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They intentionally avoid platitudes and trying to personify the operating system, if I remember the design guides correctly.
by its-summertime 3y ago
They intentionally avoid platitudes and trying to personify the operating system, if I remember the design guides correctly.
- MichaelRo 3y agoIn an analogy to the Berlin Wall, sounds to me how the obnoxious intimidating Soviet border guard would ask for your documents. "Show me your documents!", in a threatening, intransigent manner. You're a peasant at their mercy, don't like it, you can go f yourself. There's no need for politeness in a police state. The "please" before "show me your documents" that I'm getting at EU border entries makes all the difference in the world. Micro$oft apparently considers it's unnecessary.
- its-summertime 3y agoAnd yet, using "please" for demands is more commonly seen as authoritarian. Even spawning a game referencing such fake platitudes: "Papers, Please."
- jowdones 3y agoWell you can't eliminate the authoritarian element completely but I still prefer "Pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the f**g car".