Discussion
A lot of computer design decisions that came from Apple were shitty but everyone accepts them because they're from Apple
The Dock for desktop OS that's everywhere: great for if you want to do a demo at a Mac conference and wow the Apple faithful, bad if you want to just see what windows you have open currently
The "iTunes" cluster of app design problems: great if you want to do a demo at a Mac conference and wow the Apple faithful, bad if you have say less than infinity disk space
re: UX opinions
@researchfairy @Binder
I got suckered into swapping my old Nokia phone for an iPhone 3GS before discovering that I needed to install iTunes and its associated horrible video program just to update the wretched thing as required.
And the Nokia was much better as a phone, and my Palm Pilot was a better PDA.
Ubiquitous touchscreens: great for if you want to do a demo at a Mac conference and wow the Apple faithful, but bad if it has a small amount of moisture on it, or if you want to work quickly, or if you want to do something without looking at the touchscreen, or if you wanted to touch the device without pushing a button accidentally, or if—
I'm just saying that a lot of the computer experience we have now is optimized for the needs of Steve Jobs personally, and given that he's literally dead and that I want to use my computer for getting work done and not just fucking around, maybe we should think about these things a little harder
@researchfairy fortunately Tim has optimised for the Liquid Ass designer's CV and no other person on earth
@davidgerard I live in fear of the day that Linux devs decide to foist that on us too
Install bonfire.cafe
Get the full app experience
