Chris Hanson
Wow, some people have really thin skin. “I disagree about HI design so you’re blocked now, but only after I have the last word.”
Jul 4, 2025 at 11:00pmIceCubesApp
Show threadChris HansonJul 4, 2025

Specifically, I said this:

> And Apple’s internal mockup tools. They let designers obsess over the look of an application when they should be drawing from a standard set of units in order to implement a way of working. If someone wants a button to look completely unique rather than the standard UI style, they’re wrong, and they should feel bad.

And a certain popular designer evidently couldn’t handle this.

Show threadChris HansonJul 4, 2025
To be more blunt: If you have to go beyond what Interface Builder offers for solely aesthetic reasons (aka “braaand”), you need to rethink the choices that led to that point. The fact that things like the web and SwiftUI provide infinite “styling” is a flaw, not a feature.
Show threadChris HansonJul 5, 2025

Now he’s accusing me of replying to his posts because I’m chasing clout, not because I was, you know, replying to posts on a topic I care about.

Because as a Mac developer for 30+ years (20+ of those at Apple on Xcode) I need to chase clout.

Show threadJan Lehnardt Jul 5, 2025
@eschaton wtf
Show threadmatthew greenJul 4, 2025
@eschaton usability is for humans.
Show threadChris HansonJul 4, 2025

@mrgtwentythree Indeed, and a good platform is designed to provide a base set of components and guidelines for their use, including placement and naming, to maximize that usability not just in isolation but across everything on the platform.

I regularly use System 7 and it’s a joy for exactly that reason. We’ve strayed so far from the light that was lit by the Lisa and Macintosh teams.

Show threadLouie Mantia, Jr.Jul 5, 2025

@eschaton For everyone else—

I did not block Chris because I disagreed with him. (lol) I don’t care if he and I don’t agree. It doesn’t matter to me at all.

I blocked him because he was deliberately piggybacking on my posts’ popularity to voice his own perspective. It’s not that I couldn’t handle it. I chose not to tolerate any more of it.