• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      44 minutes ago

      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.

    • CandleTiger@programming.dev
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      3 hours ago

      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.