How Apple’s ‘Blacklist’ Manipulates the Press

Post by statictype » Mon, Nov 25, 2013, 5:19 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #50

nknighthb wrote: post #49

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> Why be an asshole? In my opinion, I am not an asshole, but at least one other person in this thread certainly is. Why ask this question? Has my answer contributed anything of value? Were you expecting it to? > Write your comments for the readers of HN, not for whomever you're replying to. Do as you say, not as you do? > I have no idea what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's not obvious at all. It's a UI for mobile/tou…

What does it mean to be a "UI for mobile/touchscreen devices"? Mobile devices already have UIs. What is it trying to add to those? It's obviously trying to add something , unless you literally believe the developers that go to work in that office are setting out to make your life worse.

It's certainly trying to add something of value - the problem everyone seems to have is that it's failing at that task pretty badly. And not in the sense that the developers are incompetent or lack skill - but in the sense that what they think is a better UI experience is very definitely not an opinion shared by others.

This is further aggravated by the fact that many site owners choose to use them.

Post by nknighthb » Mon, Nov 25, 2013, 5:55 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #50

nknighthb wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why be an asshole? In my opinion, I am not an asshole, but at least one other person in this thread certainly is. Why ask this question? Has my answer contributed anything of value? Were you expecting it to? > Write your comments for the readers of HN, not for whomever you're replying to. Do as you say, not as you do? > I have no idea what OnSwipe is supposed to be. It's not obvious at all. It's a UI for mobile/tou…

What does it mean to be a "UI for mobile/touchscreen devices"? Mobile devices already have UIs. What is it trying to add to those? It's obviously trying to add something , unless you literally believe the developers that go to work in that office are setting out to make your life worse.

It's not trying to add anything to the device. It's trying to add a touch interface to websites based on a common (if itself questionable) paradigm. And it's doing it very badly.

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