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Nah. The files and folders still exist on all of these systems. So hiding them away is actually more abstraction, not “different” abstraction. UX prognosticato
by skywhopper 2y ago
Nah. The files and folders still exist on all of these systems. So hiding them away is actually more abstraction, not “different” abstraction.
UX prognosticators have been preaching for decades that anything that computer users find confusing should simply be hidden. Not made more clear, or easier to use, but just papered over so users can no longer identify a specific thing to complain about. It’s just like the weirdos who try to get rid of the address bar on web browsers every few years, but the filesystem haters have been a lot more successful, and computers are more confusing as a result. You don’t solve confusion by hiding it behind a thin layer of paint. All the same problems still exist, but there’s no longer a way for experts to even try to help. There are so many better ways to simplify computing than pretending it’s magic.
- autoexec 2y ago> It’s just like the weirdos who try to get rid of the address bar on web browsers every few years, but the filesystem haters have been a lot more successful, and computers are more confusing as a result. They figure that the less users know about how their device/software works the more dependent they are on developers who can then act as gatekeepers of what the user can and can't do even when the system is capable of much more. They don't want users doing things differently, or disabling things, or seeing what's going on under the hood. Keeping users ignorant, controlled, and dependent gives them a very secure feeling.
- antifa 2y agoFeels like a conspiracy to force power users to experience software the way noob users experience computers in general.