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Comment by fsckboy

13 hours ago

i really can't stand that which is called design today.

I liked interfaces designed by autistic geniuses for other autistic geniuses, they were intuitive and consistent to high IQ people, people who think quickly and structured and hierarchically and of more than one thing at a time, and not design for mediocre people who think slowly and flat and jumbled and painfully and only ever want one choice, the most popular one.

I like designs that acknowledge difference and are configurable. I come from a different culture than designers, and I'm really not interested in them or what they have to say, and I'm not offended that they are not interested in me or my interests. I just don't see why they get what they want but they don't even acknowledge that I might want what I want.

it started with "skinz" for desktop music players: who wants their computer desktop music player to look like an in-dash aftermarket sound system for a car with flourescent segmented displays and many interface compromises for compactness? that does not whip my llama's ass.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yawjaSD__70/hqdefault.jpg

i know i know i give you the urge to downvote me because i don't just say the same things everybody else says because i like diversity of choice.

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jcattle  9 hours ago

I mean, you might make a good point, but this is just very (unnecessarily) abrasive.

> autistic geniuses for other autistic geniuses, they were intuitive and consistent to high IQ people, people who think quickly and structured and hierarchically and of more than one thing at a time, and not design for mediocre people who think slowly and flat and jumbled and painfully and only ever want one choice, the most popular one

You don't give me the urge to downvote because you aren't saying the same things as everybody else. You give me the urge to downvote because you come of as very self-centered and unempathetic.