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I think that people generally underestimate what even small increases in the interaction time between human and machine cost. Interacting with sluggish software
by constantcrying 1y ago
I think that people generally underestimate what even small increases in the interaction time between human and machine cost. Interacting with sluggish software is exhausting, clicking a button and being left uncertain whether it did anything is tedious and software being fast is something you can feel.
Windows is the worst offender here, the entire desktop is sluggish even though it there is no computational task which justifies those delays.
- PaulHoule 1y agoThere's that wondering if the UI input was registered at all and the mental effort to suppress clicking again when you expect a delayed response.
- deergomoo 1y agoApple software, especially lately, can be really bad for it too. Single core perf is slightly better on my iPad than my MacBook Pro and yet everything feels an order of magnitude slower. If I am impatiently tapping the space I know a button will appear waiting for an animation to finish, some aspect of software design has gone horribly awry.
- erwincoumans 1y agoiOS (iPhone, iPad) UI is typically smooth and fast though. If only car navigation and UI could be as responsive.