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What bugs me about these nostalgic rants is that somehow the convenience of today should be mixed with the frugal interfaces of the past. So you couldn't be bo
by lolc 7y ago
What bugs me about these nostalgic rants is that somehow the convenience of today should be mixed with the frugal interfaces of the past.
So you couldn't be bothered to find a better route planner and defaulted to Google Maps? Which you got for free, instantly available? And now you're unhappy because it doesn't do exactly what you want? Please spend some effort on your tool selection before you spend time ranting. And let's turn this around: Did you at some point in 1990 wish you'd brought a map? How did you resolve that? Google Maps on a pocket computer would have been a marvel back then!
- cgh 7y agoHis general point is that the point and click interface is a blunt tool and there is room for specialisation. The POS example in the tweet-rant is ugly and non-intuitive but the perfect tool for the job. I'm not sure how I'd improve Google Maps exactly because I haven't really thought about it, but I do find it frustrating enough that I end up breaking out the good old BC Backroad Mapbook from time to time[0]. 0. https://www.backroadmapbooks.com/ https://www.backroadmapbooks.com/