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It seems we had it right around 2006-2010 or so, then decided it's too boring and perfection doesn't bring in money anyway.

• taylodl 6y ago
  What do you think we had "right" in the time period and what made it "right"?
  • tannhaeuser 6y ago
    Mac OS 10.6, Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox, a pluralistic web based on progressive enhancement, music downloads, even Windows 7, all came to work towards what people actually wanted around that time. Then came the iPhone (not bad per se, but creating the mobile web crisis), AWS, Google dominance, fscking big data
  • kroltan 6y ago
    Computers were good enough to perform basically any task a regular person would need, but simple enough that they couldn't fail in too many ways. User interfaces were honest about what was going on instead of giving blanket error messages with dead help links. I really wish it was just nostalgia, but my parents somehow were able to fully use MSN Messenger's features with not much hassle, but if I even as much as show a screenshot of Discord, Slack, or even modern Skype, they might just shriek at the sight, let alone be able to use those softwares. So I don't see how we've improved at large. Yes, UIs are prettier to look at and we have more animations and higher image quality and all that, but if anything functionality is very much stagnated, though I wouldn't be as bold as to say regressed.