1980s: I still remember when windows started appearing on personal computers. You didn't even have to think about it. You intuitively knew what it implied and you just needed someone to show you which precise actions you needed to do things like close a window. 2020s: Trying to find a […] - ThreadSky

dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy • 5 hours ago

1980s:

I still remember when windows started appearing on personal computers. You didn't even have to think about it. You intuitively knew what it implied and you just needed someone to show you which precise actions you needed to do things like close a window.

2020s:

Trying to find a […]

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dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•4 hours ago

In any kind of computing system there's an ontology to be worked out. How have the developers carved up the universe?

I can't figure this out for Stage Manager: I've managed to get a PDF paper alongside Freeform so I can write notes. I Think maybe I've created a 'stage' with PDF Viewer and […]

dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•4 hours ago

This 10th gen (I think) 10.9" iPad is one of the best electronic devices I have ever used, when judged as a device for...I hate that word...consumption. I've diversified my reading a lot since I got it as it's the first device I've had that truly makes reading PDFs easy. This is a big deal to […]

MartinEscardo.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•2 hours ago

@dpiponi My problem with tablets is that they don't integrate nicely with my computers, they have a terrible file system, and they rely on particular clouds to synchronize (such as iCloud or Samsung cloud). For example, an iPad wouldn't solve my problem.

My use case is that I have both Mac and […]

dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•2 hours ago

@MartinEscardo I'm using iCloud (+ ADP) and the integration with that is excellent and I can still access those files, albeit awkwardly, through a browser. I tried Dropbox but the integration seems awful. (So bad I think there's a dark pattern at work.)

IMO hardware is far better than software […]

MartinEscardo.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•2 hours ago

@dpiponi My Samsung tablet is very comfortable for me to use, and, with a paper-feel screen protector, it is perfect for writing. I love it. But it is ultimately useless, because it doesn't integrate with my Linux or MacOS computers. I do use it for teaching quite effectively, though, as a […]

dougmerritt.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy•5 hours ago

@dpiponi
In the good old/bad old days, it was understood that UIs and UX was typically bad because the subjects were not widely understood and were still evolving.

Today it is pretty clear that UIs and UX is even worse because no one cares.

Or so it seems on bad days.

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