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This is one of my biggest gripes with VSCode: it's always doing things for me. Like I don't need automatic updates, and I don't need suggestions popping up in

by skohan 7y ago

This is one of my biggest gripes with VSCode: it's always doing things for me. Like I don't need automatic updates, and I don't need suggestions popping up in the corner about which extensions to install. Clippy didn't die, MS just moved him into the background.

userbinator 7y ago
it's always doing things for me Sadly, the same can be said for a lot of other software these days.
- jtbayly 7y ago
  Also, sadly, the same can't be said for a lot of other software these days.
  - skohan 7y ago
    I don't know - I think in 90% of cases I don't need software to be "smart", I want it to do exactly what I tell it and nothing else. After using Linux more as a daily driver lately, all that "convenience" you get with macOS and Windows - the form of automatic updates and notifications - is incredibly distracting.
    - jtbayly 7y ago
      Ugh. It was a joke about how often software just doesn't work (do things for you). :|
solarkraft 7y ago
I know this isn't popular on here and it doesn't always apply, but ... ... I actually like it most of the time. Not the annoying update message, but when I open a .rs file I actually do want the plugin for syntax highlighting. VSC makes getting such stuff wonderfully easy.
- miscPerson 7y ago
  That would be fine, if it offered once. VS Code pops up three notification windows every time I open a .py despite me having closed them literally hundreds of times now. Apparently it’s smarter than me, and just knows I need its plugins and system integrations despite a year of adamantly refusing.
- skohan 7y ago
  There are a few things I don't like about it: 1. Yeah it's easy, but it's not much easier than searching and installing a package in Sublime Text. And when I'm using a tool I want to be focused on the work, I don't want to be distracted by what MS thinks I want to see when I open my editor. Yeah it only takes a second to dismiss these things, but all these little distractions pulling you out of flow add up. It's amazing how relaxing it is when you don't have that all the time. 2. I don't want to become dependent on it honestly. Like what if VSCode starts to go in a direction I don't like, and I want to change editors, but my workflow depends on all these plugins which I don't even know what they are or how they work because I just installed them mindlessly like a monkey pressing a button in a lab to get a treat. 3. It's part of this whole ethos where software has to be constantly evolving, and developers need to collect data on everything users do to optimize for whatever KPI MS cares about. This goes along with things like A/B testing UI changes, so maybe one day I open VS Code and the menu options are different because they are testing something out on me. Ostensibly that's for my benefit, but it costs me productivity when I am just trying to get some work done. A text editor is a simple thing. Basically I just don't need any of this extra stuff on top for a tiny little benefit.
slowmovintarget 7y ago
A colleague of mine would yell at Visual Studio daily "Stop helping me wrong!"

by skohan 7y ago

userbinator 7y ago

it's always doing things for me Sadly, the same can be said for a lot of other software these days.

jtbayly 7y ago
Also, sadly, the same can't be said for a lot of other software these days.
- skohan 7y ago
  I don't know - I think in 90% of cases I don't need software to be "smart", I want it to do exactly what I tell it and nothing else. After using Linux more as a daily driver lately, all that "convenience" you get with macOS and Windows - the form of automatic updates and notifications - is incredibly distracting.
  - jtbayly 7y ago
    Ugh. It was a joke about how often software just doesn't work (do things for you). :|

solarkraft 7y ago

I know this isn't popular on here and it doesn't always apply, but ... ... I actually like it most of the time. Not the annoying update message, but when I open a .rs file I actually do want the plugin for syntax highlighting. VSC makes getting such stuff wonderfully easy.

miscPerson 7y ago
That would be fine, if it offered once. VS Code pops up three notification windows every time I open a .py despite me having closed them literally hundreds of times now. Apparently it’s smarter than me, and just knows I need its plugins and system integrations despite a year of adamantly refusing.
skohan 7y ago
There are a few things I don't like about it: 1. Yeah it's easy, but it's not much easier than searching and installing a package in Sublime Text. And when I'm using a tool I want to be focused on the work, I don't want to be distracted by what MS thinks I want to see when I open my editor. Yeah it only takes a second to dismiss these things, but all these little distractions pulling you out of flow add up. It's amazing how relaxing it is when you don't have that all the time. 2. I don't want to become dependent on it honestly. Like what if VSCode starts to go in a direction I don't like, and I want to change editors, but my workflow depends on all these plugins which I don't even know what they are or how they work because I just installed them mindlessly like a monkey pressing a button in a lab to get a treat. 3. It's part of this whole ethos where software has to be constantly evolving, and developers need to collect data on everything users do to optimize for whatever KPI MS cares about. This goes along with things like A/B testing UI changes, so maybe one day I open VS Code and the menu options are different because they are testing something out on me. Ostensibly that's for my benefit, but it costs me productivity when I am just trying to get some work done. A text editor is a simple thing. Basically I just don't need any of this extra stuff on top for a tiny little benefit.

slowmovintarget 7y ago

A colleague of mine would yell at Visual Studio daily "Stop helping me wrong!"