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Necessary link to Maciej Cegłowski's talk "Web Design: The First 100 Years:" https://web.archive.org/web/20230210133927/https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_f
by b3lm0nt 9mo ago
Necessary link to Maciej Cegłowski's talk "Web Design: The First 100 Years:" https://web.archive.org/web/20230210133927/https://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20230210133927/https://idlewords...
Because the technologies we had were good enough. It turned out that very few people needed to cross an ocean in three hours instead of six hours. On my way to this conference, I flew from Switzerland to San Francisco. It took eleven hours and cost me around a thousand dollars. It was a long flight and kind of uncomfortable and boring. But I crossed the planet in half a day!
Being able to get anywhere in the world in a day is really good enough. We complain about air travel but consider that for a couple of thousand dollars, you can go anywhere, overnight.
The people designing the planes of tomorrow got so caught up in the technology that they forgot to ask the very important question, “what are we building this for?”
- bawolff 9mo agoI dont know i agree. Trans-antlantic flights kind of suck. If i was doing tourist things (and the cost point was right) i would definitely prefer a 3 hour flight. Not sure i would pay double for it, but i do think there is a market for this.
- ghaff 9mo agoYou'll pay double (or more) for it. You can have a much better experience today if you fly business.
- bawolff 9mo agoWell that's the question right? What is the price point. All products have a price where people won't buy it. But i suspect even if its double, that would still be enough to attract business class peeps, which might make it economically viable.
- Panzer04 9mo agoThe issue concord had was also that a lot of people would rather a luxury seat on a conventional airliner rather than be squished in on a supersonic airliner. I kinda doubt that dynamic changes.