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I'm 100% onboard with the author's design philosophy: "A good design leads a user to more powerful tools." I have not used htop but the screenshots show some th
by intrepidhero 6y ago
I'm 100% onboard with the author's design philosophy: "A good design leads a user to more powerful tools." I have not used htop but the screenshots show some things that I very much appreciate in a UI design such as the menu bar at the bottom with hot keys clearly displayed. There's no reason to make a user hunt for the hot keys or to guess at the possible function space.
Software, as I think of it, is a way to expose the "general purpose" nature of computers to users. Good software teaches users how to access that nature. Like a good teacher, that leading should be subtle and gentle and have the end goal of user empowerment.