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The new rotating indicator is aesthetically pretty but terrible in terms of ergonomics - it's yet another attention vampire. In fact I wish there was a system-
by qwerty456127 3y ago
The new rotating indicator is aesthetically pretty but terrible in terms of ergonomics - it's yet another attention vampire.
In fact I wish there was a system-level global switch (like with dark/light themes) which would disable all the animations. I feel like people should start thinking about their attention resources the way they think about energy and system resources, doing their best to eliminate everything that leaks it. Both ideas go great together with e-ink displays.
- bqmjjx0kac 3y agoWow, "attention vampire" nails it. I am acutely aware of my limited attention, but I've never been able to articulate my problem with some UI/UX so succinctly. My other UI pet peeve/antipattern is the ever-decreasing information density (and increasing padding). I have trouble with working memory, so I need more stuff on the screen, not less!
- qwerty456127 3y ago> I have trouble with working memory, so I need more stuff on the screen, not less! I have the same problem. Roughly saying, my memory clears every time I hide a window to view another one. That's why I bought a 49″ 4K display and put it right to my desk (it won't stand reliably on it so I use a floor-based monitor stand) to use it without any scaling. This way I always have plenty of room to tile my windows alongside each other. Multi-monitor set-up I used in the past is something in between (but it works better when the secondary monitor is above the primary rather than to the left/right of it).