rangerpolitic's comments

It's unreasonable to expect a developer to support third-party modifications to the software--especially when that software and support are free.

They're not addressing this to end users. There is a notice at the top of the article in a bright yellow box.

> Please read the letter all the way to the end. This is aimed at distributions breaking apps by default, not tinkerers playing with their own setup.

From the linked thread: https://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2089310&cid=35860...

> I find things about both platforms that are unique and that I prefer to the other. However, when you look at what Samsung did with their UI... It's pretty pathetic to be honest. They literally copied entire app UIs wholesale (even icons).

For patents, but not trademarks. Trademarks are still first-to-use.

> no one complained when Samsung or LG copied Apple’s designs

Apple and Samsung were locked in a legal battle over this very issue and in several countries. It was massive news at the time (circa 2011-2012) and even went to the US Supreme Court.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electron....

And here is a sample of some of the discussion in the tech community.

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/18/2053241/apple-sues...

There were a lot of people angry at Apple (and some at Samsung). A common refrain at the time was "There are only so many ways you can design a rectangle."

I am growing increasingly annoyed with "user experience." It's becoming a catchall excuse for Google and others to inject all kinds of crap that no one wants.

> They're not doing this as they see fit.

Sure they are. It's already part of Chromium.

https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/content/browser/portal/...

It's been there since at least last August.

VR+AI will not make a significant impact. I am a former language educator, and I've been through this before... and before... and before.

It follows a hype cycle. The idea is promoted. People get excited. It comes out. It fizzles. Later, educators rediscover the idea. They implement it. It has a small positive impact for small number of learners in a small number of cases.

To give some examples: - Native English Speaking Teachers - English immersion villages in South Korea - English robots in South Korea and Japan - The Audio-lingual Method - Berlitz Method - Rosetta Stone Immersion Based Learning Method - MUDs, MOOs, MUSHs - MOOCs - Blended learning - Badges - Gamification - Second Life

There's no reason to think VR+AI will be any different. It's simply what's hot right now.

Isn't great that exact match doesn't mean exact match? Or, isn't it great that your ads and landing pages routinely outperform the supposed Quality Score? Isn't it great that...

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.

Sure, it helps get your resume past the guardians.

I would add another.

7. Problem solving: figuring out how to fulfill goals and objectives

Design is fundamentally about solving problems. It's something that gets overlooked and/or misunderstood by so many web designers today.

"I like" is precisely the mistake I am addressing.

Design is not about what one likes. It is about what helps one solve a problem.

Web designers and their bosses/clients reduce "design" to the creation of the look-and-feel of websites. For them, design is all about how something looks. This is something which is highly subjective.

The flaw in this is that it's not how users think. Users have a job-to-be-done. A good design is one that helps them accomplish that job. A better design is one that helps them accomplish that job better, faster, or easier. A bad design is one which doesn't help them or makes it worse.

Consider a monolingual English speaker using an ATM in China. You will never hear them say, "Well, I can't get my money because I don't understand Chinese. However, this ATM looks so nice I'm going to try to use it again."

It doesn't matter how great that ATM looks if the user cannot accomplish their task.

Yes, aesthetics have a place, but it's a very diminished place of importance. Aesthetics is much less important than most web designers and bosses/clients think.

It's time they get over themselves and start thinking about users.

And yet it works.

The problem is designers and their bosses/clients. They equate design with looks. As a result, they see design as solving the problem of aesthetic. They fail to realize this is a problem which very few people care about on the web. So long as it passes the smell test of credibility, no one cares. (Excluding a handful of cases.)

As a result, we, the users, must suffer.

Gizmodo called her a "ghoul?" That is a very odd choice given that "spook" has been historically used as a racial slur against African-Americans.

It reminds me of self-plagiarism.

Not my term. I wouldn't have a clue how to define it.

Are you advocating for violence against "nazis?"

You're re-contextualizing parent's statement and thereby changing it's meaning. That's unfair and dishonest.

Don't build mobile apps. Build web apps.