• Chris
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    693 months ago

    2024 is invisible, the current trend being that you aren’t allowed to see anything you can scroll until you hover over it.

    • @[email protected]
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      493 months ago

      I dislike this trend of invisible UI. I’m (usually) on a 4k screen, I’ve got plenty of room for it, it’s not the early 2000s anymore; stop hiding the fuckin scroll bar or video progress bar

      • @someguy3
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        143 months ago

        I think most people are on laptops now. Blows my mind but yeah.

        My comparison is that screen size is like desk size. A laptop being those tiny pull out side desks at college, and a monitor being a desk. I was massively downvoted for that. People like their small screens.

        • @[email protected]
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          3 months ago

          I get a poked fun at a little bit on mechanical keyboard communities for preferring a full-size (I gotta type IP’s, need a numpad!).

          I don’t think I could work solely on a laptop without external peripherals, it’s just not a good experience (also giant hands and chiclet keys is not a good combo). My work laptop exists permanently folded closed connected to a dock.

          I’d put the analogy as trying to cook a multi-course meal in a saucepan on a single burner vs a full stovetop and set of pans (also you only have a paring knife).

      • HEXN3T
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        03 months ago

        I like the trend of invisible UI. It keeps the display free of clutter and persistent UI elements (hello, OLED) and doesn’t hinder usability at all. I hide scroll bars whenever possible because middle clicking is far more convenient than click-dragging. Hidden elements always appear by using a related action–moving the mouse reveals the play bar, scrolling reveals the scroll bar. It’s completely intuitive. I even remove the forward, backward and reload buttons on my browser because gestures and shortcuts are just faster.

        UIs are near-universally as clean and functional as ever… at least on macOS. Windows appears to be a clusterfuck. Linux is alright.

        • @[email protected]
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          33 months ago

          Larger documents that I can drag the scroll bar to specific points, rather than PageUp/down or scroll manually (also wtf is up with acrobats scroll speed?? Shits slow as balls)

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      63 months ago

      And you’re not allowed to see how much is left to scroll. Company decide everything for you. You just keep doing the income needful.

    • @xenoclast
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      23 months ago

      Only scroll after watching an ad