kira for scale2d ago
why did mobile firefox make the previews taller in the tab view!!!!!
Show threadkira for scale
i swear tech bros are at war against information density. they have a compulsion to waste screen space there is no other explanation
Mar 26 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadkira for scale2d ago
"the phone is long the tab views should be long too" a radish is a type of scarlet meatball that lives in the mud
Show threadLuna Lactea2d ago
@kirakira Does that come from somewhere or did you just make that up? It's really funny.
Show threadkira for scale2d ago
@jackemled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic_iClOg34A behold, one of the internet's most important videos
Harrowing: Listen To These People Talk About The First Time They Ran Out Of Radishes

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Show threadLuna Lactea2d ago

@kirakira I watched this a long time ago, but I forgot that's where that came from💔

Not as sad as the hibachi chef trying to cook on a regular table though.

Show threadkira for scale2d ago
@jackemled absolutely tragic tbh
Show threadjiub   2d ago
@kirakira it's so infuriating

like, UIs had good information density with 640x480 resolution, or even 80x25 text displays. but now we have 4k displays where most of the space is wasted

granted maximum density isn't always the best, especially with touch interfaces, but we've gone so far in the other direction it's time to get some of our density back
Show threadkira for scale2d ago
@jiub mac os 9 apps felt downright roomy at 800x600
Show threadArcanoraptor2d ago
@jiub @kirakira I think this is why TUIs have had a renaissance in the last few years. Dashboards and GUI apps are spread out and filled with empty space for aesthetic purposes. It’s a lot harder (though doable) to screw up the information density of a front-end built entirely from text.
Show threadjiub   2d ago
@Arcanoraptor @kirakira that's a good point!
Show threadBersl2d ago
@kirakira Sometimes, the UX people need to be told to stop, in the same way the UI people needed to be told to stop decades ago.
Show threadYesh1d ago
@kirakira literally the only “upgrade “that I’ve seen make the interface at all smaller in the last 20 years was the latest KDE update and that was in selecte places.
Show threadSuda synth mode   1d ago
@kirakira Yeah, I just updated and saw what they did to tabs. It's terrible in grid view. Just switched to list view and it's not that bad, but it isn't as nice as grid view used to be.
Show threadSuda synth mode   1d ago
@kirakira Also, I think maybe all UX decisions in the last decade that just increase the size of things is just for the ever increasing aging population (i.e. boomers and gen X) with millennials entering the phases of previous generations too.