If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn’t have believed them. Skipping swiftly past all the political, economic and social turmoil, I come to th…
I initially thought it was slop, and then I looked at who wrote it. This is someone I have a lot of respect for.
Personally, I’ve used every Mac UI from the original Twiggy interface, and prefer the UI of Mac OS 7.6.1 with Greg’s Browser, OtherMenu and DragThing. If I could get a macOS back-end with that user interface on the front end, I feel I could get stuff done faster with less frustration.
There was nothing wrong with the original Xerox PARC or Apple HIG documents; their findings still hold true today.
I mean… it’s not slop. It’s a good, old-fashioned well-supported rant about how Apple has abandoned good user interface design.
<old man shakes fist at cloud> I do wish that anal-retentive, careful, thoughtful geeks would come back into power in place of flashy shallow thinkers.
But I can’t say I expect shaking fists at clouds is likely to accomplish much.
Ah thanks, so a slop article that barely belongs in the community here. Got it.
I initially thought it was slop, and then I looked at who wrote it. This is someone I have a lot of respect for.
Personally, I’ve used every Mac UI from the original Twiggy interface, and prefer the UI of Mac OS 7.6.1 with Greg’s Browser, OtherMenu and DragThing. If I could get a macOS back-end with that user interface on the front end, I feel I could get stuff done faster with less frustration.
There was nothing wrong with the original Xerox PARC or Apple HIG documents; their findings still hold true today.
I mean… it’s not slop. It’s a good, old-fashioned well-supported rant about how Apple has abandoned good user interface design.
<old man shakes fist at cloud> I do wish that anal-retentive, careful, thoughtful geeks would come back into power in place of flashy shallow thinkers.
But I can’t say I expect shaking fists at clouds is likely to accomplish much.