No, the populace isn't much to blame for the poor quality of work done by the media.
Yes they are. Advertisers pay based on what people watch. Media companies' income depends on advertisers, so they produce what people watch. Companies produce shit because people watch shit.
From what I've seen and read a lot of newer UI/UX people are ignoring everything that the UI/UX people learned and built up over the last 20+ years.
The GUI was a solution to a problem, and the problem was the command line.
Those who remember the command line, linux dweebs aside, are dead or retired. Correction: those who remember having nothing but a command line are dead or retired.
Thus the current generation have forgotten what problemns have been solved, and they're creating them again. Bizarre cryptic commands, weird gestures on an unmarked screen area: both violate discoverability.
A similar thing was raised about the "cash for clunkers" scheme a few years back. And I remember long before that being told that typically it takes more energy to make a car than it'll use in its lifetime.
While the question is complicated, I suspect a sort of broken windows fallacy is in play.
If it's a smart meter (like he said) you'd be able to set your parameter for cheap higher than, say, a pensioner who wouldn't mind delaying his shopping another day if it saves him a few dollars.
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Yes they are. Advertisers pay based on what people watch. Media companies' income depends on advertisers, so they produce what people watch. Companies produce shit because people watch shit.
They took a Segway, which was shit to start with, and took the handle off.
Clearly the Socratic straitjacket prevented my occidental mind from coming up with a brilliant idea like that.
Not sure, but I think Luddites are something to do with it.
Shut up, you fat Alaskan granny-grabber.
186 of them were by APK.
Is it that time of year again?
Well they would, wouldn't they? [wink]
Do you still have to take an exam for that? In Latin?
The GUI was a solution to a problem, and the problem was the command line.
Those who remember the command line, linux dweebs aside, are dead or retired. Correction: those who remember having nothing but a command line are dead or retired.
Thus the current generation have forgotten what problemns have been solved, and they're creating them again. Bizarre cryptic commands, weird gestures on an unmarked screen area: both violate discoverability.
Who's the brown hatter and who's the pillow-biter?
Have you looked at his blog? I'd say that beyond reasonable doubt it probably is.
I maintain that a professional UI/UX designer doesn't exist. They're amateurs. Dabblers. Dilettantes. They're not much better than feng-shui mongers.
In my day we had ergonomists and human factors people, with some actual basis in science.
The overweight mulletmoron piloting it knows where my house is, and more besides. Turnabout is fair play.
They do. They also confuse looking good with working well.
I'd say the latter is actually the bigger problem. Flat == shit.
You broke the first rule of usenet. That's bad enough, but you also broke the second.
P.S. did you have an older account and lose the password?
tl;dr version: If the market would bear a higher price, they'd already be charging it.
A similar thing was raised about the "cash for clunkers" scheme a few years back. And I remember long before that being told that typically it takes more energy to make a car than it'll use in its lifetime.
While the question is complicated, I suspect a sort of broken windows fallacy is in play.
If it's a smart meter (like he said) you'd be able to set your parameter for cheap higher than, say, a pensioner who wouldn't mind delaying his shopping another day if it saves him a few dollars.
1st person: X yada yada. Foo bar foo far times lots. Blabla bla Y.
2nd person: [quotes the X bit] Wrong. Y.
I disagree. But bringing them back, I could see large potential savings there.
That's civil law. Things that are illegal - which was your claim - are the province of criminal law.
Is that supposed to mean 1T, or is it some Arabic/Roman mongrel?
It's not a strange accusation at all, it's perfectly justified if you follow the thread. Have you started drinking again?
You shouldn't assume anything. I demand that a proper empirical study be done to test your hypothesis, and the sooner the better.
In the name of science, of course.
At least they won't waste any on that there highfalutin' edumacation.