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On Firefox,
indexedDB request error ldb-async.js:25:17
onerror https://windows96.net/system/libraries/kernel/ldb-async.js:25
In order to view files and folders on Windows it should be dir isn't it? So why is it showing files when you type ls and not dir, and why dir command is not found?
It is great, and yet another Chrome only example. On Firefox, indexedDB request error ldb-async.js:25:17 onerror https://windows96.net/system/libraries/kernel/ldb-async.js:25 EDIT: It works on normal windows, it doesn't on incognito mode.
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I think usability has to take a part on that. You can scan an interface of this fashion and be almost certain about what is a button, what is a scroll bar, what is a text input, etcetera. While with Windows 8+ the flat UI lets a huge space for ambiguity and causes a bigger cognitive load to the user, who is forced to tell things between flat rectangles and lines.
Consistency is boring, and HTML makes it entirely too easy to do entirely your own thing. The result is most modern designers are trying to make a design that wows people at a glance , which is often at odds with actual usability and discoverability. UI design is basically fashion now, with passing fads and everything. Conforming to any kind of standard makes you look dated. I wish we could somehow force people to us…
I remember back in the 90's, when Apple and Microsoft bragged about having big UI labs where they tried to take a scientific approach to UI design where they'd try out minor UI tweaks on users and observe what worked and what didn't.
Looking at the designs coming out of both companies now (but mostly Apple) it's extremely clear they they are designed just to look "fresh" and "pretty" with no real justification behind it.
> I wish we could somehow force people to use a standard toolkit again
To be fair, in the 90's, there were plenty of crazily themed programs. Basically any media playing app seemed required to have some insane theme (WinAmp is fondly remembered but that was also a non-standard UI, which was so poorly-designed they needed a button to double the size of it so you could hit some buttons easier). Every PC sound card came with a suite of programs that tried to mimic the appearance of a home Hi-Fi system complete with 7-segment displays and fake cassette tape reels.
It is great, and yet another Chrome only example. On Firefox, indexedDB request error ldb-async.js:25:17 onerror https://windows96.net/system/libraries/kernel/ldb-async.js:25 EDIT: It works on normal windows, it doesn't on incognito mode.
These UIs definitely look outdated, but somehow they seem better than current Windows UIs. Not, sure if it's nostalgia or if there's something there.
No, it's not nostalgia. Modern UI is simply horrible, user-hostile and non-intuitive.
It is great, and yet another Chrome only example. On Firefox, indexedDB request error ldb-async.js:25:17 onerror https://windows96.net/system/libraries/kernel/ldb-async.js:25 EDIT: It works on normal windows, it doesn't on incognito mode.