bcraven's comments

On: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

[bcraven]

RedReader is a lovely, lightweight Android app for Reddit.

Development is slow, but I've been happily using it since RiF was killed.

On: VW is bringing physical buttons back to the dashboard with the ID. Polo EV

[bcraven]

The trick is to own your car for a few years at which point you remember where the buttons are by feel.

This is the advantage over a touchscreen - you can't learn those by feel.

[mnicky → bcraven]

For frequently used things, like cruise control, just a few months needed.

[tensor → bcraven]

I've owned such cars for many years and no, I've never learned all the buttons. Also, I'm not advocating for a touchscreen, but a small number of buttons plus a screen is far more ideal than a massive mess of buttons. This shit has always been a UX nightmare, it sucks that it's coming back.

[array_key_first → tensor]

I knew all the buttons on my steering wheel within weeks. They're very convenient because your hands are already on the wheel. Touchscreen buttons are just not a replacement.

Yeah, there's, like, I don't know, 25 buttons if you count the stalks? That's a lot I guess, but I wouldn't want to turn down my music or skip the track by looking over at a touch screen and guessing.

On: Renault concept goes 626 miles on single charge at motorway speed

[bcraven]

It's a concept car so it's unlikely to have been considered as it'll never be in production.

On: I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone

[bcraven]

I have been using InControl successfully.

https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm

On: Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week

[bcraven]

"the pack-in browser supplied by Sega on a silvery CD is now useless for anything other than an ornament, memento, or Frisbee."

They also make great bird scarers.

On: Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon receives DDR2 and some weights

[bcraven]

TFA final paragraph:

"While recording an unboxing can help document the condition of a product, such evidence is not guaranteed to resolve disputes with retailers or payment providers."

On: Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?

[bcraven]

User-Agent Switcher usually sorts them out

On: $5 whale listening hydrophone making workshop

[bcraven]

https://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm088-riptides-and-a-sin...

Information here from a superb podcast

On: A giant ball will help this man survive a year on an iceberg

[bcraven]

I can't imagine this would work. Can you not remember the footage of the wall of houses/cars/boats/trees/etc moving across the landscape? Your raft is getting flattened.

On: Everything that is wrong in museums starts with wall labels

[bcraven]

I suspect the presentation felt different to the audience who were receiving it at the talk, rather than us reading it at our own pace.

[jrowen → bcraven]

The author does note that the article "is, with the benefit of hindsight, the more polished version of what I was trying to say."

But it does feel plucked out of a context/world/tradition that is not as common around these parts.