#r/goodsoftware

[arcticdementor]

A labeled button is a simple thing, and therefore good. Many buttons add some complexity but not much. This is just one simple concept being overused. In contrast, modern phones use all kinds of black magic to do things. Some have no on/off button but instead require pressing some combination of buttons in some unpredictable way. Doing things requires guessing nonsensical gestures that have no prompt, like swiping from off the screen. The whole user interface is a mess. But besides being incomprehensible, modern phones are also inflexible and can't be customized. The modern computer interface was designed in the 1970s at Xerox PARC under the direction of Alan Kay who said "Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible." I agree with this design philosophy which one finds in computers. Smartphones take the exact opposite approach.

Franklin Schmidt

[technicallycoolalpaca]

/r/GoodSoftware

This sub is about "Software development methodologies, techniques, and tools." For those programmers who hate modern western software methodologies, techniques, and tools, I would like to invite you to /r/GoodSoftware where we try to find or write good software as an alternative to the horrible software being produced by degenerate modern western culture.

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