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This article made me think of one trend I see in software nowadays is the loss of the file/save/open mechanism. I want to say Apple popularized this. at least A

by mdmglr 4y ago

This article made me think of one trend I see in software nowadays is the loss of the file/save/open mechanism. I want to say Apple popularized this. at least Apple was the only company I know of published the HIG which encouraged designers to make files and saving something that isn’t a user concern. The problem with “your data is just there”, you loose control to any number of factors out of the users control. Sometimes I watch friends use phones, tablets, etc. to understand how they use software. Especially my friends who are not software people. And they have devised clever ways to “save” data. But is really sad state we’re in. One thing that caught my eye was people taking screenshots to save digital concert tickets, or using the screen recording feature to save instagram or TikTok videos. The screenshot is easier than dealing with files but that is a UX problem that can be solved.

gary_0 4y ago
Most of the effort that went into making humanity's data structured, searchable, semantic, and linkable on the open Web has been violently unwound in the past decade or so. Now, huge amounts of data are stashed behind some social networking app's login screen, often as lossy JPEG screenshots of text. No wonder Google no longer seems to work. You can't link it or share it except inside some proprietary system. You have no say in where it's stored. Don't worry your little head about all that. The world today is the nightmare scenario of a Slashdot nerd from the early 2000's, and we sleepwalked right into it.
- namaria 4y ago
  All of the beauty from Bell Labs and CERN imparted into Unix and the Web has become a grotesque playground. All the corporate cruft... Honestly I feel very said for what could have been and what it is. And another friend I hear is getting hired by some blockchain outfit. sight
redeeman 4y ago
apple users tend to prefer to be told what things they should and should not do. turns out that files is simply too much for that segment of users to handle :) (atleast if you ask apple)

by mdmglr 4y ago

gary_0 4y ago

Most of the effort that went into making humanity's data structured, searchable, semantic, and linkable on the open Web has been violently unwound in the past decade or so. Now, huge amounts of data are stashed behind some social networking app's login screen, often as lossy JPEG screenshots of text. No wonder Google no longer seems to work. You can't link it or share it except inside some proprietary system. You have no say in where it's stored. Don't worry your little head about all that. The world today is the nightmare scenario of a Slashdot nerd from the early 2000's, and we sleepwalked right into it.

namaria 4y ago
All of the beauty from Bell Labs and CERN imparted into Unix and the Web has become a grotesque playground. All the corporate cruft... Honestly I feel very said for what could have been and what it is. And another friend I hear is getting hired by some blockchain outfit. sight

redeeman 4y ago

apple users tend to prefer to be told what things they should and should not do. turns out that files is simply too much for that segment of users to handle :) (atleast if you ask apple)