .desktop files are a good idea and largely uses the GUI as a really fancy tmux. They're hopeless.