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Last time I complained about something like that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951099 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951099 (it's okay to quote
by johnchristopher 5y ago
Last time I complained about something like that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951099 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951099 (it's okay to quote myself, right ? I am allowed to ?) I was told it's a UX FEATURE and apparently some people like to be treated like that when interacting with computers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- atoav 5y agoWhile I agree with that usage in the example you mentioned in your post over there, I don't think it applies here. Some applications use -h and some --help. Many support both. So unless we get all software to agree on one standard here, expecting your user to remember which one it was is actually bad UX in my book. Best is to just support both, so people don't have to think about how to get the help. Displaying a notice when some option changed makes totally sense tho, but -h/--help is not that kind of issue.