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by gagaga 13y ago
Actually it's a terribly efficient design. The usability studies that involved eye-tracking showed that when the start menu is open, users gaze is purely focused on the start menu, not other objects on the desktop. If this is the case,
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by gagaga 13y ago
As someone who has worked at Microsoft, I can tell you they spend thousands of hours on usability studies and the managers watch. Also there are countless readouts and documents summarizing the findings. Microsoft spends an incredible amoun
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by gagaga 13y ago
I guess Google and Apple also live in a bubble? Not really sure what your point is. Is your expectation that Microsoft Universal apps also run on Android and Google? On Web browsers? Would you like them to use a different term?
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by gagaga 13y ago
You do realize that a remote control is always going to be faster than pulling out your phone, unlocking it, and finding the app whose content you want to view, waiting for the app to launch? I've done countless usability studies and i
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by gagaga 13y ago
And the iPhone was a clone of Windows Mobile?
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by gagaga 13y ago
Change the typeface may result in layout issues. That could be a reason not to.
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by gagaga 13y ago
Was being acquired by CBS the deathblow to Last.fm? It seems they easily could have been the social network for music, but they never really innovated beyond their streaming radio and scrobbler products.
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by gagaga 13y ago
It charges slowly because they are charging over micro usb.
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by gagaga 13y ago
So it isn't the sexism, racism, or getting investments from your professors who will also encourage their brightest students to drop out to join your company and then help you get acquired when you fail because they sit on the board th
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by gagaga 13y ago
Is this a satirical post? I cannot imagine anyone writing this in 2014 and actually believing it.
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by gagaga 13y ago
Will HN ever be capable of having a rational discussion of women in engineering and the issues they face? Most of these comments are face-palm worthy.
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by gagaga 13y ago
How did they publicly insult him?
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by gagaga 13y ago
Aren't reviews on consumer products basically always going to be subjective?
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by gagaga 13y ago
Good luck creating an app used by so many without having a stellar support team.
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by gagaga 13y ago
Having close to a half a billion MAU isn't a real company?
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by gagaga 13y ago
>Designers have caused real harm to the WWW. They're clearly not the worst thing about WWW but they're pretty bad. What does this mean?
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by gagaga 13y ago
>Relative to other cars, Tesla car fires are quite rare. Can you point to a source for that statement?
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by gagaga 13y ago
I interpreted this piece of satire attacking both industries. I don't think the author's intention is to state the Wall Street is better.
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by gagaga 13y ago
They only share the same high-level concept. The execution and actual use-case is very different.
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by gagaga 13y ago
Which apps are Snapchat replacements? Which ones have an existing userbase?
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by gagaga 13y ago
Yes, the swipe was relatively comfortable, and because I use Paper as a regular user (not someone trying to dissect the UI) I am scrolling to view 2-3 elements at a time. I am not scrolling for speed. I fundamentally disagree with your idea
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by gagaga 13y ago
I just tried swiping from the middle. I can advance 13 stories by starting from the middle. How is that not enough inertia? Why would I need to swipe 20+ stories in a single motion, when I cannot read any of the titles when they go by that