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Let’s Pretend This Never Happened

• skybrian 8y ago
  This rant is a bit outdated. These days, we don't assume the user is stupid. We think they might be a troll, a botnet, or someone working for a click-farming scam. Giving users a good experience without trusting them is an interesting UI challenge.
  • wolfgke 8y ago
    > This rant is a bit outdated. These days, we don't assume the user is stupid. Quite the opposite. Compare a modern WIMP GUI (say Windows, OS X or a widely used GNU/Linux desktop environment) with a modern smartphone GUI (say Android or iOS).
    • gumby 8y ago
      They still lack open comparability, which the unix shells somewhat have (via the pipe operator). ios's shortcuts app isn't really the same thing, at least yet, and I am guessing the situation on android is similar (but would love a correction if Android has something materially better!!).