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it’ll never stop being funny how people think their jokes still work when there are such glaring inaccuracies it detracts from the force and crux of the constru

it’ll never stop being funny how people think their jokes still work when there are such glaring inaccuracies it detracts from the force and crux of the construction. It wasn’t just a joke, you were trying to make a point about how it’s possible to have a design / UI that’s so ubiquitous it can run anywhere, which I disagree with, and your point isn’t helped by a false and exaggerated example.

danielvaughn 3y ago
The inaccuracy was the joke, did you really not get that? And again with the literalism - you think I meant "run anywhere"? I said "consistent UI", as in the branding and UX, not literally the same code. That does need to be consistent, and it's a well-known problem when supporting lots of different platforms, as Netflix themselves point out: https://netflixtechblog.com/hawkins-diving-into-the-reasoning-behind-our-design-system-964a7357547#:~:text=Have%20you%20ever,of%20these%20headaches https://netflixtechblog.com/hawkins-diving-into-the-reasonin....
- rrdharan 3y ago
  Now you're the one being literal. Feel free to substitute "work anywhere" for "run anywhere" in my previous comment since we're referring to a bunch of design and branding and not literal code. I understand it's a problem, I think it's quite hard, I appreciate that Netflix does a reasonable job, I still don't think your joke works the way you think it does. Let me break it down further and attempt to fix it so I can perhaps disabuse you of the notion that I'm so far out on the spectrum I'm incapable of communicating effectively or understanding humor (way to slander "techies" by the way, your "design thinking" superiority complex is showing). You said: "My favorite example for this problem is Netflix. You could restore a BlackBerry from 2005 that you found at a pawn shop and it would probably have a Netflix app on it." A version that actually works as a "joke" - aside, I hate the use of that word here, since it's an insult to the craft (1): "Netflix has to work anywhere - their design is so consistent, flexible and ubiquitous it would have worked on on a BlackBerry from 2005... in screen reader mode." (1) https://craftsmanship.net/the-art-of-the-joke/ https://craftsmanship.net/the-art-of-the-joke/

danielvaughn 3y ago

The inaccuracy was the joke, did you really not get that? And again with the literalism - you think I meant "run anywhere"? I said "consistent UI", as in the branding and UX, not literally the same code. That does need to be consistent, and it's a well-known problem when supporting lots of different platforms, as Netflix themselves point out: https://netflixtechblog.com/hawkins-diving-into-the-reasoning-behind-our-design-system-964a7357547#:~:text=Have%20you%20ever,of%20these%20headaches https://netflixtechblog.com/hawkins-diving-into-the-reasonin....

rrdharan 3y ago
Now you're the one being literal. Feel free to substitute "work anywhere" for "run anywhere" in my previous comment since we're referring to a bunch of design and branding and not literal code. I understand it's a problem, I think it's quite hard, I appreciate that Netflix does a reasonable job, I still don't think your joke works the way you think it does. Let me break it down further and attempt to fix it so I can perhaps disabuse you of the notion that I'm so far out on the spectrum I'm incapable of communicating effectively or understanding humor (way to slander "techies" by the way, your "design thinking" superiority complex is showing). You said: "My favorite example for this problem is Netflix. You could restore a BlackBerry from 2005 that you found at a pawn shop and it would probably have a Netflix app on it." A version that actually works as a "joke" - aside, I hate the use of that word here, since it's an insult to the craft (1): "Netflix has to work anywhere - their design is so consistent, flexible and ubiquitous it would have worked on on a BlackBerry from 2005... in screen reader mode." (1) https://craftsmanship.net/the-art-of-the-joke/ https://craftsmanship.net/the-art-of-the-joke/