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by ugh 15y ago
Wha…? I’m doing nothing like that. Nothing. The actual issue is the slur. I do not really understand how anyone can think it’s not a slur.
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by ugh 15y ago
It’s not so hard. It’s probably best to quote what the author wrote in the comments of her post: “‘Golden Uterus Complex’ is a slur against women. It‘s not even a real psychiatric term, just slang. It dismisses all women who have real life
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by ugh 15y ago
Do you really lack the empathy to see that the statement is offensive and hostile?
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by ugh 15y ago
What? How's that relevant?
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by ugh 15y ago
It could be a bit smoother, though. When you launch Java you just have to click twice (once to install, a second time to accept the terms), wait a few seconds until it downloads and installs, and you are done. Everyone can do that, it’s smo
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by ugh 15y ago
The premise is bullshit. Lego now also sells specialized sets (though even those were toned down in recent years). Also is the important word here. It offers a wider variety of sets, much wider than in past decades. (Though the late ninet
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by ugh 15y ago
Sure – but it’s much harder to make that argument. I do think that the Tweet dialog is awesome and fits perfectly. I also cannot see how the paperclip negatively influences usability. I just cannot. It seems extremely implausible to me. Whe
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by ugh 15y ago
Funny thing you would write that, I actually wanted to include that in my comment but completely forgot about it when I finished the second paragraph. Yes, the exclusive access to those APIs is indeed pretty clear evidence to the contrary.
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by ugh 15y ago
To show that they are actually on a slippery slope you have to point to facts that would lead Apple to make decisions to that effect. You have to substantiate why they are slipping. It still remains only a prediction, but it at least become
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by ugh 15y ago
As opposed to an opinion of someone named zaidf?
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by ugh 15y ago
It is. But you have it backwards. Skeumorphism is the code. He simply used words that people might actually understand, you know. Good, this echo chamber can be annoying.
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by ugh 15y ago
First and foremost: Aesthetics are subjective. You cannot plausibly tell me that the Twitter dialog has bad usability because you don’t like its aesthetics, at least not without extensive usability testing. You might not like the aesthetics
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by ugh 15y ago
Your point? I don't get it.
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by ugh 15y ago
And? What’s the problem with that? Are there plausible usability problems with that?
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by ugh 15y ago
They don’t want to be forced to play catch up like Microsoft had to. It’s not that hard to figure out.
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by ugh 15y ago
If it’s only a skin there really is no problem (except if the skin makes it harder to identify standard UI elements). It’s only when skeumorphism impacts behavior that it becomes a serious usability issue. For example: The Address Book used
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by ugh 15y ago
I think it’s right to make very clear that Apple overstepping that line would be inexcusable and evil, or else they might think people would be ok with that. So a bit of outrage isn’t altogether a bad thing, really. (Although it’s pretty ob
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by ugh 15y ago
I’m running Lion on a four year old MBP and never had any stability problems, not even with any of the developer previews. Safari used to behave strangely and still kind of does (once in a blue moon it will reload every single page you have
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by ugh 15y ago
Ah! That’s iOSification in a good way. It’s nice that they are finally fighting cruft. That even lets me overlook the skeumorphism. (I don’t care so much if it’s only looks and not functionality. Sometimes Apple oversteps that line but a mo
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by ugh 15y ago
Trivial? No, not at all. Not in the slightest.
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by ugh 15y ago
That’s really annoying. If so many developers weren’t so stupid and evil, strict guidelines from Apple and social pressure could easily solve this. Isn’t that how it’s solved on the desktop (minus the guidelines)? Yes, I can see that an App
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by ugh 15y ago
The app programmers do have to take the blame. Those breaches of privacy have always been possible on desktop PCs but app programmers usually didn’t do them because that would make them a pariah. I do not know why developers for mobile apps
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by ugh 15y ago
What scratches? My five – soon six – year old MBP doesn’t have any scratches. It has dents and some sort of strange chemical reaction happened where my palm usually rests, leaving a spot with small black pits. Aluminium is prone to denting.
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by ugh 15y ago
But it’s an engineering issue, not a design issue. The iPhone 4 had an external antenna to fit in a larger battery. That’s all engineering.
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by ugh 15y ago
I certainly have no small hands and I can reach the upper corner – but it's so uncomfortable that it hurts. Reaching and comfortably reaching are different.
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by ugh 15y ago
I don’t know. Weirdos scream the loudest, probably.
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by ugh 15y ago
Arrrg! If you say “slippery slope hurr durr” it is a fucking fallacy. You have to do work to make it one. No slippery slope has materialized anywhere. That’s bullshit.
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by ugh 15y ago
(Just to clarify: I'm not disillusioned about karma or anything petty like that. I’m ok with being downvoted for not being civil. I’m disillusioned about the general attitude displayed here. That attitude made me want to not be civil anymor
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by ugh 15y ago
It was supposed to be an accusation. Some things deserve accusations. And profanities. Sigh. I’m quite disillusioned about HN, actually. Not that it should surprise me, but damn. People here say the exact same things as on Reddit. If you sq
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by ugh 15y ago
I’m worried about private subreddits. Admins, however, can see what’s going on inside them so I don’t see that as much of a problem.

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