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Agreed. And his point about randomly moving buttons to see if people like it better? No fucking thanks. The last thing I need is an app made of quicksand.
by zephen 6mo ago
Agreed.
And his point about randomly moving buttons to see if people like it better?
No fucking thanks. The last thing I need is an app made of quicksand.
- rustcleaner 6mo agoGod damn that drives me up a wall! Mozilla is a terrible offender in this regard, but there are myriad others too! The user interface is your contract with your users: don't break muscle memory! I would ditch FF-derivatives, but I'm held hostage by them because the good privacy browsers are based on FF. Stop following fads! Be like craigslist: never change, or if you do then think long and hard about not moving things around! Also if you're a web/mobile developer, learn desktopisms! Things don't need to be spaced out like everything is a touch interface. Be dense like IRC and Briar, don't be sparse like default Discord or SimpleX! Also treat your interfaces like a language for interaction, or a sandbox with tools; don't make interfaces that only corral and guide idiots, because a non-idiot may want to use it someday. I really wish Stallman could be technology czar, with the power to [massively] tax noncompliance to his computing philosophy.