Evolving backwards would be returning to ergonomic UIs with clear HIG being followed, having a scriptable variant for every class of applications, and any piece of software, OS UI included, not acting as an advert. Contrasts and colors and bright pictures are not what I need to see while working. It's as if your screwdriver was built in the form of an alien fish dildo, and had a chain of ringing bells. Why is this bullshit considered normal and usual with computer interfaces, I dunno.

And a company's website is its interface to the world, for the user. Not its advert. They've already seen the advert or don't need it if they are on that website! They want to actually use it.

Slava Ukraini

No, I can't rent a Ukrainian VDS, it might even get me to jail.

But in general, I hope your leadership's assholes fester and they die in horrible pain

That's too easy.

I'm not clicking on what looks like an AI slop YouTube video just to find out why a guy making a video about AI needed to use AI to make the video. Beyond seeing clippy for nostalgia, seeing that it's likely a video about MS I care even less.

If you actually thought it was a video of value, you could have written (or just copy/pasta) a description of the video and why it might be of interest.

I’m not your AI assistant.

It's a reference to "it is evolving, just backwards"

You forgot the second part. And a flashy salute to go with it.

Doubt. If I can type with one hand while chatting with those hot women in my area, this guy can type with nine fingers.

I think you'll find that, sadly, nobody is worse for HIG than software engineers, especially Linux aficionados.

They like their design as unpalatable and shit-lookalike as possible.

So is my edc to match it lmao.

Phones are locking down and getting harder to get rom and root support and a lot of projects are either giving up or dying.

Welp! Back to the laptop I go! Been carrying it with me everywhere just like I did before I got a smartphone. The only duties my phone needs to do is make calls, answer SMS and RCS and tether.

Maybe we’ve been pushing way too hard, way too fast into the age of technology being integrated into our every waking moment, bros.

I’m ready to go back to like an iPhone 5 level of technology and Windows 7. Just wish it was realistic.

What do you mean by dark patterns?

It depends. A chatbot is kinda gimmicky, I agree. But stuff like ocr, reverse image seach from current screen, voice to text and probably more can be nicely combined into one assistant app. Google assistant used to come close to that, so did the old Cortana (although not quite as versatile). They didn't reinvent the wheel but they were genuinely convenient.

That would make sense if evolution had a direction. But evolution can favor less complexity just as well as more: it depends on the selective pressures it's under. "Fittest" is not necessarily "best."

This applies metaphorically to marketed products as well as literally to biologiccal systems. It's not inevitable that the marketplace will deliver progress. You might never get that invisible handjob.

an alien fish dildo

That sounds intriguing.