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My favorite are the dialogs whose only options are "Do the thing we want" or "Learn more about the thing we want" with no option to dismiss. Slightly less terri
by ericd 7y ago
My favorite are the dialogs whose only options are "Do the thing we want" or "Learn more about the thing we want" with no option to dismiss. Slightly less terrible are the daily dialogs that give the options "Do the thing we want" or "Bug me tomorrow". More and more, Apple devs seem to have contempt for the idea that the user should be in control.
They haven't quite descended to Microsoft levels of "We're restarting your computer now kthxbye", but it's a grim, user hostile path they're on, at least with notifications.
- asdff 7y agoJust as I've read this comment, I got a 60 second restart countdown notification for untold software updates. Like what if I got up to do something found all my shit locked up behind an update that to date cannot report an accurate timeframe (why bother reporting one at all if they haven't been right since my first mac with tiger). I'm not even on catalina yet, so maybe that's it. I don't know what's with microsoft and apple. When I'm in the middle of using my computer is not the time to close everything and lock the machine down for 30+ minutes for an update. I'm going to say no every single time.
- ericd 7y agoHaha I guess that was bound to happen, given the number of HNers. I don't remember the last time I saw that one, though, whereas my Windows box is always trying to restart itself (despite frequently succeeding). I'm currently beating back iCloud notifications. Man, I miss Snow Leopard. I think that was peak OS X for me.
- lovelyviking 7y agoMiss Snow Leopard too, last sane release ... everything was in a much better balance and care. I keep it in one machine as reference point to make sure I am writing good apps.