What Is Generative UI?

Re:What Is Generative UI? by vrighter on Saturday December 06, 2025 @09:02PM (#46178537)

it is a case of "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

Microsoft already tried this in office when they made the menu order change with usage frequency. People hated it

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Re:What Is Generative UI? by bncndn0956 on Saturday December 06, 2025 @10:20PM (#46178867)

"Your thumbs will learn" is a famous Steve Jobs quote from the 2007 iPhone launch.

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Re:What Is Generative UI? by bccdee on Saturday December 06, 2025 @11:09PM (#46179084)

Only if the buttons on the iPhone aren't constantly being rearranged by a chatbot. Then they'll never learn.

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Re:What Is Generative UI? by vrighter on Sunday December 07, 2025 @02:25AM (#46179897)

the whole point of this is that the buttons keep moving so your fingers can't learn. When steve jobs said it, he thought about it first and was talking about something different

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Re:What Is Generative UI? by ares623 on Saturday December 06, 2025 @10:05PM (#46178801)

But AI?

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Re:What Is Generative UI? by grouchy on Sunday December 07, 2025 @08:52PM (#46187419)

I'll be honest, I don't remember this.

I'm suggesting you don't generally need menus. The pattern is closer to search like Apple Spotlight or Chrome New Tab... I think most people do that now instead of bookmarks or clicking through menus? Am I wrong?

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