"After High Sierra there was Sierra, and then Apple had decided to rename macOS into OS X. This was the culmination of the multi-year project of decoupling the mobile iOS from the desktop OS, which made perfect sense to most users. Apple continued to prove their dedication to open platforms, because in a later version of their desktop OS (Snow Leopard) they had discontinued App Store altogether."
"Alexa is Jeff Bezos wearing a mask. You shouldn't feel the need to be polite to his little mask."
"I think the best explanation is that in a vacuum modal editing sounds like a bad idea. The mode is global state that users always have to know, which makes it dangerous. To use new modes well you have to memorize all of the keybindings, which makes it difficult." good post but i would point to things like DAWs and trackers as modal interfaces (there's a record mode and an edit mode)
this honestly sounds nightmarish
terminal-based gui toolkit for python
"Submitted for your approval: my TOP FIFTY design decisions in WarioWare DIY."