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whelk

@ whelk @retrolemmy.com

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  • Carney names ex-Blackrock executive as new US ambassador

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  • Carnies can just do that now?

  • Rude

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  • I'm just glad to see that phrase used again

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • The worst is circular avatars. Great, now I have to make the focus of the image smaller so it'll fit into this unnecessarily reduced space with dead air surrounding it for no reason

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • Less problematic, but still potentially confusing. Why break the standard and add another variable people need to consider in order to find the form and function they've already learned? Links are there as a functional element, not an aesthetic design.

    I get people wanting to add their own touch or sense of style, but doing so at the cost of intuitive functionality, especially a kind that is long established and standardized, can be a slippery slope.

    All that said: At the end of the day, it's up to the creator, of course. If someone really wants to indicate their links with upside down text and no underline, or a glowing CSS effect, or whatever, I'm not going to demand that they stop. Especially if it's a personal website. Your satisfaction with your work and self expression is more important than a guy yelling at a cloud about front end web design standards and whatever. I'll just reserve my right to gripe over some minor personal annoyances, and everyone will be just fine in the end!

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • I take a moment to mildly rant about this, sometimes out loud, every time I have to set a timer on my phone.

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  • I feel like the urinal meme would fit better

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • Quick, someone coin the term "crepuscular theme/mode"

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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    • Stop removing the underline styling for links. It's not cool or sleek that you made things unintuitive to navigate by having the only indication be a slightly different text color, or a hover effect.
    • I don't like emoji in text interface output. I don't need cute little sparkle graphics and yellow smiley faces and lightning bolts and rocket ships to tell me the operation was successful, to say nothing of environments where emoji aren't supported and it's just broken.
    • Please stop trying to be cute or hip with your basic interface messaging. "We got you, we'll find those results you need. Just hang tight, OK?" "Oops, our bad, there was a little hiccup in the process..." It's unnecessary padding just like all the rounded corners everywhere. Exception if the entire app/site/whatever is specifically designed around being cute and friendly, but I see this all the time where it just feels out of place, disingenuous, and obnoxious.
    • Custom fonts and nonstandard characters in usernames are an abomination. Show your personality and creativity in your graphical avatar and your profile, I'm happy to see it there!
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    The White House has been caught

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  • Protests don't solve the problem, but they're a step in the process of people moving to greater action. Encourage it and build the momentum

  • People with nothing to hide need not be bothered about surveillance, Supreme Court says

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  • Cool. Let me install these cameras in your house, including your bedroom and bathrooms. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear

  • toilet rule

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  • I'll never go back, but all interested souls should be made aware of the bidet-user's curse: Using bathrooms that don't have them becomes a harrowing experience

  • American Whiskey Production Has Plummeted to a New Low

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  • American Whiskey Production Has Plummeted to a New Low

  • Leonardo

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  • Radical

  • But I'm Trying...

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  • I hear you man. Hope the awful takes a break for you, for what it's worth you bring joy to this internet stranger with your art so you deserve some good karma for that. Take it easy and get healed up

  • Sooo... This is happening on Imgur

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  • Could well be more to it beyond my guesses. I'm pretty mystified by how controversial the whole thing is honestly, and how often I see it coming up in various areas of Lemmy

  • Sooo... This is happening on Imgur

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  • I'm not someone who has such strong feelings about it, but it's a pretty fascinating thing to see. Some people clearly get annoyed that the thorn is used incorrectly, others apparently just don't like seeing it at all, probably because it makes writing more difficult to parse by having an unfamiliar symbol. That's understandable, but it's kind of wild how deeply it seems to bother some people. For example, we're getting downvoted just for talking about it!

  • Sooo... This is happening on Imgur

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  • Agreed, but be careful. People around here have really strong opinions about thorn usage

  • What's the oldest video game you still find yourself playing?

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  • How appropriate. You fight like a cow

  • What's the oldest video game you still find yourself playing?

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  • Angband for me, high five my fellow older roguelike enjoyer