anonyfuss

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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Which of the top apps look like https://www.joingrouper.com/assets/new_landing/OnboardingScr... ?
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
> ... Google Maps etc. I don't use the others, but I often get confused using Google Maps because I have no idea what all the new/unusual UI elements do. Once I learn Google Maps' way of doing things, I don't want to have to learn a n
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
If the approach propagates because community norms fail, then a bad UI (and another, and another) may result in the shared investment in common platform conventions being lost.
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
> If it's not good less people will use it because users will not like the UI. It's not quite that simple. If you want to use Netflix, you have to use their terrible webkit-based app. So we all do. That doesn't mean that everyone woul
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Apple's 1984 commercial was targeted at their users, not developers -- at least not in the way you're thinking. The first Apple HIG was published in 1977 for the original Apple II. It was written by Bruce Tognazzini: http://en.wikipedia.or
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
What would you do if I published a broken password hashing scheme and encouraged others to use it?
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
> This isn't some massive new UI paradigm ... Flat UI isn't some massive new UI paradigm? I thought that's exactly what it is. > ... it's effectively a theme! One of the major components of the success and pleasantness of iOS -
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Or, perhaps, the standing community can help enforce community and platform norms, as we're apt to do, by explaining what those norms are, and why. And then, perhaps, we will preserve one of the things that has made iOS, and Mac OS X before
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Disregard this fellow's feedback, since he clearly has disregarded the platform users and the shared conventions of the platform community. These elements don't maintain the look and feel of the components at all. They're roughly in the sam
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
The platform has defined conventions. There's a set of Human Interface Guidelines, and those guidelines prescribe what UI elements to use where. There is also set of standard user expectations, and a general design culture that ties the pla
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Assuming the structure is preserved, all the visual language still has not been.
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
This total disregard for platform conventions does your users a disservice by making moot the effort they've spent learning how the platform operates and what to expect from UI elements and interactions. On top of that, you have to reinven
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
I organize projects on multiple virtual desktops -- I usually have 3-5 personal software/electronic projects going at a time, and I switch between them throughout the week depending on what I feel like focusing on. Add to that 1-2 work work
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
No. No no no no no no. There's nothing wrong with hacks. There's nothing wrong with runtime patching. If you know what you're doing, then you know why you shouldn't do it, and thus you're well equipped to do it anyway. There IS something
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
> The funny thing is it came to my house yesterday as a single cover sheet plus a CD-ROM full of files, and I literally don't have a way to read a CD-ROM anymore. This doesn't seem very funny.
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by anonyfuss 13y ago
Someone donated enough for them to hit their goal (on the main project page): https://www.piggybackr.com/girls_computing/chicago-girls-in-... I'm sure they can put additional funds to good use, I'd encourage others to donate, too.