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taylor
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@taylor@social.axfive.net  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Modern UX is so trash across the board. I shouldn't have this much trouble figuring out where I can safely click on a window's title bar to focus it now that title bars are stuffed with buttons, or to discover what fields in a view are scrollable now that scroll bars are verboten, or to even tell what on a view is clickable or not since styling makes links look like normal text and buttons look like anything but buttons (or even makes active buttons look disabled). Don't even get me started on the mobile "where do I need to hold, double tap, drag, or swipe to do what I want to do" mystery box.

Not a fan of any Windows version, but circa Windows 98, at least you could look at a view and know exactly what you could interact with and how. Now Windows, MacOS, and GTK/Gnome all do the same confusing crap in the name of "minimalism" at the cost of usability and discoverability.

#UX #UI #ModernSoftware #Rant

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taylor
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@taylor@social.axfive.net  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Modern UX is so trash across the board. I shouldn't have this much trouble figuring out where I can safely click on a window's title bar to focus it now that title bars are stuffed with buttons, or to discover what fields in a view are scrollable now that scroll bars are verboten, or to even tell what on a view is clickable or not since styling makes links look like normal text and buttons look like anything but buttons (or even makes active buttons look disabled). Don't even get me started on the mobile "where do I need to hold, double tap, drag, or swipe to do what I want to do" mystery box.

Not a fan of any Windows version, but circa Windows 98, at least you could look at a view and know exactly what you could interact with and how. Now Windows, MacOS, and GTK/Gnome all do the same confusing crap in the name of "minimalism" at the cost of usability and discoverability.

#UX #UI #ModernSoftware #Rant

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