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title: "Things can get better"
date: 2022-05-30T13:24:30-07:00
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replyTitle: "Being annoyed with software is always going to be a part of the experience"
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replyAuthor: "Terry Hancock"
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I'm in partial agreement with this take.
On one hand, expectations change with time. Most people outside my bubble look at interfaces I like using and say they look "ugly" and that they're "weird" (their words); they wouldn't have said that when I was younger.
On the other hand, some "annoyances" are actually removable _barriers_. Accessibility comes to mind. If you take software that does not work with assistive technologies (ATs) and fix it, AT-users might move on to the next accessibility issue. But they'll be markedly happier than before, when they just couldn't use it.
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Similar examples include localization and compatibility.
Man, positive takes like this feel really out of character for me.