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  1. Come on Mozilla, you should already know this... on Mozilla Writes To European Commission About Facebook's Lack of Ad Transparency (betanews.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    <div style="opacity: 0;">ad</div>

  2. Re:YOU CAN'T SPELL!!! on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn you, The123king! I don't come here to learn stuff!

  3. Re:States with wiretapping laws need to step in on Apple Says It's Banning Facebook's Research App That Collects Users' Personal Information (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure women do not want Facebook to have records of their PMS periods.

  4. Re:The War on Usability on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    This would make a good mockumentary.

  5. Re:Crunched it, now stretched it on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, you need to rotate your desktop display 90 degrees to view the page in portrait mode.

  6. YOU CAN'T SPELL!!! on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    *insert proper way of writing sarcasm here*

  7. Re:I can't be the only one :( on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    That's because there's too much contrast between the two. Try darker text on a black background. After you found the proper contrast, try different colours. Dark green on black is quite easy on the eyes.

  8. Re:GOD DAMN YES on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Virtual +1 funny, I hope a well-known stand-up comedian uses that in his show, maybe Google, Microsoft and Apple will suddenly wake up and go back to sane user interfaces.

  9. Re:Modern UX design on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Because people are too stupid to do their own backups, because cloud storage means you can access your files from anywhere, because web apps (should) work on almost every device you own that has a modern web browser and because it's easier to share and work on the same files with other people.

    For some things, though, I think the same way as you. Every time I start Sketchup, it's trying to push me to use "Sketchup Free" (a browser-based thing) instead of my desktop app. Fuck that!

  10. Re:Modern UX design on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    If the forces are pushed on everyone without any choice, of course everyone will keep using it. That's not a good metric because they don't have a fucking choice.

  11. Re:Modern UX design on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    First of all, it's spelled Skeuomorphic, not Skuemorhphic.
    Secondly, Skeuomorphic design is the opposite of the current trend.

  12. Re:Traditional UX design: Change things on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know why modern UX designers are so afraid of colours, lines and borders.

    A good UX concept for buttons and messages is to use the same colours as traffic lights and road signs:
    GREEN = let's go (it's safe to use)
    YELLOW = warning/be careful (are you sure you want to use this / it's a warning, I need to read it)
    RED = stop (something has happened that made everything stop, you have to read it)
    WHITE on BLUE = information, you might find it useful to read it

    Can you imagine if traffic lights and road signs changed every few years, for change's sake?

    The conventions above had been true almost as long as computers have been able to display those colours, until those new morans came along about a decade ago.

    So, fuck you, modern UX designers. Just because it's been used for decades doesn't mean it's not good anymore. Interfaces are meant to be used by people, not printed on a poster to hang in a fucking museum of art.

  13. Re: Your skin is your uniform. on Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Just shut up and go buy yourself a new pair of sneakers.

  14. Re:What no global warming article? on System76 Unveils 'Darter Pro' Linux Laptop With Choice of Ubuntu or Pop!_OS (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Global warming is the topic! Why waste the last 10 years of your life fighting with Microsoft and/or Apple software when you can have a Linux laptop!

  15. Well, that's what I found when looking up "CROFL": Crying.

  16. Oh, I love Python. Their cheese shop sketch is hilarious.

  17. I had to look up "Crying Rolling On the Floor Laughing" because at first I thought it was for "Crapping Right On the Floor Level".

  18. The topic is "programming languages".
    You just said "Javascript is a scripting LANGUAGE".

    You just lost whatever argument thread you wanted to start.

  19. Re: Convoluted logic on Online Piracy Can Be Good For Business, Researchers Find (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    IMHO, it would only apply if the MPAA said that themselves.

  20. Not sure how it works in the USA, but in Canada if I order 35 bucks worth of stuff "shipped by Amazon", shipping is free. Why would I pay for Amazon Prime? Sure it takes a few days, but it's free. Patience is a lost virtue.

  21. What do you mean? I don't mind [BUY XBOX ONE TODAY!] having ads shown randomly in every day tasks!

  22. You know what would be funnier than sending Trump to jail?
    Build his fucking giant Mexico-USA border wall, remove his USA citizenship and then deport him to Mexico.

  23. Re:Convoluted logic on Online Piracy Can Be Good For Business, Researchers Find (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the 34th and 35th Rules of Acquisition.

  24. This comment has been pirated on Online Piracy Can Be Good For Business, Researchers Find (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Aargh!

  25. Type of screws? on A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won't Be 'Assembled in USA' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    As a Canadian, I know all too well that living next door to the U.S.A. makes it harder to find metric screws.

    Are Apple using metric or imperial screws in their products? If they're using metric screws it could explain their difficulty finding american screw manufacturers who could make metric screws on short notice and in small batches?