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God damn it, Hotdog Stand made Windows more usable and I'll take that with me to the grave. Seriously, though, I'm starting to be convinced that a modern UI is
by bitwize 4y ago
God damn it, Hotdog Stand made Windows more usable and I'll take that with me to the grave.
Seriously, though, I'm starting to be convinced that a modern UI is a must for usability, and that people on Hackernews who favor e.g., a Windows 9x UI (which I was once one of) don't understand how usability actually works. To be user-friendly, a program must bathe its user in comfort, and dated looks and UI paradigms do not do that.
- _kulang 4y agoWindows 9x UIs probably do bathe that particular group of HN users in comfort. It’s less not understanding usability and more being disconnected from the typical user
- bitwize 4y agoHackernews types did just fine with 1970s terminal applications. Only with the introduction of the Macintosh did commercial computers become "usable". Usability to normies is usability. Even technical types benefit from it: normie-friendly systems impose less stress and cognitive load.