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0 pointsjonhohle1y ago0 comments

The computers are 100,000x more powerful and electron apps can bring multi core systems with 16GB of memory to their knees.

Coming from a 25MHz 486SX with 1MB of RAM to now, it’s disheartening that as a profession we’ve prioritized developer convenience over user experience. That system ran Netscape, Word, Paint Shop Pro, Doom, could play video, music (wav, midi, CD), and more.

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Krssst1y ago

Looking at today's mainstream software it feels that management agenda (pushing unneeded product X by disrupting user experience) and advertisement are also strongly prioritized over user experience.

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0 pointsjonhohle1y ago0 comments

The computers are 100,000x more powerful and electron apps can bring multi core systems with 16GB of memory to their knees.

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Krssst1y ago

Looking at today's mainstream software it feels that management agenda (pushing unneeded product X by disrupting user experience) and advertisement are also strongly prioritized over user experience.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse