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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by robbedpeter on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:26AM (#28561551)
Ux is snake oil nonsense and has no place in software design. They create change for the sake of change and dumb everything down as if complexity were a sin.
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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by approxim8ion on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:28AM (#28563086)
I feel like this takes it too far. Complexity may not be a sin, but it is possible to make things much more cohesive.

"Modern" UX does involve a lot of dumb antipatterns and things that break usability, but I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bathwater here.

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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:14AM (#28563975)
Needless complexity is a sin. But easy/difficult is an orthogonal axis to simple/complex.
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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by lolcat_cowsay on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:30AM (#28564133)
Should inherent complexity be simplified?
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