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The RISC OS GUI

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75 points rbanffy | 5 comments | 18 May 25 13:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rjmunro ◴[18 May 25 19:45 UTC] No.44023853[source]▶
> The Save dialog is normally presented as a menu, into which you enter a filename

> This menu however is deeply confusing.

No, this is the greatest piece of the RISC OS UI. It makes all other systems save dialogs seem like total nonsense. You just put files where you want them. The only thing is that the OK button shouldn't exist.

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1. ranger_danger ◴[18 May 25 20:31 UTC] No.44024114[source]▶
One of the biggest problems I've noticed with younger computer users is that they have no idea where they saved a file. Having to drag it to a specific folder seems like it would be harder to forget in that case.
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2. fidotron ◴[18 May 25 23:28 UTC] No.44025072[source]▶
The end of the Mac spatial Finder with the OS X transition was not entirely welcomed by some people on that basis, but we live in a world that prioritizes thinking in words and looks down on visual/spatial reasoning.
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3. lproven ◴[19 May 25 11:04 UTC] No.44028469[source]▶
TBH, stuff like Microsoft's "fluent" interface ribbons, and GNOME banishing menu bars and using buttons and hamburger menus, feels like the exact reverse of this to me.
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4. fidotron ◴[19 May 25 13:48 UTC] No.44029882{3}[source]▶
The whole point of a spatial finder is it leaves things physically in the same place, which is very definitely not true of the ribbon menus (or their precursor in Office 2000 where menu item visibility was reliant on how often you used them), or anything that tries to hide/reveal things based on assumed intention.

Burger menus are just rotated tab bars that can adapt equally badly to mobile and desktop.

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5. lproven ◴[21 May 25 10:54 UTC] No.44050142{4}[source]▶
Good points.

(I hated that O2K feature and so memorised where to go to turn it off.)