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metadat ◴[30 Mar 25 16:14 UTC] No.43525239[source]▶

This looks nice and easy to use.

My hypothesis is today's "modern" OS user interfaces are objectively worse from a usability perspective, obfuscating key functionality behind layers of confusing menus.

It reminds me of these "OS popularity since the 70s" time lapse views:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cTKhqtll5cQ

The dominance of Windows is crazy, even today, Mac desktops and laptops are comparatively niche

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1. toast0 ◴[30 Mar 25 16:49 UTC] No.43525540[source]▶

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Honestly, I don't think anyone has done real user research on basic interfaces since Microsoft did it for Windows 95. I'm pretty sure that was the last publication I've seen.

It's a lot of time, effort, and expense to run user research, but the potential benefits to the users are big.

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