Time is a flat circle.
Also, why clicking “up” moves selection to the right/down?
Thanks Martin for the video
Time is a flat circle.
Also, why clicking “up” moves selection to the right/down?
Thanks Martin for the video
The tragedy of non-English keyboards.
The Russian alphabet has more letters. So it needs more buttons. Understandable.
Apple decided to take away the comma and dot (instead of e.g., second Shift). Bad, but unfortunately, it’s been happening on physical keyboards for a long time.
But iPads have this great feature: you can slide down on a key to get extra characters!
Well, which characters did they decide to add on extra keys?
- Em dash. Okay. fancy, but usable.
- Underscore. Not sure. For programmers?
- This guy—№. I am Russian, but I don’t remember the last time I used it.
- Backtick. Freaking backtick!
All this instead of an exclamation mark and a question mark. Really, who uses those?!
I know these keyboards are designed in the US. But please, please, please, consult at least one person that speaks the language before making a decision like this. I know Americans don’t care. But for the rest of us, it’s life and death.
All modern software is rapidly losing the ability to properly apply even the simplest filters.
Search for "Open Now", Google Maps will happily show closed businesses.
Search for "Today", Facebook will happily show you events from any date except today.
Search for a text, most search systems will fail to find the exact text match...
What do you think this cross button means?
Well, it’s not a button. It’s error indicator. Hover to see!
Nope, sorry, hover to see a message that you need to click it to actually see the error message!
You don’t care about errors, right?
Thanks @komarovman for the video
WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING AT ME?
It’s like the whole world collectively forgot how checkboxes are supposed to work
Thanks @mikeozornin for the picture
Just when I thought it was impossible to make a placeholder-that-turns-into-a-label any dumber, Airbnb proved me wrong.
List of folders without names, but with sizes. Only at Microsoft
Thanks Gamlor for the picture
How UI degrades over time.
Top (Windows 95): great contrast, obvious shapes. Instantly readable.
Middle (Windows 11): shapes are still self-explanatory, but contrast is gone.
Bottom (Windows 11 Insiders): what am I even looking at? The only shape I can understand here is the Run button. Barely visible, though.
Then, on the left, there’s another something that says Run and has an icon. What is it? A window title? Another button? Why does it have to say Run twice?
Shell:startup looks like a header but from what I understand is actually your previous command. Also, why is it aligned so poorly? Text to icon, bottom padding?
Finally, the text input. Do you see it? I don’t. But it’s there. The only hint is a barely visible white (???) cursor before the placeholder. How do we know it’s a placeholder? We don’t.
The original Windows 95 interface is _functional_. It has a function and it executes it very well. It works for you, without trying to be clever or sophisticated. Also, it follows system conventions, which also helps you, the user.
I’m not sure whom the bottom interface helps. It’s a puzzle, an art object, but it doesn’t work for you. It’s not here to make your life easier.
Bottom image source: x.com/phantomofearth/status/1996660509027062148
Ahm, excuse me? You asked me to confirm email and now are claiming I registered for some updated? I definitely did not. There was nothing about marketing updates in the original phrasing.
