Be careful with messing under the hood on this one. I’ve used this feature in the finder for years, but recently used fclones to replace all my duplicate files with clones on my Mac, and completely messed up my free space. Months later, some programs see 1TB free and others see almost nothing.
What is trust? What outward manifestations signify or prove it? What is the difference between trust in ourselves that lets us take risks, and trust in others that can send us into the same unfamiliar territory?
It was a fascinating way to query and explore perspectives.
I wouldn’t dare make comments on what’s more or less usable in an HN thread since everyone here is such an expert on these things.
Toggles came along with iOS when the UI was skeumorphic ca. 2008. Don’t know whether it has to do with tech, but that’s when we first got those.
As far as actual evidence, I do UX testing of a touchscreen/cursor application and we have both scattered throughout. I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating.
> I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating.
I'm not sure if this was meant as reassuring, but for me it only reinforces my view that UI/UX folks don't have a clue what they're doing.
Checkboxes are slightly problematic in touch UIs because they are generally scaled to a similar size as text and small enough that they are occluded by a fingertip. Sliders leak information about their state while you touch them.
My 13 Pro is so good, and it sounds like there are still issues with 48 megapixel photos (a lag in processing the files, compatibility.) I'll wait till the next model.
Facebook could stop trying to grow as quickly as possible.
They are clearly trying, and they are clearly failing.
That doesn't exonerate them, it highlights a problem that must be solved for global safety.
Hard disagree. Facebook does not need to optimize profit and growth in every product decision. They make choices about what to amplify, knowing the consequences of those choices.
I think that Facebook knows that Instagram is doing exceptional- worse than other social media services popular with teens- damage to teenage girls minds, and doesn't care enough to fix it[1]. Just saying "the algorithm did it," as if humans didn't create that algorithm, constrain it, and are now carefully monitoring its destruction of people's lives, is to absolve the people who work for Facebook of their agency. They built those algorithms and are responsible for their actions. They made a choice to build the algorithm and to give it power.
Much like tobacco companies knew that their product was doing exceptional damage to their users lungs, and clearly didn't care either.
[1]: They know that because they are quoted in the original article saying that- that Instagram seems to be worse than Snapchat and Tik-Tok for the psyche's of their users. They seem to be taking steps to try and rectify that, but they seem very small, in proportion to the damage that they are inflicting.
