Yeah, the cursor is your most direct embodiment in the computer. Messing with it is like somebody pushing your arm when you're trying to cut tomatoes. It's a major determinant in how good it feels to use a computer (and whether you cut your fingers).
But there were a lot of things we learned in the 80s and 90s that we have largely forgotten today, like "make clickable things look clickable" and "don't use Yes and No as button labels" and "active windows should look different from inactive windows."
Sssssh!!! I was deadpanning respect for him in the hopes that Meta will keep him long enough to inflict as much damage as possible.
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>It’s rather extraordinary in today’s hyper-partisan world that there’s nearly universal agreement amongst actual practitioners of user-interface design that Alan Dye is a fraud who led the company deeply astray.
>My favorite reaction to today’s news is this one-liner from a guy on Twitter/X: “The average IQ of both companies has increased.”
> I was deadpanning respect for him in the hopes that Meta will keep him long enough to inflict as much damage as possible.
Oh, yes, of course. We all remember the great Alan Dye as the genius who made Apple the global success it is today and made the design of its operating systems beloved worldwide. Truly a giant amongst men, a genius of the sort that hasn't been seen since Leonardo DaVinci, and more beautiful than Brad Pitt in his prime.
Meta is lucky to have him and should immediately do everything he says without even a hint of hesitation.
But there were a lot of things we learned in the 80s and 90s that we have largely forgotten today, like "make clickable things look clickable" and "don't use Yes and No as button labels" and "active windows should look different from inactive windows."