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Bruncvik

@ Bruncvik @lemmy.world

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  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • That was actually Windows. I think I first encountered it in Win 3.1, but I started really using it in 95. It's not actually Windows that controlled it, but software. Application windows used yo have a top bar, and on the very left they had a small version of their shortcut icon. Clicking on it would roll out a short menu for minimizing, closing, etc, and double-clicking would exit out of the program. I think Chrome was the first popular software to remove it.

    Using this method for closing programs is just a matter of preference and muscle memory. I guess it made sense when the last thing you did was File -> Save, so your cursor was already near the top left. Nowadays it's not as obvious, but some of us are too rigid to easily change.

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • Brimg back double-clicking on the top left corner of a program to close it. Actually, bring back the top bar and the file menu while you're at it. And for software that opens tabs, allow the user to position the tabs bar on the bottom or side of the screen.

  • G-Assist is ‘real’: NVIDIA unveils NitroGen, open-source AI model that can play 1000+ games for you

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  • I don't watch others playing games, either, but someone who likes those streams told me he didn't see a difference between watching good gamers play games and good football players play football.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • You are absolutely correct about the ambiguity and problematic emojis. The trigger issue was the usage of hearts as "kudos" reactions. That's where we use the thumbs-up emojis now.

    The idea of a reference webpage is a good one, but with Slack allowing you to upload your own emojis (and us using some - such as the Piccard facepalm and "modern solutions" meme), we'd have to be very careful to show only the default ones.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • Those would be emojis not emoticons.

    Thanks. I never knew the distinction between the two. These emojis are usually used as reactions in our company to indicate you read a post, are investigating, giving kudos, etc. We actually have an entire document in Confluence specifying which ones to use, for which reactions.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • That's where I learned to type, and the double-space is so ingrained in my muscle memory I can't get rid of it. I also used to use lower case "L" for the number one, and upper case "O" for zero. I don't do the former, but occasionally I catch myself doing the latter.

  • What "ruins it" for you?

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  • Same here. I personally can't stand Bill Burr, regardless of how many of my friends tell me he's funny. With an f-word in nearly every sentence, I can't listen to him for more than a minute.

  • So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?

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  • I guess I'm a bit old-fashioned. I still put two spaces after a full stop.

    But I digress. The question was about other unwritten rules of texting. Over the past year, it's become frowned upon at my company (a multinational with around 130k employees) to use the default yellow emoticons. People are gently reminded to use the colour that most closely resembles their skin. This is for conversations over Teams and Slack.

  • What is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?

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  • Professionally: Waterfall release cycle kills innovation, and whoever advocates it should be fired on the spot. MVP releases and small, incremental changes and improvements are the way to go.

    Personally: Don't use CSS if tables do what you need. Don't use Javascript for static Web pages. Don't overcomplicate things when building Web sites.

  • THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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  • Dude. I still use 8 of them. And you'll only take those eight from my cold, dead fingers. Which, apparently, won't be long...

  • If you are a guy living with a woman you know THIS

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  • We have separate bathrooms, but I still have PTSD from the time I changed the skirting boards in hers.

  • Where will Europeans flee too?

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  • The question implies war in Europe. The reality is that once the enemy breaks though Poland and Czechia (and even there I wouldn't put much credence into the latter), the rest of continental Europe will fold without a war. People will not flee, but gradually adjust to the new overlords. There may be small migration of the intelligentsia, which is in danger from any oppressive regime, but that will be likely in form of orderly emigration, rather than flight.

  • Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day …

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  • On the other hand, Anazon once shipped me a lightbulb for my oven in and envelope. It came nice and flat, in many, many pieces.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • I'm in Ireland, shopping mainly in the UK Amazon. I buy there mainly mid-range supplies, and I have a few physical stores in continental Europe where I get the more expensive stuff. But flying with anything liquid or large paper pads is almost as risky as having them shipped from Amazon, with the added bonus of my wife complaining that I take up too much weight in the suitcase with my "useless toys".

  • What are the most sentimental items to you and why?

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  • My grandfather's chess set he used to teach me chess. My grandmother's piece of coloured glass she kept on her fireplace mantle. The key to my first car, which I drove for 16 years before a tree fell on it during an overnight ice storm. My access badge to the old World Trade Center from 2000. My kids' first baby teeth.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • For me, local is improving, but slowly. Living in Ireland, the local market is, well, insular. Until recently, local shops faced very little competition, so their prices were exorbitant and customer service non-existent. This attitude is slowly changing, and my shopping habits are shifting to local, so hopefully in time I'll stop buying from Amazon, Ali Express, and the likes.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • I agree with the quality aspect. We got some solar lights for the garden that are brighter and last longer than those you buy in local stores for a much higher price. That said, I prefer to buy such no-brand items from Ali Express, which charges a third or half the price Amazon does for the same item.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • Thanks! That's actually what I'd be looking for. I'll check whether they deliver hassle-free to Ireland. Relatively few speciality stores do.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • My wife uses Temu for disposable party items, but that's it. I'm of an age where I unironically ask for socka for Christmas, so I'm already beyond Temu's target audience.

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    Bruncvik @lemmy.world

    Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    Bruncvik @lemmy.world

    Waiting in a queue to see a Web site