Fast Software, the Best Software (2019)

Re:Fast Software, the Best Software (2019) by robinsonb5 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @06:23PM (#33588459)

Speed and responsiveness are two very different things, and the latter is, I think, by far the more important where desktop computing is concerned.

My complaint with modern systems (by which I basically mean anything less than 30 years old) is that I rarely feel like I have the computer's full attention.

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Re:Fast Software, the Best Software (2019) by Diapason on Sunday November 13, 2022 @06:46PM (#33588593)

Responsiveness / latency issues on mobile are literally driving me nuts.

Icons and links that move between the time my brains initiate the chain of events to press on something and the time my finger actually hits the target are causing me so much frustration :( That goes beyond loss of productivity and is literally affecting my mental health.

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Re:Fast Software, the Best Software (2019) by heywire on Sunday November 13, 2022 @08:43PM (#33589343)

> Icons and links that move between the time my brains initiate the chain of events to press on something and the time my finger actually hits the target are causing me so much frustration :( That goes beyond loss of productivity and is literally affecting my mental health.

I'm looking at you, Visual Studio...

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Re:Fast Software, the Best Software (2019) by copperx on Sunday November 13, 2022 @09:26PM (#33589605)

I'm just happy to hear I'm not the only one.

I wish OS developers stuck to two principles:

* Once an UI element that can be manipulated is displayed, it should not be moved except by the user.

* Interacting with the user should have realtime deadlines.

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