Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by kfprt on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:42PM
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Ted Kaczynski noted that over time all large organizations trend towards self preservation projects.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by mhoad on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:52PM
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Noted social commentator “the unabomber”.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by staticautomatic on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:55PM
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Dude was extremely smart and observant. I get that it’s hard to see past the bombings, but they don’t exactly bear on the strength of his philosophical work.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by mhoad on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:57PM
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I mean… we are talking about a UI update here.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by nyx_land on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:05PM
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"Android 12 and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race" - Ted Kaczynski
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by JohnFen on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:11PM
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Yeah, but that particular observation is neither new nor obscure. Surely a different source for a similar quote would have been better.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by dang on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:40PM
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This observation was famously attributed to one of the classic sociologists - maybe Durkheim? The form I remember was: each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose. I'd love it if someone could track down the original quote. It definitely predates Kaczynski though, and we could probably do without the internet trope of bringing him up as a social theorist.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by CRConrad on Sunday October 31, 2021 @08:34PM
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> each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose.
Sounds weird about institutions, but obvious about organisms. Substitute in "organisation" instead, and the parallel to organisms becomes clearer.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by nyxaiur on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:43AM
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The word is contemporary you need to have a constant evolving product in todays market and design is one of the easiest way to achieve it.
Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user
by stemlord on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:24PM
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>you need to have a constant evolving product in todays market
Isn't this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Only needed because everyone thinks it's needed. I bet at this point "our shit just works and we won't change it unless it breaks" would be an innovative strategy that even casual users could appreciate.
I seriously believe that at some point some of these things are done to keep designers employed. Do we really need all these designers to sit around making up reasons to be employed?
Holo was great, every single change since then has decreased information density, and simply make it harder to do things.
What is the wisdom in nesting a simple toggle under its own submenu? Its a goddamn toggle.