Re:Settings are not a design failure
by wvenable on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:56PM
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But I wonder if this to the authors point. You used to love fiddling with settings (I do as well) but modern software continuously makes that less rewarding.
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Re:Settings are not a design failure
by spaetzleesser on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:24PM
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I don’t think rewarding is the right word. It’s still very rewarding but modern software decides from time to time to undo all your work. Maybe we could say that modern software disrespects their users.
Re:Settings are not a design failure
by wvenable on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:45PM
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It becomes less rewarding because of the effort wasted. Making the same settings changes over and over is not enjoyable. But saying that modern software disrespects user settings is a very good way to put it as well.
It should be easier than ever to maintain settings; the tooling is so much better now.