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The web is SO much more usable now than at anytime earlier. For example, browsers used to actually allow pop-up windows (as in it would open a new desktop wind
by nl 4y ago
The web is SO much more usable now than at anytime earlier.
For example, browsers used to actually allow pop-up windows (as in it would open a new desktop window (not a tab), sometimes off-screen). And then when you closed it the browser would let it spawn more pages.
There was a common pattern of spamming popup windows with a "close" button the same place a "run" button was when you downloaded an executable in Windows 95.
And then after closing 10 windows with the button in the same place they'd hit you with an executable download.
This was common.
- rschachte 4y agoI agree and I remember those days. However, I think there is a distinction between browser improvements vs web usability. I’m moreso talking about _how_ people design sites for the web and how poor design choices lead to poor usability. I think the proliferation of tools that require not too much in-depth knowledge (react), heavy CSS frameworks and large client side JS libs have ruined a lot of the web surfing I used to enjoy