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> - old reddit I use this extension and it's super useful: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... The new site is way way slower to load, which i can notice immediately if i open it on a browser that doesn't have the extension installed :/
If you have an a/c, you can just opt out from using new under https://www.reddit.com/prefs/
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> - old reddit I use this extension and it's super useful: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... The new site is way way slower to load, which i can notice immediately if i open it on a browser that doesn't have the extension installed :/
If you have an a/c, you can just opt out from using new under https://www.reddit.com/prefs/
Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…
- windows 10 has no built-in media player that can handle a DVD. - Android Studio... don't get me started.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_.. . https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItsAllMyFault https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreBetterThan... https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanNew https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ResponsibilityTr...
And like that , millions of hours of productivity were lost.
What's that app? I mean which one exactly? I have some OS/2 copies in VM
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Windows hardware + driver compatibility is a nightmare fueled by proprietary duct-taped one-off drivers supporting only one or two devices each. One of the reasons for this is that you can get away with anything on Windows, because everything is proprietary. There are headsets targeting Windows users that require kernel-mode drivers to work. Which, of course, is super fragile and will break at some point, rendering y…
Wait, kernel-mode? Really? I was under the impression that sound hardware was all user-mode since Vista.
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> I don't understand how the "modern" Windows start menu works they introduced in Win 8 I think. The current start menu was introduced in Windows 10 though even the initial 10 version was a bit different. Windows 8 had a "start screen" where there were only tiles (that are now at the side) and took the entire screen. Because the Windows 8 start screen and the initial Windows 10 start menu strongly deemphasized folder…
I've given up trying to locate the program I need via the tiles. Now I hit the Windows key and start typing the application name I need. Making the interface worse has actually made things easier in many cases. Except when I end up launching a web search by mistake.
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I have yet to come across a normal friend who doesn’t think HN is a super ugly site which essentially means if they had interest in the site, they prob wouldn’t use it. All the HN comments here about Reddit are talking about how they feel and their bubble feels. Which I personally agree with. But I’m not representative of every day user.
There is no such thing as "every day user" though, every user is different and if anything a major source of those UX issues people have is "designers" who come up with imaginary "every day users" (usually to justify their own preferences) instead of performing actual usability tests on real users (and accepting when their ideas are bad or wrong) or just sticking with things that we already know that works and perhap…
That keeps my point in tact and covers the vast majority of the population
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And like that , millions of hours of productivity were lost.
Offtopic but your name reminded me to your comment from a few weeks ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21008817 What's that app? I mean which one exactly? I have some OS/2 copies in VM
Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…
Recently this came up in discussion with a software developer who was overly concerned with openssl certificate minutiae. I advised the only durable solution for his concerns is a method to change the entire implementation, not only the certs.
Things i tried to keep using way longer than most: -windows 7 (upgraded only for widi support - and i miss them) - skype (i d never upgrade if i could) - photoshop standalone (still use it) - office 2007 ( still use it) - dropbox (no option there) - old reddit - iphone 6 - jquery (plan to avoid npm until it dies of natural causes) - windows movie maker / photos In fact it s getting harder to think of things that are…
No it doesn't, HN literally sucks on mobile. From the top of my head:
- On the front page I always click the stories title when I want to click on the "xxx comments" link
- When reading comments, it's impossible to use the tiny [-] buttons to collapse threads
- "code" blocks are still broken