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calcopiritus lemmy.world calcopiritus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-02
#152 · Quote Reply

It's time to bring back skeumorphism

Don't please.

I remember these UIs and learning after many hours that one of the elements was clickable.

This is horrible design from a usability standpoint.

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qjkxbmwvz startrek.website qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
Joined: 2024-02-01
#153 · Quote Reply

I remember people writing 3D Wayland window compositors, where you can walk around a room/maze and put application windows on walls. Maybe it was this: https://github.com/capisce/mazecompositor

Having trouble finding it but I swear my PNY Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (I think?) circa 2003 came with a Linux 3D desktop/launcher software that sounds like this. (X11 based I guess.)

Not sure if it was bundled with the card, came with the Nvidia drivers, or what...but it worked just fine with Linux at the time (probably Slackware, not positive what I was running then).

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MOCVD mander.xyz MOCVD@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-04-24
#154 · Quote Reply

I've had LCARS as my phone interface for years and people are horrified when they see all the buttons.

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varjen lemmy.world varjen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#155 · Quote Reply

Banzai Buddy! My neighbor intentionally installed that shit on his family PC when we were like 15.

*bonzi buddy

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igmelonh feddit.online igmelonh@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-01-28
#156 · Quote Reply

A lot of people still do that, but it's "Do you want your phone/computer to constantly nag you with browser notifications about our spam?" and they click "Yes!"

Ugh. Yeah, my mom intentionally allows push notifications from Amazon, Temu, tons of fast food chains, and a bunch of other sources on her phone. It goes off like every thirty seconds.

I don't get push notifications unless it's a text or a 2FA email. And for that matter, I don't understand how people get so many emails or, if they start to, why they don't unsubscribe from or block all the spam. I get an average of maybe 3 emails a week on my personal accounts.

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