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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by DrScientist on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:00AM (#21836032)
Two points:

They keep changing the interface faster than I can learn it.

The way to enable complex expression of tasks in a user interface is by composition. ie have microtasks that you can then combine in different ways.

That's what makes excel great - each cell is a single function but you can combine them to build stuff the developer never knew was possible.

Being able to store state ( a location ) and then operate on that state is a pretty basic building block of a composable map UI.

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