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I dont really understand these massive design changes. I seriously believe that at some point some of these things are done to keep designers employed. Do we r
by NikolaeVarius 5y ago
I dont really understand these massive design changes.
I seriously believe that at some point some of these things are done to keep designers employed. Do we really need all these designers to sit around making up reasons to be employed?
Holo was great, every single change since then has decreased information density, and simply make it harder to do things.
What is the wisdom in nesting a simple toggle under its own submenu? Its a goddamn toggle.
- nyxaiur 5y agoThe word is contemporary you need to have a constant evolving product in todays market and design is one of the easiest way to achieve it.
- stemlord 5y ago>you need to have a constant evolving product in todays market Isn't this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Only needed because everyone thinks it's needed. I bet at this point "our shit just works and we won't change it unless it breaks" would be an innovative strategy that even casual users could appreciate.
- wyre 5y agoIt wouldn’t, or depends on the field. Apple would be a notable competitor and they do the “just works” and “innovation” better than most.
- JohnFen 5y agoThe problem is that approach is actively hostile to customers.
- kfprt 5y agoTed Kaczynski noted that over time all large organizations trend towards self preservation projects.
- dang 5y agoThis observation was famously attributed to one of the classic sociologists - maybe Durkheim? The form I remember was: each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose. I'd love it if someone could track down the original quote. It definitely predates Kaczynski though, and we could probably do without the internet trope of bringing him up as a social theorist.
- CRConrad 5y ago> each institution's primary activity is to preserve itself, and only secondarily to pursue its nominal purpose. Sounds weird about institutions, but obvious about organisms. Substitute in "organisation" instead, and the parallel to organisms becomes clearer.
- mhoad 5y agoNoted social commentator “the unabomber”.
- staticautomatic 5y agoDude was extremely smart and observant. I get that it’s hard to see past the bombings, but they don’t exactly bear on the strength of his philosophical work.
- mhoad 5y agoI mean… we are talking about a UI update here.
- nyx_land 5y ago"Android 12 and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race" - Ted Kaczynski
- JohnFen 5y agoYeah, but that particular observation is neither new nor obscure. Surely a different source for a similar quote would have been better.