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ajkjk 4 hours ago

for the life of my I can't understand why y'all care so much about this. This is what bad software is? The corner radii are slightly off? Doesn't that seem a bit... particular?

steve1977 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's the lack of attention to detail, from a company who once was famous for its attention to detail.

And it seems they're lacking in many corners (scnr...)

tambourine_man an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You don’t need to care, but for the ones who do, Apple was one of the few vendors one could identify with. Attention to detail and craftsmanship was their motto.

otikik 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's like getting invited to dinner at a friend's house and you notice that half of the knifes and forks they put on the table are a bit dirty.

If they have managed to fumble something so basic then one can't help but extrapolate what the state of the rest is.

coldtea 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>for the life of my I can't understand why y'all care so much about this.

Because we fucking have to see it every day. And the sloppiness compounds and is indicative of further rot.

Of course the different radii also means different code paths were used, which points to a mess of APIs and frameworks underneath too.

And that's before we add the usability issues (like hard to read labels due to the glass effect and such, or bizare dragging boundaries, etc).

>Doesn't that seem a bit... particular?

Good software is about being particular.

If we wanted any random crap, we'd use any random crap.

TheAngush 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have to look at it all day, so no. What would you call bad software? Bad code? Electron? None of that has any meaningful effect on my day to day experience as a user. But no matter what apps I'm using, Apple's terrible design decisions are ever-present. It's like having dirty glasses.

Towaway69 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are people who have OCD and can’t help but seeing these things. It’s great for coding and seeing minor changes but its shit for real life - trust me.

The number of times auto update of some app has caused the thought process “but that wasn’t like that yesterday… or was it… hm… oh it was an update”. Just minor things, small mostly unnoticeable if don’t have an “eye for details”.

ileonichwiesz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s not OCD, it’s just paying attention to detail.

embedding-shape 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> There are people who have OCD and can’t help but seeing these things. It’s great for coding and seeing minor changes but its shit for real life - trust me.

I don't have OCD, but easily notice inconsistencies in various design choices these mega-corporations continue to fumble.

It's less "OMG I can't focus on coding because Calculator and TextEdit aren't sharing the same border radius" but more "The UX/UI department seems like they're on perpetual vacation if Apple is letting simple things like this slip through", and this specific case is just an example, every version of macOS seems to get worse when it comes to consistency.