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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by ipv6ipv4 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:00AM (#28206655)
I disagree with the assessment that an extra 10-100ms doesn’t matter.

How pleasant an app is to use does affect a user’s perception of an app and product even if they can’t articulate it. Fit, finish and polish do matter.

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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by inter_netuser on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:24AM (#28207133)
Arguing app performance doesn’t matter sounds like extra polish and better fitting parts without gaps or creaks on luxury cars just do not matter.

Yes, rusty creaking lambos are the best. The rustier and creakier the better.

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Re:Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electr... by laurent92 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:19AM (#28207101)
This. 10ms matters.

On my first iPad, gestures seemed to actually move the screen like paper. Now you perform the gesture and the screen does it’s animation. It doesn’t feel alive. And the animation gets in the way, because you need to wait for it.

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