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Has the term "Boss Mode" fallen out of favour? I thought "Cover UI" was going to be Reddit reimagined as album or magazine covers.
by mmahemoff 11y ago
Has the term "Boss Mode" fallen out of favour?
I thought "Cover UI" was going to be Reddit reimagined as album or magazine covers.
- bananaboy 11y agoHaha I remember hitting the boss key in Leisure Suit Larry 1, I think it showed a fake productivity graph or spreadsheet or something. Surely no one actually used that to pretend to be working!
- sdrothrock 11y agoI think the two things are different. "Boss mode" is a quick cover to hide something you're doing (e.g. hit F9 to replace a game screen with a black screen with a command line), but this is a complete replacement UI for doing the actual activity while appearing to be working.
- BlakePetersen 11y agoIn an organization as flat as mine, Cover UI works really well actually. Not sure who my Boss would be...