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Link to the HTML page: https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-movie-maker https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-mov... Loo

Link to the HTML page: https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-movie-maker https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-mov... Looking forward to read by 2040 how absolutely insane we were to share screenshots of text in a 2x2 layout with continuation in "replies" and login pop-ups on characters-constricted platforms.

kleiba 4y ago
I can tell you the same thing today.
- flunhat 4y ago
  Yes, but you also don't use smartphones so your opinions may not be mainstream quite yet
  - kleiba 4y ago
    True that.
geek_at 4y ago
The character restricted platform is the main reason why people upload screenshots instead of text. Posting URLs is also not the best idea because users need to leave the site/app to read it which not many people will do and some sites (fb) activeley push down these things in your feed.
mike_hock 4y ago
It's like a Linus rant.
- yreg 4y ago
  Not angry enough. I wonder what Steve Jobs would say.
- sph 4y ago
  You probably mean it in a negative sense. I am of the opinion that the downfall in usability and consistency of Windows 10+ is because there is no CEO at the top ranting about their experience and asking "what the hell went wrong for this to happen." I bet this is the same thing that is happening at Apple right now, with consistency starting to go downhill post Jobs. The difference between mediocre and outstanding software is a Product Manager at the top that demands a certain level of quality in the final product, and doesn't accept any excuses, though they're willing to accept that a flawed process is what creates a flawed product. I feel I have been repeating this idea in one way or another on this forum because it's still fringe and almost unheard of in the open-source world, if it were not for Torvalds and his uncompromising stance towards not breaking the user-space, ever, lest you face his wrath. There are not enough BDFL in software worth their name.
  - mike_hock 4y ago
    > You probably mean it in a negative sense. No, I meant it in an entertaining sense.
osrec 4y ago
Yeah, it seems idiotic. I guess I just don't quite "get" Twitter.
klabb3 4y ago
Don’t forget about the three(!) independent spinners while the site is loading. Definitely ironic to read a usability rant 20 years later in this way.
iforgotpassword 4y ago
Really. Atrocious loading times with spinners in three places, a pop-up advertising the Twitter app,a pop-up asking me to log in via Google, a pop-up regarding cookies, all fighting each other, and then I can maybe see the actual tweet at some point. Musk isn't killing this fast enough. I swear one of these days I'm finally going to install Firefox nightly and jump through all those hoops so I can install any extension I want on mobile, and not just the 5 curated ones from Mozilla, so I can have the redirector to send me to a nitter instance instead.

kleiba 4y ago

I can tell you the same thing today.

flunhat 4y ago
Yes, but you also don't use smartphones so your opinions may not be mainstream quite yet
- kleiba 4y ago
  True that.

geek_at 4y ago

The character restricted platform is the main reason why people upload screenshots instead of text. Posting URLs is also not the best idea because users need to leave the site/app to read it which not many people will do and some sites (fb) activeley push down these things in your feed.

mike_hock 4y ago

It's like a Linus rant.

yreg 4y ago
Not angry enough. I wonder what Steve Jobs would say.
sph 4y ago
You probably mean it in a negative sense. I am of the opinion that the downfall in usability and consistency of Windows 10+ is because there is no CEO at the top ranting about their experience and asking "what the hell went wrong for this to happen." I bet this is the same thing that is happening at Apple right now, with consistency starting to go downhill post Jobs. The difference between mediocre and outstanding software is a Product Manager at the top that demands a certain level of quality in the final product, and doesn't accept any excuses, though they're willing to accept that a flawed process is what creates a flawed product. I feel I have been repeating this idea in one way or another on this forum because it's still fringe and almost unheard of in the open-source world, if it were not for Torvalds and his uncompromising stance towards not breaking the user-space, ever, lest you face his wrath. There are not enough BDFL in software worth their name.
- mike_hock 4y ago
  > You probably mean it in a negative sense. No, I meant it in an entertaining sense.

osrec 4y ago

Yeah, it seems idiotic. I guess I just don't quite "get" Twitter.

klabb3 4y ago

Don’t forget about the three(!) independent spinners while the site is loading. Definitely ironic to read a usability rant 20 years later in this way.

iforgotpassword 4y ago

Really. Atrocious loading times with spinners in three places, a pop-up advertising the Twitter app,a pop-up asking me to log in via Google, a pop-up regarding cookies, all fighting each other, and then I can maybe see the actual tweet at some point. Musk isn't killing this fast enough. I swear one of these days I'm finally going to install Firefox nightly and jump through all those hoops so I can install any extension I want on mobile, and not just the 5 curated ones from Mozilla, so I can have the redirector to send me to a nitter instance instead.