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> one of the things that makes me steaming mad is how the entire field of web apps ignores 100% of learned lessons from desktop apps Unfortunately it's worse t
by foobarian 6y ago
> one of the things that makes me steaming mad is how the entire field of web apps ignores 100% of learned lessons from desktop apps
Unfortunately it's worse than ignoring. It's intentionally abandoning, after years of A/B tests optimizing for revenue have found a perceptual sweet spot. Sadly for people who care about fast UI that point is way up on the sluggishness scale...
- MattGaiser 6y agoIs there a reason that is the case? What is it that makes the new Reddit UI in all its slowness nicer to people?
- celeritascelery 6y agoIt looks more modern. That seems to be the only optimization target.