nostr:npub1kz4q6z4dtmuxhnym6rvmysw46s55e4lt9a0hnhasl82p0tu799tsfcj7qe nostr:npub1vaas0xywz4alrls4029laz5peelw97msqxtmmaxcs8neumqtqddq9577ds I'm interested! However I can't find the FossUX room in the Element app? I'm a matrix noob so please let me know how best to join?
nostr:npub1qmcpm5qnud8p4az4enwx0arcnw38jxyq70yzphj5xdn9va6q8s4qryv6gx This is a general rule for life. I often write a long email only to realized it was mostly a therapeutic whine. I then go back and write it in 1/3 the size, with bullet points.
Vintage computer conference
This guy spent over 2 years building a custom board to emulate a drive for this hp85. (The tape drives are very error prone)The dedication to keeping these old machines running is amazing
Vintage computer conference
Piping! Amiga! Commodore! A modem!
Wall of first Mac's
Vintage computer conference
Vintage computer conference. A working differential analyzer built out of mechano!
nostr:npub13yhtced946jss464sh05p0lfp9xaa0ypfeh89fy69ceksdwxfx9sdha5se Oh, right, you went and moved to my old stomping grounds. I keep forgetting....
I'm excited to announce I'm joining #joomla on their advisory board.
Anyone going to VCF West 2023 tomorrow?
(Vintage Computer Festival West 2023)
nostr:npub13yhtced946jss464sh05p0lfp9xaa0ypfeh89fy69ceksdwxfx9sdha5se will you be there?
nostr:npub1j46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpsj23gm7 nostr:npub1aqp7uudewu2zg2tpumdnvmh0kxm2hkktafj83ngwa5as3hwrxh9sfmpp85
How do you think a monoculture is bad for Google's interests? Wouldn't they want to dominate the market to ensure their lifeblood ad revenue keeps flowing?
nostr:npub16639fqmxqwld65hlwdxwv9nkn8zhgskwezwpgvl2kfz0w78uaf3q4t5sta nostr:npub1aqp7uudewu2zg2tpumdnvmh0kxm2hkktafj83ngwa5as3hwrxh9sfmpp85 absolutely not. I'm not speaking for Google, this is just my personal opinion but a monoculture invites all sorts of regulatory scrutiny. The Chrome team in particular wants the web open and varied, that's why they work so hard on Web standards bodies.
"Monoculture" is what non-corporates THINK Google wants because it plays into their "they're all bastards" narrative.
nostr:npub1j46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpsj23gm7 nostr:npub1aqp7uudewu2zg2tpumdnvmh0kxm2hkktafj83ngwa5as3hwrxh9sfmpp85 Oh both, even all, are contemptible. However given our nature such grouchiness will persist through every time period and system.
The biggest issue is how much power is in one, ad revenue dirtied, hand. If one day they decide to push something unpalatable to chromium they will undoubtedly change the whole landscape. If chromium changes a hard to change api, all other browsers will mostly fall in line.
Also, safari. The joys of oligopoly.
nostr:npub16639fqmxqwld65hlwdxwv9nkn8zhgskwezwpgvl2kfz0w78uaf3q4t5sta nostr:npub1aqp7uudewu2zg2tpumdnvmh0kxm2hkktafj83ngwa5as3hwrxh9sfmpp85 Yeah, I guess there are two points here: the overall shape the tech industry (which I think we're in agreement) and my frustrations with people equating using Blink to Google. They are very different things and I feel we should acknowledge that.
For example, I think EVERYONE on the web would love it if WebKit actually supported more web standards. The goal here is to get MORE redering engines not to create a monoculture. That's actually in Google's best interests
Yet another post saying "all browsers are Chrome, we must fight the patriarchy!" and I.... just... can't. It so misunderstands, well, software really that I don't know where to begin.
For what it's worth, I'm a big supporter of as many rendering engines as possible. I certainly don't want "Google to win". I'm just saying that a browser using Blink is NOT a Google zombie.
nostr:npub1nu6g36k6g8898s2k2jz26r35m7e0zw7cz7unqpsvl37x26yp99msz326ym Figma is the obvious one. But for years I used the web client for Twitter saved as a PDA (Of course, I no longer use Twitter)
nostr:npub1x05ctt0tr5gh6dnv8qzglj5j354h5w9pggr5cvc486sd2j3d92xslkf8rk that's why I'm asking. Personally I think of it more as mobile-itis, where one platform is just used in a lazy way.
For example the difference between mobile sliders and desktop checkboxes is entirely cosmetic. No real harm there.
However drop down menus tend to be replaced with scrolling lists, which I find odd and a much worse #UX.
There is a debate happening on Reddit where someone is making the point that you can't really be a UX designer without strong visual skills.
Is #UX really just 'mostly doing visual stuff' now?
Of course visual design skills help. UX Designers juggle many skills. But to say that you MUST be great a visual design in order to succeed in the job market feels entirely off to me.
Most companies have both UX, Visual designers, AND researchers (among other things)
I was just in a silicon valley breakfast with some high powered people and when I told them I had worked on "Mac System 6" I was met with blank stares: "what was that again?"
Parents, family, and plumbers I totally understand that's an opaque reference that but these folk? I have no words...