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The video is long and centered on the Windows shell, but lots of it is applicable to the other platforms. It’s exactly what I’m interested in and I’m thoroughly

The video is long and centered on the Windows shell, but lots of it is applicable to the other platforms. It’s exactly what I’m interested in and I’m thoroughly enjoying it: “Hi! One of the things I like about the Internet is the long tail, which means everybody has specific interests that won’t appeal to most people, but for the people who are interested, it really delivers!” [...] ”Plus what a wonderful choice I’m being given! Choosing between a more secure system, or being able to use my GUI the way I want to!” “Yeah, I get it! I’m a freak and I’m the only person who’s doing this!” ”But riddle me this: why do security updates need to screw with the graphics like this‽”

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
GUIs interest me so I'm recording this but his slowly delivered, hectoring tone isn't going to make this easy.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  After 20 minutes of being shouted at, I got his opinion on icons on the desktop, that he likes "nice looking icons" (icons aren't about nice but recognisability). He wants a one-click wallpaper changer. He likes pretty art. MS UIs are going to crap[0]. I wasn't going to watch more. He says upfront he's not an expert and he's not. I thought it was close to worthless. YMMV. [0] true but unhelpful
  - ajflores1604 6y ago
    I found a lot of very valid points presented in the second half from gesture navigation to inefficiencies in default navigation I hadn't thought of. Watching at like 2x speed is a must tho. I wouldn't have been able to make it thru otherwise.
  - michaelmrose 6y ago
    I don't think its specifically about having a one click wallpaper changer so much as having the ability to define and configure what happens when he clicks different UI elements. For HIM that means the wallpaper changes another user may want differing functionality.
  - AlbertoGP 6y ago
    > He says upfront he's not an expert and he's not. I thought it was close to worthless. YMMV. I see what you mean. In my case it’s useful because I went into it expecting not answers, but questions, and that’s what I got. > After 20 minutes of being shouted at, :-D For me it felt as if I was sitting next to him, both yelling at the TV.
- quietbritishjim 6y ago
  For the slowly delivered part, you can turn up the playback speed. I found 2x speed fairly comfortable (I occasionally turn up playback speed but normally not above 1.5x).
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  2x speed FTFW.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago

GUIs interest me so I'm recording this but his slowly delivered, hectoring tone isn't going to make this easy.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
After 20 minutes of being shouted at, I got his opinion on icons on the desktop, that he likes "nice looking icons" (icons aren't about nice but recognisability). He wants a one-click wallpaper changer. He likes pretty art. MS UIs are going to crap[0]. I wasn't going to watch more. He says upfront he's not an expert and he's not. I thought it was close to worthless. YMMV. [0] true but unhelpful
- ajflores1604 6y ago
  I found a lot of very valid points presented in the second half from gesture navigation to inefficiencies in default navigation I hadn't thought of. Watching at like 2x speed is a must tho. I wouldn't have been able to make it thru otherwise.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  I don't think its specifically about having a one click wallpaper changer so much as having the ability to define and configure what happens when he clicks different UI elements. For HIM that means the wallpaper changes another user may want differing functionality.
- AlbertoGP 6y ago
  > He says upfront he's not an expert and he's not. I thought it was close to worthless. YMMV. I see what you mean. In my case it’s useful because I went into it expecting not answers, but questions, and that’s what I got. > After 20 minutes of being shouted at, :-D For me it felt as if I was sitting next to him, both yelling at the TV.
quietbritishjim 6y ago
For the slowly delivered part, you can turn up the playback speed. I found 2x speed fairly comfortable (I occasionally turn up playback speed but normally not above 1.5x).
dredmorbius 6y ago
2x speed FTFW.